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Helping Families Support Their Lesbian, Gay,Bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) ChildrenBY CAITLIN RYAN, , , Family Acceptance Project San Francisco State University LGBT Adolescents: Becoming VisibleIn the past, very few adolescents came out totheir Families or told others they were gay. Mostlesbians, gay men, and bisexuals (LGB) waiteduntil they were adults to talk about Their LGBidentity with others. Fear of rejection and seriousnegative reactions kept many LGB adults fromopenly sharing Their the 1990s, there were limited resources forLGBT youth. Gay and transgender adolescentshad few sources of information to learn abouttheir identity or to find Support . More recently,the Internet, school diversity clubs, and LGBT youth groups have helped gay and transgenderyouth find accurate information, guidance, and greater access to resources, more LGBT youth are coming out (sharing Their gay ortransgender identity with friends, family, andother adults) during adolescence.
identify as transgender came out as transgender, on average, at age 16. Impact of Family Reactions on LGBT Children Until recently, little was known about how families react when an LGBT young person comes out during adolescence. And even less was known about how family reactions affect an LGBT adolescent’s health and mental health.
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