Substance use can occur prior to nonconsensual and consensual sexual activity affect how consent is communicated felt. Yet, researchers’ understanding of substance relates these experiences still developing. Few researchers examine behaviors among the intersection minority (SM) identity gender. The goal this study was assess if substance-involved activity, communication feelings varied by SM id...

Objective To assess the prevalence of physical and sexual violence motivated by perception of sexual orientation and gender identity in sexual and gender minorities. Methods We searched nine databases without language restrictions for peer-reviewed and grey literature published from 2000 to April 2016. We included studies with more than 50 participants that measured the prevalence of physical...

This review presents the major findings in studies on humans of chromosomal, gonadal, prenatal hormonal and environmental contributions to sex dimorphic behaviors. The hypotheses derived from these studies are evaluated. Findings relevant to possible biological antecedents in the formation of gender identity, gender role behaviors, sexual orientation and “parenting” behaviors are reviewed and c...

Selected aspects of the "essentialist" critiques and reviews in Bisexual and Homosexual Identities: Critical Theoretical Issues (De Cecco & Shively, eds., 1983/1984) of the idea of the bisexual identity are examined from the standpoint of their cross-cultural significance. Examples from recent studies in Melanesia are used to highlight possible areas of exploration for future research in homose...

Drawing from queer and communication privacy management frameworks, this study examines the narratives of 22 bisexual, male-partnered women who were interviewed during the perinatal period and one year postnatally about their disclosures of sexual identity to family of origin. Most women rarely discussed their sexual identity with family; participants who had disclosed described such disclosure...

Sexual reproduction enables organisms to shuffle two parental genomes to produce recombinant progeny, and to purge the genome of deleterious mutations. Sex is conserved in virtually all organisms, from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals, and yet the mechanisms by which sexual identity are established share both conserved general features and are remarkably diverse. In animals, sexual iden...

Research on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth with LGBTQ parents is absent in the social science literature. The present qualitative, exploratory study utilized a social constructionist and queer theoretical lens through which to explore the sexual/gender identity formation and disclosure experiences of 18 LGBTQ young adults with lesbian/bisexual mo...

Date of acceptance: 02 May 2016 ABSTRACT Objective: Nonheterosexual sexual orientation is an under researched topic in Muslim countries. The present study aimed at investigating aspects of same-sex sexual orientation in the Turkish cultural context. Methods: This web-based survey investigated the correlates of same-sex sexual orientation in 517 men and women in Turkey by means of a self-report ...