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Previously, I worked on the project Impacts of Criminal Prosecutions for HIV Exposure and Transmission on People Living with HIV. Before that, I was doing research on homophobia and legal repression against gay people. Currently, my research focuses on suicide prevention without an LGBT2SQ focus.

Resiliency and sexual minority youth Social determinants of health for multiethnic sexual minority youth (MSMY) Impact of clinical and outreach programs on SMY Program fidelity and implementation

HIV AIDS education Anti-Homophobia In Black Caribbean Communities Street Outreach Aids Work; Community based study of LGBT gang involved and incarcerated youth; HIV & Black Male Criminalization Incest; Mental Health & Black Gay Men;

Principal Investigator. “Exploring and enhancing access to in home health services for LGBT communities”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Gender and Health – Open Call Operating Grant. Co-Principal investigator: Dr. Judith MacDonnell, Co-investigators: Dr. Theresa Knott, Dr. Jane Aronson, Dr. Shari Brotman, Mr. Tim Pauley, Ms. Loralee Gillis.

I was a member of a research group that studied gay and bisexual men’s awareness of prostate health issues, including prostate cancer risk factors and treatment options. This work was sited in the United States. More recently, I helped conduct a study of single and coupled lesbian mother’s support networks.

Although there has now been extensive research done on lesbian and gay step-families, much of the literature has focused on the psychological well being of the children involved (Lassiter, Dew, Newton, Hays, & Yarbrough, 2006). Another recent direction of research has compared lesbian and gay step-families to heterosexual step-families. More specifically, how this family composition…

Principal Investigator. “Cultural Representations of Gender in Psychiatric Narratives.” Social Science and Humanities Research Council – Insight Grant. Co-investigators: Dr. Lori Ross, Ms. Meg Gibson, Dr. Juveira Zaheer.

MaBwana Black men’s study (co-principal investigator)

Co-Investigator. “Examining pathways to effective depression treatment for sexual and gender minority women in Ontario.” Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Gender and Health in partnership with ECHO: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario. Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Lori Ross, Dr. Leah Steele.

I have published research in the areas of: sexual orientation and cancer screening, high risk health behaviors in lesbian and bisexual women (cigarette smoking and alcohol use), health-related quality of life in female-to-male transgender people, and risk behaviors for HIV in male-to-female transgender people.

I have a background in research and clinical practice with LGBT homeless youths with an emphasis upon sex trade-involved homeless youth. I also have experience in research and practice with LGBT persons with severe and persistent mental illness. Locally, through support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), my work has concentrated on facilitators…

Interdisciplinary, critical feminist, anti-oppression and participatory policy approaches, and my public health nursing background have shaped my qualitative research with LGBT2SQ communities across the lifespan. Graduate studies focused on minority and LGBT2SQ health/education. Collaborated on several projects with community researchers. 1) Masters of Education thesis (2001):

I study race, masculinity, and gender relations in urban school communities from a queer of colour perspective. Past projects have focused on the experiences of queer youth of colour in urban schools.

Project Affirmation – surveyed and conducted interviews and focus groups on the health care and social service needs of sexual minorities across Ontario. Doctoral Dissertation – ‘Social Policy and the Equitable Provision of Health Care and Social Services to Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals’ – a qualitative comparative analysis of Canada, the UK and USA utilizing…

My experience related to LGBT health has focused on HIV/AIDS. I was the founding staff person of the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange and served on its board for a number of years. In the early 1990s I served as an advisory committee member for the HIV/AIDS programme of the Toronto Counselling Centre for Lesbian…

I initially focused on sexual and relationship functioning in LGBT2SQ and heterosexual individuals, and have recently moved on to a broader scope of this work, one that focuses on social support, mental and physical health, degree of outness, and psychosexual variables in couples and individuals.

I am interested in a variety of research questions related to LGBT peoples’ mental health and health service experiences. I collaborate extensively with community partners and particularly the LGBT2SQ Parenting Network, the Sherbourne Health, and Rainbow Health Ontario. To learn more about ongoing projects, see my website.

I have three distinct research areas that relate to sexuality generally. First, I have conducted studies that assess the psychological bases for safer sexual practices — with gay men as well as heterosexual populations. I have used social psychological theories — in particular, the Theory of Reasoned Action (M. Fishbein & I. Ajzen) ; the…

I have written extensively on LGBT politics and law, with a focus on public policy, relationship recognition and social policy in Canada and the U.S.

I have been involved with a number of community-based research projects over the past 15 years focussed on: access barriers facing LGB youth in shelters and hostels; access barriers to LGB youth requiring addictions services in Ontario; issues affecting bisexual youth; ‘coming out’ issues for youth and families; issues (including HIV vulnerability) facing LGBT youth…

My doctoral work focused on the life histories of gay men aging in rural environments with a focus on their engagement in community and family roles. Findings speak to how the queer experience adds to current conceptual understandings of the life course and aging.