Austin Waters

1 Introduction Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) individuals, who make up 9.3% of the United States (US) population, are more likely to take on primary caregiver roles than non-LGBTQ+ individuals [1-3]. Caregivers provide unpaid care such as assisting with activities of daily living, managing side effects of treatment, healthcare decision-making, providing emotional support and many other duties.

Introduction Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) individuals make up at least 7.1% of the US population.1 LGBTQ+ populations throughout the United States face identity-related discrimination and stigma at the intrapersonal (i.e., individual response to discrimination), interpersonal (i.e., interactions between stigmatized and non-stigmatized individuals), and structural (i.e., labeling, stereotyping, and discrimination in a context of...

Waters AR, Warner EL, Wilson J, Rosenstein DL, Hall WJ, Kent EE. Differences in Discrimination, Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use Outcomes by Cancer History Among LGBTQ+ Individuals in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal. Published online March 25, 2025. doi: 10.18043/​001c.127405 Introduction Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) individuals make up at least 7.1% of the US population.