Although sexual minority stress remains the dominant perspective for understanding
disproportionate substance use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) populations, social�…

Introduction Transgender and non-binary people use more alcohol and report a greater
need for help to reduce their consumption than their cisgender counterparts. They�…

Background Alcohol marketing helps shape how gender roles and relations are understood,
and the gendered nature of drinking learned. In recent years, changes in how women are�…

The consumption of drugs has long been a mainstay of urban queer cultures and it is well-
recognised that complex connections exist between sexual minoritisation and desires to�…

Social research on alcohol and sexual encounters has tended to be siloed into several
different research endeavors, each addressing separate aspects of wanted and unwanted�…

This chapter argues that disinhibition provides a better frame for grasping the significance of
the chemical practices of sex and gender minorities than competing concepts such as�…

Despite evidence that drug use is higher among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer (LGBTQ) populations, research that explores the gendered and sexual dynamics of�…

Background: Lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women exhibit high rates of alcohol and
tobacco use, yet there is limited qualitative research examining why. Previous research has�…

In this chapter, we describe alcohol intoxication and how it has been understood by
researchers, policymakers and the lay public. We focus on alcohol and intoxication in�…

Sexual minority young adults (SMYAs), compared to heterosexual young adults (HYAs), are
a uniquely high-risk population for problematic substance use, a disparity perhaps�…