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THE DIGAL SEX LIV OF YOUNG GAY TEENAGERS

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Gross on the gay hookup app Grdr and that they had met for sex before. ”It’s mon for gay, bisexual or qutng mors to go onle to meet other gay people.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MALE TEENS E ADULT DATG APPS TO FD SENSE OF MUNY, STUDY SHOWS

But most onle social works for gay men are geared toward adults and foced on sex. They have failed to protect mors, who simply have to subtract a few years om their birth date to create a om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn and a new study The Journal of Adolcent Health together suggt that roughly one four gay and bisexual boys aged 14 to 17 the Uned Stat are on gay hookup apps signed for adults (Grdr, Scff, Jack’d, Adam4Adam). But this brgs up nfintialy risks for gay men who don’t want to be uld also e algorhms to tect nversatns between mors and adults.

When I searched onle for “gay chat, ” as a lonely, closeted child might, the first h was #1 Chat Avenue. Two mut after I opened a gay chat room, a er wrote: “Any boys 13 or 14 wh meras? Parents also need to stay lm, so that the kids feel fortable g back to them if they ever end up a bad suatn, like if a sry stranger won’t stop a society, we have failed to create enough spac for gay youth to thrive, phg them onle and unrground.

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 27 of the New York edn wh the headle: Young, Gay and Vulnerable Onle. The members of that muny create space for relatnships to some teens, that muny is found on datg apps meant for adult gay men — apps that only require a er enter a birth date that cis wh the se’s legal terms of service. A new Northwtern Medice study (published the Journal of Adolcent Health) found that more than 50 percent of sexually active gay and bisexual boys ag 14 to 17 e datg (also known as hook-up) apps like Grdr (21+) and Scff (18+) to fd new iends and was gathered through onle surveys taken by 200 sexually experienced teens the Uned Stat and is the first known study on the topic.

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Mapagal says gay and bisexual male teens turn to the apps to meet others that muny bee they feel there are few opportuni to do so where they live. “That’s where the dangers are, and I thk that kd of go across whether you’re heterosexual, homosexual, transgenr or lbian — we don’t want 14-year-olds seekg to date people 21 and olr.

“Gay and bisexual adolcent boys acunt for almost two-thirds of HIV fectns among teenagers the Uned Stat, but unfortunately sex tn and HIV preventn tailored to their needs is almost nonexistent, ” Mapagal said.

“The sooner we unrstand the role the apps play the liv of gay and bisexual teen guys, the sooner we will be able to tailor sex tn and HIV preventn efforts for this populatn and help them live healthier liv.

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I’m pretty sure that I am gay, but I have a really hard time fdg people who are gay also. How n I go about meetg other gay teens like myself? There are a number of anizatns that support lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng (LGBTQ) teens.

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