Differences in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and quality of physical and mental health between transgender and cisgender sexual minorities [adaa.org]
By Phillip W. Schnarrs, Amy L. Stone , Robert Salcido Jr. , Aleta Baldwin , Charles B. Nemeroff, in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2019 Abstract Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to increase risk for negative health outcomes. Recent work has shown that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals, on average, have higher ACEs scores compared to heterosexual individuals. However, past ACEs research involving LGB people did not assess the influence of experiencing...