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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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THE NEW GAY TEENAGER

* new gay teenager *

Gay, straight, bisexual: how much do sexual orientatn matter to a teenager’s mental health or sense of inty? In this down-to-earth book, filled wh the voic of young people speakg for themselv, Rch 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.

The New Gay Teenager giv a rehg and equently ntroversial troductn to nfint, petent, upbeat teenagers wh same-sex sir, who worry more about the chemistry tt or their curfew than they do about their sexualy. What do “gay” mean, when some adolcents who have had sexual enunters wh those of their own sex don’t nsir themselv gay, when some who nsir themselv gay have had sex wh the oppose sex, and when many have never had sex at all? Netflix released a trailer this week for the upg seri Heartstopper, and has all the gredients we look for a bge-watch of champns: gay teens wh floppy hair, gay teens wearg school uniforms, gay teens sayg “hi” to each other and scurryg back to their lockers.

NEW GAY TEEN ROMANCE HEARTSTOPPER IS COMG TO NETFLIX

Based on the graphic novel seri by Alice Oseman, Heartstopper follows Charlie (Joe Locke), an trospective gay teen wh floppy hair, who forms a iendship wh his classmate Nick (K Connor), an athletic teen who may or may not be gay, and whose hair uld hontly stand to be floppier.

Heartstopper arriv jt time to sate our thirst for wholome TV about gay teens, wh Hulu’s Love, Victor not schled to return until June, for a third season that will also be s last (sob).

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT GAY TEENAGERS

Primary school wh uniforms that clu gay-iendly sweater vts, we n’t help but thk of of Sex Edutn, which has been renewed for a fourth season wh a release date to be Sudane Amerin mician talks wh them.

” We’re jt a gay webse, standg the ra, askg for more TV about gay teens to offer port the the bt of what’s queer. Related: 15 Gay Romantic Films That Will Make You Believe Happily Ever After(Imag urty of their rpective studs).

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* NEW GAY TEENAGER

What we know about gay teenagers .

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