The Current Status of Sociopolitical and Legal Issues Faced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Youth.

IF 0.4 Q4 PEDIATRICS Adolescent Psychiatry Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.2174/2210676611666211105120645

Natalia Ramos, Alexis Burgess, Elizabeth Ollen

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Background: Adolescents today have unprecedented and uninterrupted access to news and current events through broadcast and social media. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) adolescents may be especially cognizant of media and public discourse pertaining to law and policy changes affecting the legal rights of their communities. The minority stress framework explains how sociopolitical discourse impacts mental health among sexual and gender minority youths.

Objectives: This paper identifies and describes contemporary sociopolitical and legal issues that may impact LGBTQ adolescents' mental health.

Methods: Authors describe the minority stress framework as applied to gender and sexual identity and explore key sociopolitical and legal topics relevant to LGBTQ adolescents, including employment; medical care bans; health insurance coverage; conversion therapy; religious exemptions in health care; housing rights; and rights in schools and school districts, including participation in sports.

Results: LGBTQ youth experience rejection, prejudice, and discrimination directly through adverse legislative or administrative action and more pervasively through the dominant cultural beliefs and sociopolitical messaging that such developments manifest.

Conclusion: Mental health clinicians who are aware of legal issues and sociopolitical debate pertinent to LGBTQ rights are better prepared to address their significant impact on LGBTQ adolescents' mental health.

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女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别、酷儿和质疑青年所面临的社会政治和法律问题的现状。

背景:今天的青少年通过广播和社交媒体可以前所未有地不间断地获取新闻和时事。女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别、酷儿和质疑(LGBTQ)青少年可能特别了解与影响其社区合法权利的法律和政策变化有关的媒体和公共话语。少数群体压力框架解释了社会政治话语如何影响性和性别少数群体青年的心理健康。目的:本文识别并描述了可能影响LGBTQ青少年心理健康的当代社会政治和法律问题。方法:作者将少数群体压力框架应用于性别和性认同，并探讨与LGBTQ青少年相关的关键社会政治和法律话题，包括就业;医疗禁令;健康保险;转化疗法;医疗保健方面的宗教豁免;住房权利;以及学校和学区的权利，包括参加体育运动的权利。结果:LGBTQ青年直接通过不利的立法或行政行为经历排斥、偏见和歧视，更普遍的是通过这种发展所体现的主流文化信仰和社会政治信息。结论:了解与LGBTQ权利相关的法律问题和社会政治争论的心理健康临床医生可以更好地准备解决它们对LGBTQ青少年心理健康的重大影响。

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Adolescent Psychiatry PEDIATRICS-

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期刊介绍： Adolescent Psychiatry a peer-reviewed journal, aims to provide mental health professionals who work with adolescents with current information relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in adolescents. Adolescent Psychiatry reports of original research, critical reviews of topics relevant to practitioners, clinical observations with analysis and discussion, analysis of philosophical, ethical or social aspects of the fields of psychiatry and mental health, case reports with discussions, letters, and position papers. Topics include adolescent development and developmental psychopathology, psychotherapy and other psychosocial treatment approaches, psychopharmacology, and service settings and programs. The primary focus of the work should be on adolescents, transition-aged youth, The primary focus of the work should be on adolescents, transition-aged youth, or emerging adults, that is, persons 12-24 years of age . Articles on families of adolescents, or adults who have been followed since adolescence will also be considered.