App to link trans patients with safe healthcare providers

A new app called TranZap aims to connect trans people with gender-affirming healthcare providers. It beta launches this month.

Modesta Alobawone • futurity
Oct. 1, 2021 • ~3 min

Social media gives support to LGBTQ youth when in-person communities are lacking

While online communities may not fully address the isolation LGBTQ youth face in-person, they can serve as an important source of social support and a springboard for civic engagement.

Linda Charmaraman, Director of Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, Wellesley College • conversation
Sept. 28, 2021 • ~6 min

Why some Christians see LGBTQ rights as an attack

Zero-sum beliefs lead some conservative Christians to view LGBTQ progress as an attack. Research suggests there's a biblical way to counter this thinking.

Sara Savat-WUSTL • futurity
Aug. 27, 2021 • ~12 min

People living with HIV face harmful stigma daily – DaBaby's rant was just more public than most

Microaggressions are more subtle than outright discrimination. But they can directly affect HIV treatment outcomes.

Sannisha Dale, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Miami • conversation
Aug. 9, 2021 • ~7 min

Gay and bi women are more likely to smoke menthols

Bisexual and lesbian/gay female smokers are particularly likely to go for menthol cigarettes, research finds.

Modesta Alobawone • futurity
July 14, 2021 • ~3 min

Disparities are worse for LGB millennials than boomers

When compared to their straight counterparts, LGB millennials have worse health disadvantages than their older peers, research finds.

Caroline Brooks-Michigan State • futurity
June 22, 2021 • ~5 min

Doctors treating trans youth grapple with uncertainty, lack of training

Because little scientific evidence exists for trans medical treatments, doctors are often wary when working with trans people, even if they realize it's in the patients' best interests to do so.

stef m. shuster, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Michigan State University • conversation
May 11, 2021 • ~11 min

At-risk people know PrEP prevents HIV but few take it

People at high risk for HIV know about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection, but few take it, a study finds.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
April 23, 2021 • ~4 min

Discriminatory policies worsen Black sexual minority men’s health

Structural racism and anti-LGBTQ policies leads to worse health among Black sexual minority men, a new study shows.

Michelle Edelstein-Rutgers • futurity
April 20, 2021 • ~5 min

This Russian poetry speaks against authoritarian norms

"I believe that poetry, and language more broadly, is capable today of changing the world politically," says Galina Rymbu.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
March 8, 2021 • ~9 min

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