American Cancer Society finds ‘homophobia’ and ‘discrimination’ can ‘increase cancer risk’ in LGBTQ+ people
A leading cancer research organization released a first-of-its-kind study outlining how LGBTQ+ individuals face an “elevated prevalence” of certain risk factors linked to the disease. According to the American Cancer Society, there are certain “minority stress” factors associated with LGBTQ+ individuals, such as smoking, excess body weight, HIV and access to gender transition surgical procedures…