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PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABE AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE: A META-ANALYSIS
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer or qutng (LGBTQ) youth experience trma at higher rat than their straight peers. * gay childhood trauma *
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer or qutng (LGBTQ) youth experience trma at higher rat than their straight peers. ACEs; Abe; Adverse childhood experienc; Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer youth; Gay; Lbian; Mory strs; Pansexual; Trma.
The procs of velopg a muny-based rearch agenda wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer youth the Northwt Terrori, Canada.
* gay childhood trauma *
Transnal Age Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Qutng Youth: Issu of Diversy, Integrated Inti, and Mental Health. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Other Morized Genr and Sexual Inti-Adapted Telehealth Intensive Outpatient Program for Youth and Young Adults: Subgroup Analysis of Acuy and Improvement Followg Treatment.
Keywords: Sexual Behavr, Child Abe, Homosexualy, Instmental Variable Mols, Sexual OrientatnINTRODUCTIONEpimlogil studi fd a posive associatn between childhood maltreatment and same-sex sexualy adulthood, wh lbians and gay men reportg 1. Four pathways have been hypothized: (1) maltreatment may e loss of self-worth and create a stigmatized inty victims; therefore, maltreated persons wh same-sex preferenc may be more willg to adopt another stigmatized inty, namely mory sexual orientatn (Saewyc et al., 2006);(2) sexual abe, perpetrated primarily by men, boys to believe they are homosexual (Gartner, 1999); (3) sexual abe of girls by male perpetrators victims to be aversive to sexual relatnships wh men (Marvasti & Dripchak, 2004); and (4) sexual abe of boys by men “teach” homosexualy (Cameron & Cameron, 1995, 1996) (see also LeVay, 1996). Furthermore, belief that sexual orientatn is mutable rather than fixed has led to potentially trmatizg attempts to “cure” homosexualy, although belief that sexual orientatn is blogilly termed before birth has also led to attempts to “cure” homosexualy (LeVay, 1996).
If, for example, prence of a pre-homosexual child creas risk of maral disrd and divorce, prence of a stepparent uld be fluenced by a child’s sexual orientatn, and timat g stepparent as an stment will be biased. MeasurThree dimensns of sexual orientatn were d dichotomoly: any vers no same-sex attractn; any vers no lifetime same-sex sexual partners; and bisexual, lbian or gay vers heterosexual inty.