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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.

I have completed several lectures, presentations, and articles on the topic of the history of homosexuality in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).

Lesbians and obesity; Lesbians and NRTs; Lesbians and trans men and breast/gynecological cancer care; Queers and physical activity

Feminist and queer phenomenology; Diversity and health inequities in women’s health; Perinatal nursing;

LGBT2SQ Seniors/Long-term care; HIV prevention, gay men’s sexual health; STI Prevention

Co-edited a book on gender fluid parenting with Dr. Fiona Green “Chasing Rainbows” (Demeter Press, 2013); Co-investigator on “Through Thick and Thin”, a research project in collaboration with RHO looking at queer women’s experiences with weight stigma in health care provision; Spoke at the RHO conference 2014 on the topic of fat and queer intersections;…

Large CIHR-funded grants with a focus on multiple marginalities, vulnerabilities, and resilience.

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CIHR-funded project exploring adherence to HIV medications and arts-based method of body mapping among HIV+ Aboriginal women (in Vancouver, BC) and gay men (in London, Ontario). Project completed, dissemination and analysis on-going (2012-present). CIHR-funded project exploring environmental health risks and resilience among women and transwomen in street-based sex work in Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge. Project just getting started…

In her research, Dr. Rice’s focuses on embodiment and bodily difference. Specifically, she has explored queer people’s experiences in health care; how people experience stigma when negotiating fertility treatment; stigma around fat, with a particular focus on queer and trans communities; and mobilizing new meanings of disability and difference. Dr. Rice engages in arts-informed research,…

Adaptation of Gay Poz Sex to latinoamerican HIV positive gay men; Adaptation of prevention strategies to Latino gay men; Social dynamics or risk among gay and trans populations;

Janice Ristock is a professor in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Manitoba

Dr. Alex Abramovich has been addressing the issue of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and 2-Spirit (LGBT2SQ) youth homelessness for over 10 years. He is an internationally recognized leader in the area of LGBT2SQ youth homelessness, and is one of a few Canadian researchers studying the phenomenon of queer and trans youth homelessness. Over…