From the NY Post: Sexual orientation has a correlation with skin cancer prevalence, new research finds. Gay and bisexual men have higher rates of skin cancer over the course of their lifetimes compared to heterosexual men, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Dermatology. Bisexual women (but not lesbian women) were found to have lower odds of contracting skin cancer compared to heterosexual women.

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."

To reach these findings, the authors looked at data from 845,264 adults from the 2014-2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys. (To read the full article, Click Here.)