In this down-to-earth book, filled wh the voic of young people speakg for themselv, Sav-Williams argu that the standard image of gay youth prented by mental health rearchers -- as prsed, isolated, dg-pennt, even suicidal -- may have been exaggerated even twenty years ago, and is far om accurate today.
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WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT GAY TEENAGERS
Over the past year, the news has been filled wh stori of the suici among gay teenagers who’ve suffered bullyg om their peers.
THE NEW GAY TEENAGER
And there’s no doubt that some gay teenagers suffer more emotnal distrs than straight on.
Rch Sav-Williams, profsor of Human Development at the College of Human Elogy and director of Cornell’s Sex and Genr Lab, has wrten a book that vers the topics lled The New Gay Teenager.