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Gay, bi men in anti-LGBTQ countries at increased risk of suicidal ideation

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Gay and bisexual men living in countries with hostile laws and attitudes suffer “significant psychological harm,” a study by the Yale School of Public Health has found.Published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, the study is believed to be the first to evaluate the impact of a nation’s structural stigma on mental health among gay and bi men by examining geographic mobility patterns.“By taking advantage of the fact that many of the men in this study had moved between countries, we were able to take a novel approach to answering the question of whether and how structural conditions surrounding gay and bisexual men might be relevant to their mental health,” said the study’s lead author, John Pachankis.“We found that stigma against gay and.

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