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While gay and lesbian sexual and reproductive health issues are well-informed, others issues about health and the relationship to the body are less often addressed.Purpose of research: Coming from "LGBTI Health" research, this article tries to fill this gap by aiming to reproduce the results of a quantitative survey conducted in France in 2017 focusing more specifically on gay and lesbian people. Also, the results of this research are compared with the available literature on this question.By measuring indices such as the use of diets, weight or sport, we tend to show that homosexuals do not have the same relationship to the body as heterosexuals. We also show that differences appear among gays and lesbians.If the results of this study are concomitant with the international data on the subject, they also show blind spot in terms of relationship to the body of homosexual subcultures.

The article aims to characterize the social determinants that define the cancer experience in its plurality, making room for the consideration of socio-economic and ethno-racial inequalities, and discusses territorial entry as a marker of health inequalities.The analysis retains the qualitative and French aspect of two projects, including a European research project of mixed protocol, and relies on 60 interviews with patients and professionals involved in their care and 100 H of in situ observation of care consultations.The results are structured around four axes. The first focuses on universal care and health coverage. The second focuses on 'visible minorities,' more present in the city priority neighborhoods (CPN) than in the rural areas, and their invisibilization in oncology. The third part shows that an analysis of the caregivers' interactions with patients must rely on the notion of trust and that they first and foremost come from the 'good reputation' of professionals and institutions. Finally, the fourth part puts into perspective the gendered contours of the trajectory of illness and social support.The article highlights the mechanisms of production of health inequalities in a context of desertification. It shows that these inequalities remain embedded in a system of territorial, socio-economic and racial segregation that reinforces the feelings of discrimination of cancer patients.

Transsexualism is a recent medical invention. In France, the diagnosis and clinical assessment of transsexualism are carried out jointly by lawyers, doctors and psychiatrists. However, recent quantitative and qualitative studies have shown that current uses of the concept of "transsexualism" no longer meet the demands of all trans people. Only a minority of trans people undergo a public protocol of transsexualization for the transition process. This finding is supported by evidence from a quantitative survey conducted by Alain Giami, and is apparent in the life stories of people who avoid using the "transsexual" label and criticize the clinical process for mistreating people. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the mechanisms of the subjective depsychiatrization and depathologization of trans identities and to examine current conceptions of trans "becomings".