TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual Minority Youth, Social Change, and Health
T2 - A Developmental Collision
AU - Russell, Stephen T.
AU - Fish, Jessica N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grant, P2CHD042849, Population Research Center, awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Russell acknowledges the Priscilla Pond Flawn Endowment at the University of Texas, and Fish acknowledges support from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Grant No. F32AA023138). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by grant, P2CHD042849, Population Research Center, awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Russell acknowledges the Priscilla Pond Flawn Endowment at the University of Texas, and Fish acknowledges support from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Grant No. F32AA023138).
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PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - Few societal attitudes and opinions have changed as quickly as those regarding sexual minority people and rights. In the context of dramatic social change, there have been multiple policy changes toward social inclusion and rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people, and perceptions that the sociocultural context for LGB people—perhaps particularly for youth—has improved. Yet recent evidence from the developmental sciences points to paradoxical findings: in many cases there have been growing rather than shrinking health disparities. The authors suggest that there is a developmental collision between normative adolescent developmental processes and sexual minority youth identities and visibility.
AB - Few societal attitudes and opinions have changed as quickly as those regarding sexual minority people and rights. In the context of dramatic social change, there have been multiple policy changes toward social inclusion and rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people, and perceptions that the sociocultural context for LGB people—perhaps particularly for youth—has improved. Yet recent evidence from the developmental sciences points to paradoxical findings: in many cases there have been growing rather than shrinking health disparities. The authors suggest that there is a developmental collision between normative adolescent developmental processes and sexual minority youth identities and visibility.
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U2 - 10.1080/15427609.2018.1537772
DO - 10.1080/15427609.2018.1537772
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060600873
SN - 1542-7609
VL - 16
SP - 5
EP - 20
JO - Research in Human Development
JF - Research in Human Development
IS - 1
ER -