Facts on homosexuality
-Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between two members of the same sex.
-The most common examples of homosexuality are a man and a man being together, or a women and a women being together.
-There is also pan sexuality, which is when an individual is attracted to someone regardless of gender/ -Someone may also be asexual, which means that they are not attracted to either sex.
-There is no proven reason for homosexuality. It could be a result of genetics, and social and individual factors.
-There may be times in someones life where they go through a phase in which they think that they are gay, but later realize that they are not. This can be a result of different gay experience a teenager may go through, or it could be a part of puberty.
-Suicide rates in the gay community were 14% lower in the 32 states that had legalized same sex marriage before the United States legalized it in all 50 states.
-In a study report released in 2013, the following facts were released: it was shown that 37% of the LGBT youth feel unsafe at school because of their gender expression, 74% were verbally harassed because of their sexual orientation, 55% were verbally harassed because of gender expression, 16% were physically assaulted with any type of weapon for gender sexual orientation, and 11% were physically assaulted for gender expression.
-4 in 10 LGBT youth say the community in which the live in is not accepting of LGBT people
-LGBT youth are twice as likely as their peers to say they have been physically assaulted in any way
- 26% of LGBT youth say there biggest problems are not feeling accepted by their family, trouble at school with bullying, and a fear to be out/open.
-Roughly 75% of the LGBT youth say that they are more honest about themselves online than in real world
-75% of LGBT youth say that most of their peers do not have a problem with their identity as LGBT
-92% of the LGBT youth say that they hear the most negative things about their sexuality from school, the internet and their peers
-77% of the LGBT youth say that they know things will get better
-68% of the LGBT youth say they hear negative messages about being LGBT from elected leaders
-LGBT youth out to their immediate families are more likely to report being happy than those who are not out
-The most common examples of homosexuality are a man and a man being together, or a women and a women being together.
-There is also pan sexuality, which is when an individual is attracted to someone regardless of gender/ -Someone may also be asexual, which means that they are not attracted to either sex.
-There is no proven reason for homosexuality. It could be a result of genetics, and social and individual factors.
-There may be times in someones life where they go through a phase in which they think that they are gay, but later realize that they are not. This can be a result of different gay experience a teenager may go through, or it could be a part of puberty.
-Suicide rates in the gay community were 14% lower in the 32 states that had legalized same sex marriage before the United States legalized it in all 50 states.
-In a study report released in 2013, the following facts were released: it was shown that 37% of the LGBT youth feel unsafe at school because of their gender expression, 74% were verbally harassed because of their sexual orientation, 55% were verbally harassed because of gender expression, 16% were physically assaulted with any type of weapon for gender sexual orientation, and 11% were physically assaulted for gender expression.
-4 in 10 LGBT youth say the community in which the live in is not accepting of LGBT people
-LGBT youth are twice as likely as their peers to say they have been physically assaulted in any way
- 26% of LGBT youth say there biggest problems are not feeling accepted by their family, trouble at school with bullying, and a fear to be out/open.
-Roughly 75% of the LGBT youth say that they are more honest about themselves online than in real world
-75% of LGBT youth say that most of their peers do not have a problem with their identity as LGBT
-92% of the LGBT youth say that they hear the most negative things about their sexuality from school, the internet and their peers
-77% of the LGBT youth say that they know things will get better
-68% of the LGBT youth say they hear negative messages about being LGBT from elected leaders
-LGBT youth out to their immediate families are more likely to report being happy than those who are not out