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11 - Sexual Health

from Part IV - Health and Marginalisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2024

Sonja J. Ellis ,
Damien W. Riggs  and
Elizabeth Peel
Sonja J. Ellis
Affiliation:
University of Waikato, New Zealand
Damien W. Riggs
Affiliation:
Flinders University of South Australia
Elizabeth Peel
Affiliation:
Loughborough University
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Summary

This chapter provides an overview of theory and research around sexual health among LGBTIQ populations. The first section of this chapter focuses on sexual intimacy and on specific environments (e.g., gay saunas, dating apps) as means for facilitating sexual encounters, as well as the experiences of sex for trans people who have undergone gender-affirming surgery and those of people born with intersex variations. The rest of the chapter focuses on sexual health in gay and bisexual men (and other mean-who-have-sex-with-men), including the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis in the prevention of HIV, sexual health in lesbian and bisexual women (and other women-who-have-sex-with-women), including engagement in cervical screening, and sexual health in trans people, including the impacts of body dysmorphia and cisgenderism on engagement with healthcare professionals.

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sexual intimacysexual healthpre-exposure prophylaxiscervical screeningmarginalisation
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology
An Introduction
 , pp. 225 - 245
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Further Reading

Adams, J., & Neville, S. (2012). Resisting the ‘condom every time for anal sex’ health education message. Health Education Journal, 71(3), 386–394.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Braun, V., Schmidt, J., Gavey, N., & Fenaughty, J. (2009). Sexual coercion among gay and bisexual men in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of Homosexuality, 56(3), 336–360.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lee, P., Schober, J., Nordenström, A., Hoebeke, P., Houk, C., Looijenga, L., … & Woodhouse, C. (2012). Review of recent outcome data of disorders of sex development (DSD): Emphasis on surgical and sexual outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Urology, 8(6), 611–615.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lindroth, M., Zeluf, G., Mannheimer, L. N., & Deogan, C. (2017). Sexual health among transgender people in Sweden. International Journal of Transgenderism, 18(3), 318–327.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Power, J., McNair, R., & Carr, S. (2009). Absent sexual scripts: Lesbian and bisexual women’s knowledge, attitudes and action regarding safer sex and sexual health information. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 11(1), 67–81.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Shannon, B. (2016). Comprehensive for who? Neoliberal directives in Australian ‘comprehensive’ sexuality education and the erasure of GLBTIQ identity. Sex Education, 16(6), 573–585.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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  • Sexual Health
  • Sonja J. Ellis, University of Waikato, New Zealand, Damien W. Riggs, Flinders University of South Australia, Elizabeth Peel, Loughborough University
  • Book: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology
  • Online publication: 12 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009335157.012
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  • Sexual Health
  • Sonja J. Ellis, University of Waikato, New Zealand, Damien W. Riggs, Flinders University of South Australia, Elizabeth Peel, Loughborough University
  • Book: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology
  • Online publication: 12 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009335157.012
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  • Sexual Health
  • Sonja J. Ellis, University of Waikato, New Zealand, Damien W. Riggs, Flinders University of South Australia, Elizabeth Peel, Loughborough University
  • Book: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology
  • Online publication: 12 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009335157.012
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