Bisexual Health

“Bisexuality, minority stress, and health”In this 2017 article by Brian Feinstein and Christina Dyar, the authors discuss bisexual health disparities. They review the to factors that influence the disparities, and go over current interventions designed to improve the health of bisexual individuals.
“Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Among Bisexual People Compared to Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Individuals:A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”Multiple authors contributed to this 2017 article, a collection of studies that have been combined and compared to relay a more accurate assessment of the mental health issues that bisexual people face.
“Bisexuality, Mental Health, and Media Representation”In this 2016 article, Hannah Johnson argues that “monosexism and biphobia are omnipresent in media, reinforcing the idea that attraction to more than one gender is inherently unnatural, immoral, disingenuous, and/or invalid.” The question is whether bi-invisibility is directly linked to biphobia, or if it is less detrimental than biphobia. “Currently, in mainstream media, female bisexuality is oversexualized and male bisexuality is erased, contributing to damaging stigmas about bisexuality in general.”
“Lesbian and bisexual women’s likelihood of becoming pregnant: a systematic review and meta-analysis”This study, published in 2016, is a systematic review of studies done between 2000 and 2015, in an attempt to understand the success rate of pregnancies in bisexual and lesbian women.
“Beliefs, attitudes and funding of assisted reproductive technology: Public perception of over 6,000 respondents from 6 European countries”This study, published in 2019, is the result of surveys sent to people throughout Europe, in an effort to understand the public’s support for IVF and other assisted reproduction services.
“Pregnancy success rates for lesbian women undergoing intrauterine insemination”This study, published in 2021, compares IUI cycles of heterosexual women versus lesbian women, between the years 2007 and 2016. It takes its data from two fertility practices, Stanford Medical and UC San Francisco.

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