Long-term study finds widening gap in social isolation between sexual minority and heterosexual adults

Long-term study finds widening gap in social isolation between sexual minority and heterosexual adults

A new longitudinal study sheds light on how social isolation tends to evolve from early adulthood into midlife—and how this trajectory may differ by sexual orientation. The research, published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, indicates that people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or mostly heterosexual tend to report higher levels of social isolation than those who identify as completely heterosexual. These differences appear…