FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context for LGBT Health Status in the United States -- 3 Conducting Research on the Health Status of LGBT Populations -- 4 Childhood/Adolescence -- 5 Early/Middle Adulthood -- 6 Later Adulthood -- 7 Recommendations -- Appendix A: Study Activities -- Appendix B: Literature Review -- Appendix C: Glossary -- Appendix D: Biosketches of Committee Members and Staff -- Index.