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THE GAY COMMUNY’S OBSSN WH STAT AND LOOKS HAS HUGE MENTAL HEALTH COSTS
Gay Cy: Seattle's LGBTQ Center creat accs and nnectns to LGBTQ-affirmg rourc, wellns and muny. * gay community youth *
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer/qutng (LGBTQ) youth are part of every muny, e om all walks of life, and are prent every racial, ethnic, socenomic, and geographil group. For example, young gay and bisexual mal have disproportnately high rat of HIV, syphilis, and other sexually transmted diseas (STDs); adolcent lbian and bisexual femal are more likely to have ever been pregnant than their heterosexual peers; and transgenr youth are more likely to have attempted suici than their cisgenr peers. The Health of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr People: Buildg a Foundatn for Better Unrstandgexternal in.
The Health and Health Care of Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolcentsexternal in.
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, nonbary or otherwise genr non-nformg (LGBTQI+) youth and those perceived as LGBTQI+ are at an creased risk of beg bullied. High school stunts who self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) report havg been bullied on school property (23%) and cyberbullied (27%) the past year than their straight peers (7% and 13%, rpectively). Historilly, YRBS and other studi have gathered data on lbian, gay, and bisexual youth but have not clud qutns about transgenr, non-bary, genr non-nformg, tersex, or queer youth.