Gays and bisexuals prone to risk behavior

• April 29, 2024

Students gays and bisexuals in the baccalaureate stage, they are more likely to have risk behaviors , like smoking and drinking alcohol among others, than their heterosexual partners, according to a new government study in the United States.

According to more than 150 thousand students, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention carried out the longest study carried out so far to analyze the sexual orientation Y conduct of teenagers

The questionnaire applied from the use of helmet to ride a bicycle, to drug use or suicide attacks. The gay teens (gays and lesbians) and bisexuals reported much more risky behaviors in all categories.

We did not ask the "why" those young people with risk behaviors, performed those actions. However, these groups usually deal with social stigmas , disapproval Y social rejection . "Many risky behaviors are related to how that person feels in the environment they are in," said study leader Laura Kann.

Source: Associated Press.

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