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  1. The Well-being of LGBTQ+ People in Czechia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • Sexuality Research and Social Policy, January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  2. Recognizing diversity in Czech classrooms: Teachers’ perceptions and (un)certainty

    Article • Moravian Geographical Reports, December 2025, De Gruyter

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  3. Understanding LGBT+ people’s vulnerability to suicide in Czechia

    Article • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, December 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  4. Suicidální ideace LGBT+ osob: psychometrické vlastnosti Škály suicidální ideace (SIDAS) na českém LGBT+ vzorku

    Article • E-psychologie, March 2024, Czech Moravian Psychological Society

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  5. Mental health and help-seeking in Czech sexual minorities: a nationally representative cross-sectional study

    Article • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, January 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  6. Developmental milestones of non­‑heterosexual orientation and identities in Czechia: A revision of the traditional coming out model

    Article • Psychiatrie pro praxi, October 2023, Solen s.r.o.

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  7. LGBT+ Activism and Morality Politics in Central and Eastern Europe

    Article • July 2023, Policy Press

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  8. Understanding broader LGB+ identity from a post-socialist perspective: Assessment of validity of the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Scale (LGBIS) on a Czech sample

    Article • Ceskoslovenska psychologie, April 2023, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  9. Disparities in Psychological Distress between Czech General Population and LGB + Community Sample

    Article • Journal of Bisexuality, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  10. Revisiting minority stress theory to understand psychological distress among Czech sexual minorities

    Article • Studia Psychologica Theoria et praxis, December 2022, Uniwersytet Kardynala Stefana Wyszynskiego

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  11. Chemsex users in Czechia: EMIS survey

    Article • Central European Journal of Public Health, June 2022, National Institute of Public Health

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  12. Minority stress in the perspective of health inequalities between heterosexual and non­‑heterosexual people

    Article • Psychiatrie pro praxi, June 2022, Solen s.r.o.

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  13. A Decade of Prague Pride: Mapping Origins, Seeking Meanings, Understanding Effects

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  14. Sexual orientation as an overlooked variable: terminological, methodological, and contextual issues concerning sexuality measurement as part of „representative” surveys. Do 4 % still count?

    Article • Ceskoslovenska psychologie, October 2021, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  15. Structural stigma and sexual minority men’s depression and suicidality: A multilevel examination of mechanisms and mobility across 48 countries.

    Article • Journal of Abnormal Psychology, October 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard Bränström, Dr. Michal Pitonak

  16. Substance use, mental health, and life satisfaction in Czech straight and sexual-minority population

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  17. Lições da ‘Periferia’: Contrariando a Hegemonia Anglo­Geográfica sobre as Geografias de Sexualidade e Gênero

    Article • Revista Latino-americana de Geografia e Genero, January 2020, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  18. Venturing beyond the “Behavioural MSM”: Sex, Chems, & Satisfaction in their Syndemic Contexts

    Article • January 2020, SCAN, z.s.

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  19. „Queer podniky“ v Brně

    Article • Sociální studia / Social Studies, July 2019, Masaryk University Press

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  20. Lessons from the “Periphery”: Countering Anglo-Geographic Hegemony over geographies of sexuality and gender

    Article • Documents d Anàlisi Geogràfica, June 2019, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  21. Development of Czech feminist and queer geographies: identifying barriers, seeking progress

    Article • Gender Place & Culture, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  22. HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in the Czech Republic, 2016: high time for targeted action

    Article • Eurosurveillance, November 2017, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  23. Mental health in non-heterosexuals: Minority stress theory and related explanation frameworks review

    Article • Mental Health & Prevention, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  24. Homophobic Prejudice in Czech Youth: a Sociodemographic Analysis of Young People’s Opinions on Homosexuality

    Article • Sexuality Research and Social Policy, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  25. Economic, Cultural and Social Factors Influencing the Development of Gay Businesses and Places: Evidence from the European Union / Ekonomické, Kulturní A Sociální Faktory V Pozadí Rozvoje Gay Podniků A Míst: Situace V Evropské Unii

    Article • Moravian Geographical Reports, September 2014, De Gruyter

    Dr. Michal Pitonak

  26. Perception of neighborhood environment and health risk behaviors in Prague’s teenagers: a pilot study in a post-communist city

    Article • International Journal of Health Geographics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Michal Pitonak