Parents want their children to be happy, healthy, and safe. If your child out to you as LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer), that may or may not be somethg you imaged or feel prepared for—but your acceptance really matters to their health and safety.
Contents:
- FAY REJECTN OF LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL ADOLCENTS & NEGATIVE HEALTH OUT
- FAI MATTER: SOCIAL SUPPORT AND MENTAL HEALTH TRAJECTORI AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR YOUTH
FAY REJECTN OF LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL ADOLCENTS & NEGATIVE HEALTH OUT
If your child out to you as LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer), that may or may not be somethg you imaged or feel prepared for—but your acceptance really matters to their health and safety. Her rearch shows how fai n learn to support the children—even if they believe that beg gay or transgenr is wrong.
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Huebner, PhD6AbstractLbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, and other sexual and genr mory youth (LGBTQ) experience myriad health equi relative to their cisgenr heterosexual peers.
FAI MATTER: SOCIAL SUPPORT AND MENTAL HEALTH TRAJECTORI AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR YOUTH
Keywords: adolcents, fai, genr mory, LGBTQ, parents, sexual moryIntroductnLbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, and other sexual and genr mory (LGBTQ) youth experience myriad health equi relative to their heterosexual and cisgenr (i. 21–23Some studi fd that monorg and munitn are associated wh ls sexual risk among young gay and bisexual men.
G., survival/transactnal sex) among young gay and bisexual men. Some studi fd that monorg and munitn are negatively associated wh sexual risk young gay and bisexual men, 21, 22 whereas other studi fd posive associatns.
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