Gay lesbian research life expectancy

Description:Although most gay-identified men report lifetime same-gender sexual experiences, this is not true of men who identify as bisexual. As a result, gay men went from the group with the highest mortality rates to the group with the second-lowest, behind only men married to women. Frisch and his colleagues used data from the country's Civil Registration System, which is used to issue citizens identification numbers similar to Social Security numbers and contains basic demographic information, including marital status and death dates. Although our findings are likely to apply to other same-sex—partnered persons who live in steady relationships without formal registration, 11 it is more questionable to what extent our findings will also apply to unmarried gay or lesbian persons with continuously shifting partners, those who have both male and female partners, and those self-identified gay men and lesbians who do not have a partner at all. On the other hand, Frisch said, the data suggest that men and women who are gay still struggle more than their straight counterparts.

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