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News and Events => People news => Topic started by: LostInTime on January 25, 2007, 07:48:15 PM

Title: Queer youth out in the world, but not to doctors
Post by: LostInTime on January 25, 2007, 07:48:15 PM
Story here (http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=1505).

An estimated 70 percent of queer youth are not out to their doctors, despite being out to almost everyone else in their lives, including to some family members, according to a study released in December by the Rand Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, and the University of California, Los Angeles. The study surveyed 179 gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens who had attended a conference.

Bisexual youth were least likely to be out to their doctors and transgender youth were barely represented in the survey, so more research is needed to identify their health needs.