Surprising results from health risk survey for LGB youth

[LostInTime]

Bay Windows
Ethan Jacobs
ejacobs@baywindows.com

The presentation , which looked at data of LGB youth (the survey does not track transgender youth) from the state's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), showed at least two surprising results. The first was that, according to the 2005 survey, sexually active LGB youth are three times as likely to face an unwanted pregnancy as their straight peers. The second is that risks of suicide, violence, drug use and even cigarette smoking for LGB youth has decreased over the last 10 years.

[cindianna_jones]

You mean if you treat someone like a human being they might live longer?  Imagine that!

Cindi

[Jessica]

The first was that, according to the 2005 survey, sexually active LGB youth are three times as likely to face an unwanted pregnancy as their straight peers.

That's counterintuitive.

[LostInTime]

You mean that teens would try to conform to social norms and do it in a risky fashion? Unlike those who did the survey, I was not surprised. I know many LGB individuals who had children back when they were still struggling with their identity and it was usually at a young age.

[Tay]

I was not surprised to learn this statistic.  It does not surprise me that teenagers will have sex to prove their orientation is not abnormal.

[Jessica]

I hadn't looked at it from the attempting to conforming aspect, you're quite correct.

Jessica