LGBTQ+ people experience distinct patterns of health and wellbeing shaped by, development, relationships, and the social contexts in which they live. Drawing on key, theoretical frameworks from family health and developmental science, this course, provides an overview of research on LGBTQ+ individuals, families, and communities from early life through later adulthood. Students will examine how multilevel factors--such as identity development, family processes, stigma and discrimination, policy and institutions, schools and workplaces, healthcare access and quality, community resources, and media and technology--interact over time to shape health and wellbeing. Students will gain mastery of key concepts including minority stress and resilience, identity development, intersectionality, and structural determinants of health, with attention to variation across sexual orientations, gender identities, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic position, disability, geography, and immigration status.