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WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT BEG GAY?: PERSPECTIV OM YOUTH
Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC3326393NIHMSID: NIHMS358675AbstractThis article explor gay and bisexual male adolcents’ posive perceptns of their sexual orientatn inty.
In-pth qualative terviews were nducted wh an ethnilly diverse sample of 63 gay/bisexual male adolcents Chigo (N=42) and Miami (N=21). Data revealed two major nceptual tegori: 1) posive personal nceptualizatns of beg gay/bisexual, and 2) riliency the face of gay-related opprsn. Addnal primary them and sub-them were intified wh each tegory that further illtrate how gay/bisexual youth were able to velop posive nceptualizatns of their sexual orientatn spe experiencg negative societal msag about beg gay/bisexual.