PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's database of references to more than 11 million articles published in 4300 biomedical journals.

When you search PubMed:

• You will find information about articles on your topic (the author, title of the article, name of the journal, date published, page numbers).
• Many of the listings also have short summaries of the article (abstracts).
• Sometimes you will find a link to the full text of the article. More often, you will have to visit a library to view the full article.
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PubMed contains references to thousands of articles on the GLBT population, including topics such as:

• Comparing violence over the life span in samples of same-sex and opposite-sex cohabitants.
• Lesbians, gay men, and their parents: family therapy for the coming-out crisis
• Health care problems of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients.
• MDMA ("Ecstasy") abuse and high-risk sexual behaviors among 169 gay and bisexual men.
• Lesbian sexuality. Do doctors contribute to lesbian invisibility and ill health?
• Eating disorder in a transgendered patient: a case report.
• The association between receptive cunnilingus and bacterial vaginosis.
• Suicidal behavior in gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth.

Please note that most of the articles you will find listed in MEDLINE are written for health professionals. Some are fairly technical and clinical, others are accessible to a wider audience. Articles are for educational use only and are not intended to replace advice from a health professional.

Tips for searching PubMed for GLBT health articles:

Generally, you will have the most success when using formal language to search PubMed. The following key words result in references to articles on GLBT people, communities, and health:

• Lesbian
• Homosexual
• Transgender
• Transgendered
• Transsexual
• Gay
• Bisexual
• Homophobia
• Queer
• Heterosexism

A large proportion of the articles found when using the key words "gay" and "homosexual" are about HIV and AIDS. If you wish to filter out the article on HIV/AIDS, use the word "NOT" in capital letters (for example: "homosexual NOT HIV NOT AIDS").