St. Francis Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2011 Jun;101(6):986-90. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300112. Epub 2011 Apr 14.
Significantly compromised health care delivery and adverse health outcomes are well documented for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in the United States compared with the population at large. LGBT individuals subject to societal prejudice in a heterosexist world also suffer from the phenomenon known as "minority stress," with its attendant negative mental and physical health effects. Reports in the medical and social science literature suggest that legal and social recognition of same-sex marriage has had positive effects on the health status of this at-risk community. Improved outcomes are to be expected because of the improved access to health care conferred by marriage benefits under federal or state law and as a result of attenuating the effects of institutionalized stigma on a sexual minority group.
与一般人群相比，美国的女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别（LGBT）群体的医疗服务提供受到严重影响，健康结果也较差。在异性恋主导的世界中，受到社会偏见的 LGBT 个人也遭受着所谓的“少数群体压力”现象的困扰，这会带来负面的心理和身体健康影响。医学和社会科学文献中的报告表明，同性婚姻在法律和社会上得到承认，对这个处于危险中的群体的健康状况产生了积极影响。预计会出现改善的结果，因为根据联邦或州法律，婚姻福利改善了医疗保健的可及性，并且减轻了制度化的耻辱感对少数性群体的影响。
