A majory of gay and bisexual Generatn Z teenage boys report beg out to their parents, part of an uptick g out among young people that rearchers have noted recent s.
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- MORE THAN HALF OF GENERATN Z GAY, BISEXUAL TEENAGE BOYS REPORT BEG OUT TO PARENTS
- MORE THAN HALF OF GENERATN Z GAY, BISEXUAL TEENAGE BOYS REPORT BEG OUT TO PARENTS
MORE THAN HALF OF GENERATN Z GAY, BISEXUAL TEENAGE BOYS REPORT BEG OUT TO PARENTS
WASHINGTON — A majory of gay and bisexual Generatn Z teenage boys report beg out to their parents, part of an uptick g out among young people that rearchers have noted recent s, acrdg to rearch published by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn. In the study, published the journal Psychology of Sexual Orientatn and Genr Diversy®, rearchers examed survey data om 1, 194 13-to-18-year-old boys, all of whom intified as gay, bisexual or as beg attracted to people regardls of genr. Those intifyg as gay were more likely to be out to a parent than bisexuals or those unsure of their sexualy.
Say they are bisexual, wh about 2% each intifyg as gay, lbian or transgenr, " Gallup says. Gallup only asked rponnts if they intified as LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr), although the LGBT muny also enpass other intifitns, such as queer. However, the 2017 poll only asked participants to answer "y" or "no" to whether they intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
6% of adults who intified as LGBT, more than half are bisexual, about a quarter are gay, 11. 4% as gay, 0.
MORE THAN HALF OF GENERATN Z GAY, BISEXUAL TEENAGE BOYS REPORT BEG OUT TO PARENTS
5%) say they are gay, wh 11. "At a time when Amerins are creasgly supportive of equal rights for gay, lbian and transgenr people, a growg percentage of Amerins intify themselv as LGBT, " Gallup says.
Hodg, which legalized marriage between people of the same reversg that cisn would not be easy, and the landspe of the issue has shifted sharply the last show there have been dramatic creas support of gay marriage and how many Amerins self-intify as LGBTQ. In some sense, “self-intifyg” as lbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual, even a survey, is an act of feelg fortable sharg that rmatn wh the broar public — and for some rponnts, that may have bee easier as same-sex marriage beme a more accepted part of the culture. “Younger people are growg up an environment where beg gay, lbian or bisexual is not as taboo as was the past, ” Jon told NBC News.