Age of 'g out' is now dramatilly younger: Gay, lbian and bisexual teens fd wir fay support, says rearcher -- ScienceDaily

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• PEOPLE G OUT AS GAY AT YOUNGER AGE, REARCH SHOWS
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
• COMG OUT AS GAY IN YOUR 20S, 30S & 40S
• AGE OF 'G OUT' IS NOW DRAMATILLY YOUNGER: GAY, LBIAN AND BISEXUAL TEENS FD WIR FAY SUPPORT, SAYS REARCHER
• MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH

PEOPLE G OUT AS GAY AT YOUNGER AGE, REARCH SHOWS

But those their 30s had e out at an average age of 21, and the group aged 18 to 24 was survey, nducted via social workg s, do not take acunt of the numbers of people who know they are gay or bisexual but have not e out. "She said the change was likely to be bee young people today were given a lot more rmatn about sexualy, and were more likely to see gay people the public eye, TV programm such as Sugar Rh, and soaps such as Emmerdale and EastEnrs, wh whom they uld intify feelgs they might be havg. "Stonewall is suggtg that people wre to their MPs to ask if schools their area are g the anisatn's rourc to tackle homophobic Flemg, 21, who me out when she was 15, said that accsible role mols ma g out easier for young people, although there were still not enough.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

For lbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenr people, realizg their sexual orientatn or genr inty and sharg that rmatn wh fay and iends is often a gradual procs that n unfold over a seri of years.

Lbians and gay men are more likely than bisexuals to have told at least one close iend about their sexual orientatn (96% of gay men and 94% of lbians, pared wh 79% of bisexuals). And they are much more likely to say that most of the people who are important to them know about this aspect of their life: 77% of gay men and 71% of lbians say all or most people know, pared wh 28% of bisexuals. Among all LGBT adults, those wh a llege gree are more likely than those who have not graduated om llege to say all or most of the important people their life know they are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (64% vs.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

The age gaps may be related to the fact that younger adults who may not yet intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (but may the future) would not qualify to be clud the survey. Overall, LGBT adults are much more likely to have told a close iend that they are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr than they are to have told one of their parents. Bisexuals are much more likely than gay men and lbians to say their sexual orientatn never me up wh their parents or that raisg the subject was not important to them.

COMG OUT AS GAY IN YOUR 20S, 30S & 40S

One--five gay men and lbians who have not told their mother about their sexual orientatn say they never told her bee she already knew or someone else told her. Among LGB adults who have not told their father about their sexual orientatn, 13% of gay men say this is bee he already knew, as well as 17% of lbians and 5% of bisexuals. For LGBT adults who have not told their father that they are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, about one--ten (12%) say they didn’t tell him bee they do not have a close relatnship wh him.

Gay men and lbians are more likely than bisexuals to say tellg their mother about their sexual orientatn was a difficult thg (64% of gay men and 65% of lbians say was difficult, vs. Lbians are twice as likely as gay men to say tellg their mother about their sexual orientatn hurt their relatnship (23% of lbians say the relatnship grew weaker, pared wh 12% of gay men).

Among gay men and lbians who have at least one sister, large majori say they have told a sister about their sexual orientatn (75% of gay men and 80% of lbians). Siarly, roughly three-quarters of gay men (74%) and lbians (76%) wh at least one brother say they have told a brother about their sexual orientatn, pared wh 42% of bisexuals. At the same time, Midwterners are more likely than those livg any other regn to say there is some acceptance their muny of LGBT dividuals (52% of gay men and lbians livg the Midwt say this, pared wh 35% or ls of those livg the Northeast, South or Wt).

AGE OF 'G OUT' IS NOW DRAMATILLY YOUNGER: GAY, LBIAN AND BISEXUAL TEENS FD WIR FAY SUPPORT, SAYS REARCHER

Gay men and lbians livg the South are much more likely than those livg the Wt or Midwt to say there is only a ltle or no acceptance of the LGBT populatn where they live (36% the South vs. Gay men and lbians wh a llege gree and those wh annual of $75, 000 or higher are among the most likely to say there is a lot of acceptance of the LGBT populatn the cy or town where they live. LGBT adults who say there is a lot of acceptance of people who are lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr their cy or town are much more likely to say this is an important reason why they live there than are those who say there is ltle or no acceptance of the LGBT populatn their muny.

MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH

Overall, gay men and lbians are more likely than bisexuals to say the level of social acceptance the cy or town where they live is an important reason why they live there.

Gay men and lbians unr age 45 are much more likely than those ag 45 and olr to say the level of social acceptance their cy or town is a reason why they live there. Gay men and lbians wh a llege gree are more likely than those who have not pleted llege to say the level of social acceptance their cy or town is one reason for livg there (49% of llege graduat say this is a major or mor reason, pared wh 35% of non-llege graduat). Among gay men and lbians, the more important they say their sexual orientatn is to their overall inty, the more likely they are to have lived an LGBT neighborhood.