Health Implications of the Supreme Court's Obergefell vs. Hodges Marriage Equality Decision
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The United States Supreme Court's Obergefell vs. Hodges groundbreaking marriage equality decision also created new terrain for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons regarding health, healthcare, and health benefits. This article addresses the health implications of this decision by examining its impact on minority stress and stigmatization and health-related benefits. It also includes a discussion of several impending issues affecting LGBT health that remain after Obergefell.
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The culturally traumatic denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples denied millions of sexual minorities access to important marriage-related flexible resources such as employer-sponsored health insurance and partner-inherited wealth.
“the culturally traumatic denial of marriage rights (a valued cultural institution) to same sex couples denied millions of sexual minorities access to important marriage-related flexible resources (e.g., employer-sponsored health insurance, partner-inherited wealth)”
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- Authors
- Perone, A. K.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Perone, Angela K.
- ORCID
- Perone, Angela K.
- Venue
- LGBT Health
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-09
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 196-199
- ISSN
- 2325-8292 (ISSN-L)
- 2325-8306
- PMC
- PMC4713052
- OpenAlex
- W1523048375
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 2.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- LGBT Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, Medicine and Society
- Keywords
- Obergefell v. Hodges, same-sex marriage, minority stress, stigmatization, health insurance coverage, health care access, Supreme Court decision
- MeSH terms
- Female, Health Benefit Plans, Employee, Humans, Male, Marriage, Minority Groups, Stereotyping, Stress, Psychological, Taxes, United States, Sexuality, Supreme Court Decisions, Health Status Disparities, Transgender Persons
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