Are you an LGBTQ teen? Here are the rourc you need cludg lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer datg tips, g out stori and news om the LGBTQ muny
Contents:
- GAY AND LBIAN ADOLCENTS
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) TEENS
- MORE U.S. TEENS INTIFYG AS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, STUDY SAYS
- PARENTS’ FLUENCE ON LBIAN, GAY, OR BISEXUAL TEENS
- APPENDIX A: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR TEENS
- GAY TEENS ON TV: A TIMELE
GAY AND LBIAN ADOLCENTS
* gay and lesbian teens *
The Trevor Project is a natnal anizatn providg crisis terventn and suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng (LGBTQ) young people unr 25. “Bullied” is a documentary film signed to help admistrators, teachers and unselors create a safer school environment for all stunts, not jt those who are gay and lbian.
Parents and others need to be alert to the signs of distrs bee recent studi show that gay/lbian youth acunt for a signifint number of aths by suici adolcence. By the Amerin Psychologil Associatn, Divisns 16 (School Psychology) and 44 (Society for the Psychologil Study of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Issu).
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) TEENS
Rourc for teens, teachers, parents and schools on how to help lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stunts lead safe and healthy liv. * gay and lesbian teens *
Informatn about existg legal and policy protectns for LGBTQ and other stunts regardg privacy issu as well as other challeng LGBTQ youth experience schools such as rights associated wh Gay-Straight Allianc, brgg same-genr partners to school danc and drs s. parents of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng (LGBTQ) teens to remember each child is unique and will have their own experienc and feelgs along the way.
For margalized groups, tthful reprentatn film is imperative, even lifavg, and today’s stormy polil climate there’s an urgency for straight cisgenr people to see LGBTQ characters portrayed accurately and unapologetilly — and by people who actually know what LGBTQ life is like bee they live we’re a long way om total clivy and gay movi sans stereotyp, the film dtry has ma recent stris centerg LGBTQ+ characters.
MORE U.S. TEENS INTIFYG AS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, STUDY SAYS
Get ready to get all up your feelgs wh the bt LGBTQ+ romance movi and romantic gay movi available to stream right now. * gay and lesbian teens *
Featurg a queer actor as one of the ma love terts, and a gay director, Love, Simon is a movie that will likely have you cryg and clappg through scen as you watch. If you don’t speak or unrstand Portugue please do not be terred om watchg a film wh subtl, bee this is a g-of-age gay film that you do not want to miss.
Courty Everett CollectnMoonlight (2016)Based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alv McCraney, Moonlight buted to high cril praise for cematography, storytellg, and s portrayal of black gay male inty. For the ocsn, Val’s father Armand (Rob Williams) attempts to pass as a straight person spe his life as a gay Miami drag club owner and relatnship wh the club’s star attractns (Nathan Lane). People who are homosexual are romantilly and physilly attracted to people of the same sex: Femal who are attracted to other femal are lbian; mal who are attracted to other mal are often known as gay.
"Beg terted someone of the same sex do not necsarily mean that a person is gay — jt as beg terted someone of the oppose sex don't mean a person is straight. Transgenr people may have the body of one genr, but feel that they are the oppose genr, like they were born to the wrong type of who are transgenr are often grouped wh lbian and gay as a way to clu people who don't feel they f to the tegory of beg "straight. Bee of this, some gay and lbian teens may feel different om their iends when the heterosexual people around them start talkg about romantic feelgs, datg, and sex.
PARENTS’ FLUENCE ON LBIAN, GAY, OR BISEXUAL TEENS
More teens the Uned Stat are reportg their sexual inty as gay, lbian or bisexual, natnwi surveys show. * gay and lesbian teens *
A 2012 survey by the Human Rights Campaign found that 92% of LGBT teens had heard negative thgs about beg lbian, gay, bisexual, or teens might feel like they have to pretend to feel thgs that they don't orr to f wh their group, fay, or muny.
APPENDIX A: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR TEENS
3% of Teens Intify as Transgenr; 2% Intify as Gay, Lbian, Bisexual; and 3% are Unsure of Their Sexual Orientatn Given that the topic of this * gay and lesbian teens *
They might feel they need to ny who they are or that they have to hi an important part of of prejudice, rejectn, or bullyg n lead people who aren't straight to keep their sexual orientatn secret, even om iends and fay who might support gay or lbian teens tell a few close iends and fay members about their sexual orientatn. Some live muni or fai where beg gay is not accepted or who feel they need to hi who they are or who fear discrimatn or vlence n be at greater risk for emotnal problems like anxiety and prsn.
In addn to the mon worri, LGBT teens have an extra layer of thgs to thk about, like whether they have to hi who they don't happen to all gay teens, of urse. Many gay and lbian teens and their fai have no more difficulti than anyone Importance of TalkgFor people of all sexual orientatns, learng about sex and relatnships n be difficult.
GAY TEENS ON TV: A TIMELE
<p>Here are some of the gay teen characters sce '92 who ma televisn history</p> * gay and lesbian teens *
Whether gay, straight, bisexual, or jt not sure, almost everyone has qutns about physilly maturg and about sexual health — like if certa body chang are "normal, " what's the right way to behave, or how to avoid sexually transmted fectns (STIs).
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