Sexuality, space, gender, and health: Renewing geographical approaches to well‐being in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer populations

Davies, Megan; Lewis, Nathaniel M.; Moon, Graham

doi:10.1111/gec3.12369

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“…Sexual orientation has remained under-researched in geographic studies of health inequalities (Davies et al, 2018; Lewis, 2018). Methodological innovations, such as the pilot described here, are needed to help bridge health geography and LGBTQ studies and integrate sexual and gender subjectivities into quantitative models of socio-spatial determinants of health (Davies et al, 2018). Geographic studies on sexual and gender minority health may be enriched by focusing on everyday mobility.…”

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“…Geographic studies on sexual and gender minority health may be enriched by focusing on everyday mobility. Attending to everyday mobility reveals how spaces and places that are often the focus of geographies of sexualities (e.g., gay bars; gay neighborhoods) intersect with broader LGBTQ life-worlds, which include other settings like workplaces, home, and public transit (Davies et al, 2018). Taking this more holistic approach to studying relationships between place and health for LGBTQ people helps avoid focusing disproportionately on the role of ‘queer places’ like gay bars in LGBTQ health, which can result in unintentionally labelling them as inherently risky or dangerous places (Davies et al, 2018).…”

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Tobacco use in the sexual borderlands: The smoking contexts and practices of bisexual young adults

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Little is known about why bisexual people use tobacco at higher rates than any other sexual identity group. Non-binary sexualities, such as bisexuality, exist within the socially constructed borderland between homosexuality and heterosexuality. Exploration of the everyday smoking contexts and practices of bisexual individuals may reveal unique mechanisms driving tobacco use. We employed a novel mixed method, integrating real-time, smartphone-administered surveys of (non)smoking situations, location tracking, spatial visualization of participant data, and subsequent map-led interviews. Participants (n = 17; ages 18–26, California) identified as bisexual, pansexual, and/or queer. Most were cisgender women. Survey smoking patterns and situational predictors were similar to other young adults’. However, interviews revealed unique roles of tobacco use in participants’ navigation of differently sexualized spaces in everyday life: 1) stepping away from uncomfortable situations related to bisexual identity; 2) facilitating belonging to LGBTQ+ community; and 3) recovering from bisexual identity perception management. Similar studies can examine the place-embedded practices and spatiotemporal patterns of other substance use and other stigmatized identity experiences.

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Tobacco use in the sexual borderlands: The smoking contexts and practices of bisexual young adults

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“…Health geographers also challenge privilege in domains other than colonisation and racism. For example, Davies et al (2018) urge moving beyond heteronormative research that pathologises urban gay neighbourhoods, by using cultural and systemic rather than behavioural models. Calder-Dawe et al ( 2020) explore ableism as a theoretical lens.…”

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Health geographies 1: Unlearning privilege

Wiles

2021

Progress in Human Geography

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Cultural safety means transforming systems and practices to enable different ways of knowing, providing a shift in our lens of inquiry – so that it includes privilege and advantage as well as the more common foci of disadvantage and exclusion. It is almost three decades since Isabel Dyck and Robin Kearns asserted the need to address these issues in health geography. Given the length of time that has passed since their suggestion, in this report, I pick up their challenge around cultural safety in relation to health geographies and explore how far we have come. In doing so, I highlight recent health geography work which exemplifies this individually and systemically transformative approach. I focus on how understanding and addressing privilege offers a helpful sensitising framework for health geographies and point to the barriers and the opportunities embracing this approach offer.

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“…Sexual minority individuals are more likely than heterosexual individuals to experience adverse health outcomes, inequalities and an increased risk of substance use [1][2][3]. Whilst, originally, this work was predominantly qualitative in nature [4], the shift towards quantitative analyses and taking a more epidemiological approach has meant that there is a need for good-quality quantitative data that allows for the analysis of health inequalities comparatively in lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) populations (see table at the end for a glossary of acronyms). The health inequalities experienced by LGB individuals range from increased physical health risks to poorer mental health.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The purpose of this study was to highlight secondary data that can be used for sexuality and substance use research in the UK, which is needed to advance this important topic and build on the vast amount of qualitative research on LGB health inequalities [4]. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently published a report about sexuality data available in the UK, the majority of which come from administrative data that might be difficult to access for researchers [17].…”

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Navigating the LGB Data Landscape: A Review of Appropriate Secondary Data Sources for Sexuality and Substance Use Research in the UK

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Sabel

2022

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Research has found that sexual minority individuals are more likely to experience health inequalities and have higher rates of substance use compared with their heterosexual counterparts. This association between sexuality and health outcomes is increasingly being explored using quantitative methodologies within the context of public health, psychology and health geography. Much of this research, however, has relied on primary data, despite the wide availability of secondary sources, mainly survey data, collecting information on sexuality and different types of health outcomes and health risk behaviours, such as substance use. This study reviewed recent surveys in the UK that are appropriate for exploring topics related to LGB populations and substance use behaviours. We carried out a narrative review of secondary data sources in the UK to assess the accessibility and suitability of secondary sources for sexuality and substance use research. We identified eight cross-sectional and two longitudinal surveys that contained both sexuality and substance use data. We summarised the possible applications of each survey and the scope of questions within sexuality and substance use research that could be addressed by each survey. The identification of appropriate surveys in this review can allow researchers to extend the use of secondary data sources in the UK to examine substance use inequalities between sexuality groups, further advancing this key topic.

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Sexuality, space, gender, and health: Renewing geographical approaches to well‐being in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer populations

Cited by 18 publications

References 91 publications

Tobacco use in the sexual borderlands: The smoking contexts and practices of bisexual young adults

Tobacco use in the sexual borderlands: The smoking contexts and practices of bisexual young adults

Health geographies 1: Unlearning privilege

Navigating the LGB Data Landscape: A Review of Appropriate Secondary Data Sources for Sexuality and Substance Use Research in the UK

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