The mental health needs and concerns of older people who identify as LGBTQ+: A narrative review of the international evidence

Aims To synthesize the best available evidence on the experiences and perceptions of older people who identify as LGBTQ + regarding their mental health needs and concerns. Design A narrative review and critical appraisal of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies. Data sources A systematic search was undertaken across all of the databases including PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Sociological Abstracts. International studies published in academic journals in the English language, from January 1995 - January 2019 were appraised. Studies had to involve older people identifying as LGBTQ + and who had experiences mental health issues. Review methods Fourteen papers were selected for inclusion in the systematic review. A narrative analysis of the papers was used by synthesizing the key findings and organizing them into themes and concepts. Results Following analysis of the data, the identified themes were: (a) LGBTQ + identity issues (b) risk and vulnerability factors, (c) coping strategies and resilience, (d) interventions and supports. Conclusion This review highlights key mental health-related issues that need to be taken into account in the creation and provision of appropriate, responsive and inclusive supports and services. Impact What were the main findings? Some older people who identify as LGBTQ + have experienced stigma, discrimination, and minority stress. However, many have developed coping strategies and resilience while others have developed mental health issues. It is necessary to have in place appropriate interventions and supports to effectively meet the needs of this population. Where and on whom will the research have impact? The review has significant implications for health and nursing policy and inform developments in nursing practice and nurse education

Challenges to and opportunities for improving mental health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Ireland: a narrative account

The views and opinions of people who use mental health services are being increasingly acknowledged in relation to rights-based, socially-inclusive, and recovery-oriented care. However, little is known of the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in this respect. The aim of the present study was to explore the experiences and needs of LGBT people in relation to mental health services. The study was an exploratory design utilizing mixed methods. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected using a survey instrument (n = 125) and in-depth semistructured interviews (n = 20) with a sample of people who had completed the survey. This paper will report on the findings from the interview data. The data were thematically analysed, and the main themes that emerged included accessing services, treatment choices, mental health service experiences, and other supports. The findings inform the discussion, and recommendations are made in terms of future mental health practice, education, and research

Diversity and inclusion for LGBT workers: current issues and new horizons for research

This article discusses how the organisational literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workplace issues has developed over the last three decades or so. It focuses on why LGBT workplace issues has not always received sustained scholarly attention it deserves, in particular noting the barriers that have impeded research in this area and the consequences of this in terms of current knowledge gaps. Equally, the article examines some of the major developments in scholarly research on LGBT workplace issues in recent years that centre on diversity and inclusion. Here, this article highlights how scholars have approached these issues from different and novel theoretical and empirical angles that signal new horizons for advancing organisational research on LGBT topics in the years to come

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), 1992

Press release reporting on police action outside the Mexican embassy against activists protesting the murder of several gay men

This Way Out; Program 840; Segment 1; NewsWrap

Open teasers / themes music / intro continuity 1:10 Segment #1 - Openly gay Canadian M.P. Svend Robinson’s bill to include gays and lesbians in the country’s anti –hate propaganda law wins unusual passage despite its sponsor being at (at least temporarily) out of politics; a London High Court judge generally upholds religious exemptions in Britain’s new law against sexual orientation workplace discrimination, but says teacher in religious schools are “likely” to be covered by it; the European Parliament reaffirms its support for equal treatment of gays & lesbians, but rejects a call for recognition of unmarried couples across borders and illegal equality for EU queer couples; France’s Justice Minister challenges gay-marriage proposing Bordeaux-area Mayor Noel Mamere’s assertion that the nation’s laws don’t prohibit it, while a German federal labor court rules that the country’s “life-partnerships” law requires granting full spousal benefits to queer civil servants, and Ireland’s influential Law Reform Commission recommends legal reception of unmarried domestic partners and access to a number of rights enjoyed by legally-married heterosexual couples; Maine becomes the 5th U.S. state to register domestic partners, but many employers’ domestic partner benefits are probably on the way out in Massachusetts, and the New Hampshire House approves a bill similar to one passes earlier in the state Senate to explicitly deny recognition of same gender marriages performed in other states, while Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard pushes for legislation to deny legal recognition to same gender marriages performed in other countries; distinguished English-born and long-times San Francisco-based openly gay poet Thomas Gunn dies at the age of 74; and the French television viewers see the country’s first-ever commercial to feature a gay male couple – touting Proctor and Gamble’s Vizir laundry detergent (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, FENCEBERRY, REX WOCKNER and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by RICK WATTS & CINFY FRIEDMAN) [9:45] + Madeline Davis billboard (over “NewsWrap” outro music) [0:05]. 9:50https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/lgbtq_interviews/1000/thumbnail.jp

This Way Out; Program 840; Segment 3; Interview with Madeline Davis

Segment #3- With varied list of accomplishments as long as a lesbian’s arm, activist, author, educator, musician, and archivist Madeline Davis was among the founders of the Buffalo, New York chapter of the queer delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Davis recalls some of her political and musical adventures (begins with and excerpt from Davis’ 1983 song and ends with her historic 1971 liberation anthem “Stonewall Nation) 10:20 Closing continuity / credits 1:20https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/lgbtq_interviews/1002/thumbnail.jp

This Way Out; Program 840; Segment 2; Canadian Hate Propaganda Law

Segment #2 – Inciting hatred against lesbians and gays is now illegal in Canada, thanks to the passage of a bill adding sexual orientation to the country’s hate propaganda law. The bill’s success represents over a decade of effort by openly gay New Democratic Party M.P. Svend Robinson, whose sudden medical leave ironically prevented his presence from the victory. Canada’s House passed the bill late last year by a vote of 143-110. The Senate approved it on April 28th and it passed its final hurdle, Royal Ascent, the following day. With brief introductory comments by notorious homophobe Fred Phelps, and analysis by Stephen Lock and Laurie Aaron of the country’s queer advocacy group Egale Canada, This way out correspondent HEATHER KITCHING [CITR/Vancouver’s “Queer FM”] examines the new law (with brief intro music from “Language of Violence” by the DISPOSABLE HEROS OF HIPHOPRISY) [5:50] + “TWO” I.D. by the British queer rocker TOM ROBINSON (introduced by an expert from the Tom Robinson’s band’s “Glad To Be Gay”) [:30] 6:20https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/lgbtq_interviews/1001/thumbnail.jp

South African psychology can and should provide leadership in advancing understanding of sexual and gender diversity on the African continent

College of Human Science

GLBT events

An agenda and letter from the International March on the United Nations to Affirm Human Rights of Lesbian and Gay People discussing the events they will be hosting in honor of the 25th Anniversary of Stonewall