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Stigma around same-sex marriage affected Australians’ health. Here’s what happened in your electorate

By Karinna Saxby, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
Zoe Aitken, Senior Research Fellow in Social Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne

Our new study is a reminder of how stigma and the stress that comes with it can have long-term consequences for people’s health.

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