New data suggests that adults who identify as bisexual or transgender are more prone to loneliness than straight people Stress and depression were also found more often among bisexual or transgender people Making spaces more inclusive, accepting and supportive could chage all this, researchers said THURSDAY, June 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Transgender and bisexual adults have rates of loneliness that are much higher than that of cisgender and heterosexual people, new data shows. Federal health data on U.S.
adults from 2022 finds the highest rates of self-reported loneliness among people who identify as bisexual (56.7%) or transgender (rates ranging from 56.4% to 63.
9%), according to researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That's compared to the 30.3% of straight people who said they often felt lonely, and the 32.1% of cisgender people who said they were lonely.
Cisgender people have a gender identity that corresponds with the one they were assigned at birth. "Addressing the threat to mental health among sexual and gender minority groups should include consideration of loneliness and lack of social and emotional support," concluded the team led by Katherine Bruss . She's with the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
As Bruss' team noted, feeling connected to others socially brings "significant health benefits," including "a sense of belonging, and of being cared for, valued and supported." On the other hand, l.
