Legalising gay marriage may improve health and reduce healthcare costs | Qazi Rahman

Research in the US suggests that allowing same-sex marriage improves the health of lesbian, gay and bisexual peopleIn the past few years, psychologists and doctors have discovered that policy changes for or against same-sex marriage can influence patterns of healthcare for lesbian and gay people. Although the research was conducted primarily on gay men in the US, the implications for other sexual minority groups in nations considering same-sex marriage legislation are far-reaching.In the US, gay marriage has sparked a heated debate. Studying the health effects of policy changes is tricky, and never perfect, but some situations allow us to follow people's health as policy changes are enacted.In the 2004 US elections, 14 states voted to limit the definition of marriage to being between a man...

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