Health-Related Concerns of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation: Thematic Analysis Using Social Media Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been a recent proliferation of anti-LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning) legislation being proposed in the United States, including more than 500 bills across 42 states in 2024. Many of the studies examining the impact of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation have focused specifically on the association with mental health outcomes.

Objective

The objective of this study was to use social media data to more broadly explore health-related concerns of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation among sexual minority men in the United States.

Methods

We leveraged a dataset containing 70 million tweets that were posted by 23,276 users in the United States who self-reported on Twitter that they are sexual minority men. First, we searched these tweets for keywor

SUBMITTER: Klein AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12464498 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature