Gay And Bisexual Men More Likely To Get Skin Cancer, New Study Shows
Gay and bisexual men are more likely to get skin cancer compared to heterosexual men, a new study published in the journal Jama Dermatology has revealed.
Study authors believe the reason is vanity. “Sexual minority men have reported higher rates of both indoor tanning and skin cancer than heterosexual men, and sexual minority women have reported lower or equal rates of both indoor tanning and skin cancer compared with heterosexual women,” reads the abstract. “Bisexual men, in particular, have reported higher rates of indoor tanning bed use than heterosexual men.”
For this study, the authors looked at data from 845,264 adults from the 2014-2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys.
The authors believe rates could be reduced among gay and bisexual men.
“This information helps inform the nation about how to allocate health resources and how to train providers and leaders,” study author Dr. Arash Mostaghimi said. “It’s absolutely critical that we ask about sexual orientation and gender identity in national health surveys; if we never [asked] the question, we’d never know that these differences exist.”
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