title: Mental health issues and discrimination among older LGBTI people.
abstract: LGBT is an acronym used to describe people from diverse sexual orientation or gender identity, people that are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. LGBT people do not constitute a single group nor does each individual "group" constitute a homogeneous unity. However, as higher rates of depression and/or anxiety have been observed in older LGBT people, compared to their heterosexual counterparts (Guasp, 2011) there is a need to raise the profile of mental health issues amongst these groups. The additional letter I is also often included in the acronym LGBTI as intersex people are often included as another gender diverse group. However, there is very little research that includes intersex people and none on older intersex people's mental health so this editorial is restricted to consideration of older LGBT people.
authors.affiliation: National Ageing Research Institute,Parkville,Victoria,Australia.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tinney
authors.affiliation: National Ageing Research Institute,Parkville,Victoria,Australia.
authors.forename: Briony
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dow
authors.affiliation: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,Bundoora,Victoria,Australia.
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maude
authors.affiliation: National Ageing Research Institute,Parkville,Victoria,Australia.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Purchase
authors.affiliation: La Trobe University,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.affiliation: La Trobe University,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D063508:Social Discrimination; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology*