Homosexuality: Research Implications for Public Policy

Gonsiorek, John C.; Weinrich, James D.

doi:10.4135/9781483325422

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“…Thus nonrespondents to the income question are other variables), the sample pooled from the 4426 respondents in the 1989-91 surveys contains 1680 people who were employed full-time when surveyed." Of this subsample, 4.8% reported having had at least one same-sex sexual partner since the age of 18, a proportion that falls well within the range found by studies of sexual orientation (Gonsiorek and Weinrich 1991). For purposes of this paper, those respondents are classified as behaviorally lesbian, gay, or bisexual.…”

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The Wage Effects of Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Badgett¹

1995

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This study is the first to apply the econometric tools developed in the study of race and gender discrimination to the newer question of sexual orientation discrimination. Analyzing pooled 1989–91 data from a national random sample, the General Social Survey, the author finds that gay and bisexual male workers earned from 11% to 27% less than heterosexual male workers with the same experience, education, occupation, marital status, and region of residence. There is also evidence that lesbian and bisexual women earned less than heterosexual women, but this result is not consistently statistically significant across all variable definitions and specifications.

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The Wage Effects of Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Badgett¹

1995

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“…1(p10) Without data describing the healthcare needs of lesbians, clinicians will be unable to design interventions to improve the quality of care for this group of patients who comprise 3%-10% of all U.S. women. [1][2][3] Unfortunately, the literature base identifying optimal approaches to the delivery of lesbian health care is thin. The available literature supports the assertion that lesbians use healthcare less than heterosexual women do and that they may experience lower health status because of this.…”

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Healthcare Preferences Among Lesbians: A Focus Group Analysis

Seaver

Freund

Wright

et al. 2008

Journal of Women's Health

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Objective: The healthcare needs of lesbians are not well understood. We sought to characterize lesbians' experiences with, and preferences for, women's healthcare.Methods: We conducted three age-stratified focus groups (18-29, 30-50, and Ͼ50 years) with a total of 22 participants using a semistructured interview guide to elicit lesbians' experiences and preferences. We analyzed transcripts of these audiotaped sessions using the constant comparative method of grounded theory. Community-dwelling women who self-identified as lesbian and responded to advertisements were selected on first-come basis.Results: Participants voiced experiences and preferences for healthcare that emerged into three themes: desired models of care, desired processes of care, and desired patient-provider relationship. Each theme was further developed into multiple subthemes. Within the subthemes we identified issues that were specific to lesbians and those that were general women's health issues. Participants preferred, but did not always receive, care that is comprehensive in scope, person centered, nondiscriminatory, and inclusive of them as lesbians.Conclusions: Healthcare providers, institutions, and society should adopt an inviting, personcentered approach toward lesbians seeking healthcare, assure them access to healthcare information, and establish healthcare delivery systems that take all aspects of health into account. 215

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“…4 The measure has reasonable face validity. The seven measures, while tapping 2 For a more in-depth discussion of issues concerning gays, lesbians, and their interest groups see Blasius (1994), Cohan (1982), D'Emilio (1983, and Gonsiorek and Weinrich (1991). 3 We attempted to avoid double counting in our estimates; that is, cities within a county that had a similar law were counted within the population of the county only, not as a separate population.…”

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