《LGBT健康》是全球首屈一指的同行評(píng)議期刊，致力于通過特別關(guān)注健康，同時(shí)保持足夠的廣度，涵蓋所有相關(guān)的生物、心理、社會(huì)和健康政策問題，為全球數(shù)百萬性和性別少數(shù)群體人士提供最佳的醫(yī)療保健。這本雜志的目的是提高對(duì)每一個(gè)性少數(shù)群體的健康問題的意識(shí)，并提高文化上適當(dāng)?shù)尼t(yī)療服務(wù)的可用性和提供。同性戀者、雙性戀者、雙性戀者、雙性戀者、雙性戀者和變性者的健康也鼓勵(lì)在這一關(guān)鍵但目前服務(wù)不足的領(lǐng)域進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步的研究和增加資金。該雜志提供了一個(gè)迫切需要的權(quán)威來源和國(guó)際論壇的所有領(lǐng)域相關(guān)的LGBT健康和醫(yī)療服務(wù)。來自各大洲的捐款被征集，包括亞洲和非洲，這些地區(qū)目前在性學(xué)研究中所占比例不足。LGBT健康促進(jìn)和支持研究人員、臨床醫(yī)生、學(xué)者和政策制定者的努力，為L(zhǎng)GBT社區(qū)的所有階層以及其他性別或性別少數(shù)群體改善健康狀況和醫(yī)療服務(wù)。該雜志涵蓋了廣泛的學(xué)科，匯集了研究、臨床和健康倡導(dǎo)社區(qū)，以克服衛(wèi)生保健和其他當(dāng)前挑戰(zhàn)的障礙，并擴(kuò)大治療和預(yù)防的選擇。LGBT健康覆蓋范圍包括:個(gè)別性和性別少數(shù)群體的健康問題受年齡、種族、民族、宗教、國(guó)籍和地理區(qū)域影響的健康問題陰陽人的健康問題和性發(fā)育障礙跨性別特定的健康問題，包括跨性別兒童和青少年的健康問題污名化對(duì)身心健康的影響與性和性別少數(shù)群體地位有關(guān)的保健差異和保健障礙生殖健康和輔助生殖性和性別少數(shù)群體的生命周期發(fā)展和老齡化艾滋病毒/艾滋病、性病、高危LGBT青年和危險(xiǎn)因素艾滋病毒/艾滋病和其他慢性病篩查項(xiàng)目和疾病預(yù)防涉及性和性別變異兒童的家庭問題按性別和性別少數(shù)人撫養(yǎng)子女最佳實(shí)務(wù)及指引模型項(xiàng)目為身心健康服務(wù)提供者提供專業(yè)訓(xùn)練及教育公共衛(wèi)生政策、醫(yī)療保健和保險(xiǎn)改革該雜志出版上述所有領(lǐng)域的原始研究、評(píng)論、臨床報(bào)告、法律和政策觀點(diǎn)，并選擇書評(píng)。

LGBT Health is the premier peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting optimal healthcare for millions of sexual and gender minority persons worldwide by focusing specifically on health while maintaining sufficient breadth to encompass the full range of relevant biopsychosocial and health policy issues. This Journal aims to promote greater awareness of the health concerns particular to each sexual minority population, and to improve availability and delivery of culturally appropriate healthcare services.LGBT Health also encourages further research and increased funding in this critical but currently underserved domain. The Journal provides a much-needed authoritative source and international forum in all areas pertinent to LGBT health and healthcare services. Contributions from all continents are solicited including Asia and Africa which are currently underrepresented in sex research.LGBT Health facilitates and supports the efforts of researchers, clinicians, academics, and policymakers to work toward improved health status and healthcare delivery for all segments of the LGBT community and other sexual or gender minorities. Spanning a broad array of disciplines, the Journal brings together the research, clinical, and health advocacy communities to overcome barriers to healthcare and other current challenges, as well as to expand options for treatment and prevention.LGBT Health coverage includes:Health concerns of individual sexual and gender minority populationsHealth concerns as impacted by age, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality and geographical regionHealth issues in intersex conditions and disorders of sex developmentTransgender-specific health issues, including those of transgender children and adolescentsMental and physical health impact of stigmatizationHealthcare disparities and barriers to care related to sexual and gender minority statusReproductive health and assisted reproductionLifecycle development and aging in sexual and gender minority populationsHIV/AIDS, STDs, at-risk LGBT youth, and risk factorsHIV/AIDS, and other chronic illnessScreening programs and disease preventionFamily concerns involving sexually and gender variant childrenParenting by gender and sexual minority individualsBest practices and guidelinesModel programsProfessional training and education of physical and mental healthcare providersPublic health policy, healthcare and insurance reformThe Journal publishes original research, reviews, clinical reports, legal and policy perspectives in all of the areas identified above, and select book reviews.