sexual minority

sexual minority

A phrase used to refer to a person whose sexual orientation is not completely heterosexual. It is typically used as an adjective (i.e. "sexual minority males"). When I worked in the counseling center, many of my patients were sexual minority teenagers.
See also: minority, sexual
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • eggs is eggs
  • (one's) best foot forward
  • best foot forward
  • damn well
  • (Is) that everything?
  • double or nothing
  • a cold day in Hell
  • 10-4
  • as one does
  • come in
References in periodicals archive
Sadly, this doesn't always happen, particularly for sexual minority women.
Women need complete reproductive and sexual counseling so they have the information needed to make decisions for their unique circumstances
Past research has shown that sexual minority youth reported nearly three times more substance use than heterosexual youth.
Women LGBT at high risk of substance use
Overall, sexual minority youth are nearly two-and-a-half times more likely to be in foster care--and stay in foster care--than their heterosexual peers.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual youth more likely to be in foster care in US
This article examines decisions clustered around historical developments in the reception of racialized sexual minorities, including Canada (ag) v Ward, which made sexual minority refugee claims possible; Bill C-31, the immigration and refugee policy motivated by national security interests in the post-9/11 era; and 2017 guidelines designed to dispel misunderstandings about refugee claimants' sexuality.
Queer Credibility in the Homonation-State: Interrogating the Affective Impacts of Credibility Assessments on Racialized Sexual Minority Refugee Claimants
Youths identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or another non-heterosexual identity (sexual minority youths) report more violence victimization, substance use, and suicide risk than do heterosexual youths (1).
Violence Victimization, Substance Use, and Suicide Risk Among Sexual Minority High School Students--United States, 2015-2017
"Exposure to physical and sexual violence was substantially higher among each of the sexual minority groups compared with their heterosexual counterparts, sometimes by a factor of 15 or more," the study authors wrote.
Sexual minorities seeking abortion may have been abused
Rasberry, Ph.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues used nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data to examine subgroup differences among sexual minority youths.
CDC: Some Sexual Minorities Have Higher Sexual Risk Behaviors; Bisexual females, 'not sure' males have higher prevalence of many sexual risk behaviors
Homophobic harassment of sexual minority children and adolescents based on gender role nonconformity and sexual orientation is a major global concern for mental health and educational professionals.
Persistent and multisite homophobic harassment during childhood and adolescence and its association with school difficulties in gay and bisexual men in Taiwan
The book focuses on three areas of CanadaAEs immigration and refugee program: the role of relationship history in the stateAEs assessment of sexual minority refugee claimants; spousal sponsorship processes for married and common-law couples; and the Harper governmentAEs anti-marriage fraud campaign.
A Family Matter: Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy
April 22, 2018 (JUBA) - A sexual minority activist has fled South Sudan after facing threats from the country's national security operatives.
Sexual minority activists threatened, flee South Sudan
The marginalised sexual minority has a long history of being considered outcasts in the sub-continent.
Transgenders still feel secluded despite key decisions, legislation
Sexual minority youth were also more than twice as likely to contemplate suicide or plan a suicide attempt even if they didn't go through with it, the study also found.
One in four gay, lesbian, bisexual teens attempt suicide
Since previous studies have shown that both acne and sexual minority status are associated with increased risk of depression and suicidal ideation, the investigators used data from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent to Adult Health, which included 4,094 heterosexual (167 with acne) and 564 sexual minority (35 with acne) adults aged 18-28 years, to examine the relationship between the two.
Mental health risks higher in sexual minorities
These are lifetime rates, so it is important to keep in mind that the majority of relationships sexual minority and transgender women have are nonabusive.
Too close for comfort
LOS ANGELES -- A new study by scholars at the Williams Institute found that sexual minority youth are incarcerated at disproportionately high rates.
LGBTQ youth disproportionately incarcerated in the U.S. juvenile justice system: almost 60% of incarcerated girls are sexual minorities