LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER YOUTH AS A HIGH-RISK GROUP
By Virginia Uribe, Ph.D.
THE
STRESSORS
- DEVALUATION BY FAMILY, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS,
AND SCHOOLS
- FAMILY REJECTION
- POOR PEER RELATIONSHIPS
- VERBAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE
- LOW SELF-ESTEEM
- SOCIAL STIGMATIZATION
- ISOLATION
- RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND CULTURAL CONFLICTS
THE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES
- SCHOOL RELATED PROBLEMS
- RUNAWAY AND HOMELESSNESS
- CONFLICT WITH THE LAW
- ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- SURVIVAL SEX
- POOR MENTAL HEALTH
- SELF-DEVALUATION
- SUICIDE
- PREGNANCY
- UNPROTECTED SEXUAL EXPERIMENTATION
- DEPRESSION
- POWERLESSNESS
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2002 Friends of Project 10, Inc.