News tagged with sexual identity
Hiding true self at work can result in less job satisfaction, greater turnover
Hiding your true social identity -- race and ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation or a disability -- at work can result in decreased job satisfaction and increased turnover, according to a new study from Rice ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 31, 2012 |
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7.5 million Facebook users are under 13: study (Update)
Some 7.5 million of the 20 million minors who used Facebook in the past year were younger than 13, and a million of them were bullied, harassed or threatened on the site, a study released Tuesday said.
May 10, 2011 |
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Researchers need to engage lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transginder populations in health studies
Researchers need to proactively engage lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in health studies and collect data on these populations to identify and better understand health conditions that affect them, says a new ...
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Physiological impacts of homophobia
Young adults who are lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are at far higher risk for severe mental health problems than their heterosexual peers. New research from Concordia University suggests that the stress of being rejected ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Female marine snails trick amorous males
Sexual conflict is not only a human phenomenon. Swedish scientists at the University of Gothenburg have shown that females of the rough periwinkle conceal their gender identity in order to avoid excessive ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Study: Men more likely to cheat on higher-earning women
(PhysOrg.com) -- Men who make less money than their female partners are more likely to be unfaithful, according to a new study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Hormone treatment to prevent ambiguous genitalia in baby girls spurs debate
\Each year in the United States, perhaps a few dozen pregnant women learn they are carrying a fetus at risk for a rare disorder known as congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The condition causes an accumulation of male hormones ...
Aug 15, 2010 |
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Youth who self-identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual at higher suicide risk
Mental health professionals have long-known that gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) teens face significantly elevated risks of mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts. However, a group of McGill ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Emotions an overlooked key to whistle-blowing, study says
A gut-level connection with workers may be the key to encouraging whistle-blowing that could chip away at an estimated $652 billion lost to fraud annually by U.S. businesses, an ongoing University of Illinois study suggests.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 07, 2009 |
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High HIV infection rate among Soweto Township gays
New research from UCSF examining HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the township of Soweto in South Africa has found that a third of gay-identified men are infected with HIV.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Confronting health disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth
Research indicates that the social stigma that surrounds lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) teens leads to a variety of health risks such as substance use, risky sexual behaviors, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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