Sex Minority And Sexual Minority Orientation

Ryan, Caitlin Ryan; Russell, Stephen, T.; Huebner, David; Diaz, Rafael; Sanchez, Jorge, 2010, Family Acceptance in Adolescence and the Health of LGBT young Adults, Journal of Child and Adolescence Psychiatric Nursing, Volume 23, pp. 205-213

LGBTQ adolescents, also called sexual minority youth, have a higher risk of developing mental and emotional problems than heterosexual youth, and also face more bullying, harassment, and victimization due to homophobia (Craig, Austin, & McInroy, 2014). In order to address their needs, the researchers used group therapy that was based on

The Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgendered (LGBT) youth population is one of the most vulnerable groups in our community. Being gay does not lead to risky behaviors or bad decision making, rather, societal stigma and discrimination can lead LGBT youth to seek emotional outlets. Today’s society has improved immensely towards the LGBT community, although it has not always been this way. Society can affect a person in shocking ways, influencing one’s unhealthy and unsafe physical and mental behaviors. This current vulnerable population deserves a voice and the simplicity of someone listening to them in order for both sides, accepting and non-accepting, to find a common ground and settle the violence.

The research question for this article would be how is the justice system equipped to deal with sexual minority girls and their issues of trauma? Trauma happens to be a big risk factor for delinquency and other emotional and physical problems. This article reviews the very little amount of empirical research done to look at the trauma in the interpersonal form of the lesbian and bisexual girls in the juvenile justice system. Lesbians and bisexual girls may have an increased risk of harmful behavior and traumatic experiences due to parental rejection, school bullying, and violence. When a member of LGBTQ youth enter the justice system, there is a lack of programs and services that tend to their treatment needs. Another issue with having LGBTQ

Being an adolescent is a pivotal and experimental phase for most people. During these years, people are prone to innumerable forms of stressors in their lives. It is not uncommon for this group to face victimization by parents, peers, and so-called friends during their daily lives. Dealing with common stressors may influence teenagers to participate in strain-relieving activities . . .some of which are not always legal. Underage drinking and illicit drug abuse alone are two expanding problems plaguing teens. More often than not, these two behaviors are done simultaneously. This poses an even greater threat to the mental and physical health of those who decide to engage in substance abuse. On the contrary, support groups exist to aid in minimizing risky teen behavior by offering an alternative social environment. Lowered cigarette use, consumption of alcohol, drug misuse, and an overall healthier state are outcomes of an established support group for LGBT students; the positive impression of these groups implemented in schools is reason enough to acknowledge their importance and also encourage expansion into schools that do not have them (Heck et al., 2014).

When I think about diversity in the world I too think about diversity when it comes to sexual orientation. Sometimes I think -- How is sexual identity developed? What influences who we become sexually? Why is there such diversity in sexual orientation? To be quite frank, there are no correct or incorrect answers to these questions. The idea of sexual orientation and behavior is a very complex one. What was true in the past is certainly different than the norm today. When I researched the various psychological theories and methodologies of measuring one’s sexuality, naturally I came across the work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, the creator of the Kinsey scale.

Sexual Minorities who have took part in reorientation therapy, have had varying results, based on case studies. Reorientation therapeutic practices have raised the question of competency in professional counselors, when dealing with sexual minorities. Sexual minorities, in this case, is a person who identifies as being bisexual, homosexual, lesbian, gay, and or having the same sex attractions and behaviors. Being competent in the role of a professional counselor, is vital, when interacting with sexual minorities, because the client’s overall well-being is what matters most. For the client, this will not only form a trust relationship with the counselor but will cause the client to open and share more relevant information. Some of the factors

The study examined two groups, homeless and non-homeless Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) youths (Rosario, Schrimshaw, & Hunter, 2012). There were a total of 156 participants between the ages of 14 and 21 years with a mean age of 18.3 years. Participants were recruited from community based organizations, which focused on youths and two college organizations of LGB students. Researchers wanted to explore potential risk factors associated with the reason some LGB youths become homeless, while others do not. The risk factors included experiencing sexual abuse, negative responses from others based on one’s sexual orientation, unbearable stress for the parent or youth, and substance abuse. All of which are reasons one may run away from home and become homeless. Lastly, researcher’s hypothesized non-homeless youth are less likely than homeless youths to be involved in sexual abuse and early sexual identity development as it pertains to LGB (Rosario et al., 2012).

The author's choice of theoretical framework broadened the scope by adding homosexuality and sex to the minority category as oppose to the traditional female victims. In this research, minority will include: race, sex, gender, etc. This makes the research the first of its kind in minority sexual victimization. The framework also uses many secondary research sources to compare to the study. In the secondary sources used, the research studies explain the female heterosexual sexual encounters, physical domestic violence and unwanted pursuits. This study was used to compare the increase number within a heterosexual group but also, the susceptibility of sexual minorities and their encounters with unwanted pursuit, domestic physical violence and sexual violence. The main variables of interest in this study is sexual victimization amongst minorities on college campuses; minorities is conceptually defined to also include: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and

This study is about whether there is a correlation between physical and sexual abuse in adolescents becoming homosexual. Throughout past research there has been no direct correlation in stating is does cause adolescents to become homosexual. The event of someone changing their sexual identity is when they gone through some traumatic situation in their life. The tests we ran for this study are The Life Experience Questionnaire, The Lesbian Internalized Homophobic Scale, and The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire. This study is done to prove there is a correlation between physical and sexual abuse equaling homosexuality.

This study examined the relations between school climate and school adjustment among 101 lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) high school students and the moderating influence of social support on those relations. Students completed surveys to assess three aspects of the school climate (the school’s exclusion/inclusion of LGB people, personal victimization in school for being LGB, and social support from teachers) as well as social support from family and close friends. Criterion variables were GPA, school belonging, and discipline problems. School climate variables explained significant amounts of variance in all criterion variables, after controlling for prior GPA, and there were no moderating effects of parent or friend support. (Murdock & Bolch, 2005)

Marginalization may also be the explanation for the high risk of self-harm in gay, bisexual, transsexual teenagers who are 2 to 3 times more likely to self-harm than heterosexual young people, this groups results in regular absenteeism at school due to homophobic harassment. 50% of those reported bullied at school had contemplated self-harm, 40% of those had self-harmed at least once. A survey in 2000 to 2002 interviewed 2,430 lesbian women, gay men and bisexual men and women in England and Wales and concluded that there is a greater link between discrimination and mental health issues. (Truth Hurts, Mental Health Foundation 2006).

Currently the economic, political, cultural and ecological had rapidly reconstruction of the era of globalization, especially in tourism and hospitality industry. At present the gender and sexual orientation not only are held hostage-cutting in various parts of the world changes in the process, but also by the transformation of society throughout the thousand-state changes. They put gender as a key variable, focusing inspected it with other social differences cross interaction. In their view, all grades are interrelated, gender, race, ethnicity, national, class, sexual orientation, age, geographical, and many of the differences that seem similar to that of a personal experience of the vagaries of variation and all areas are in a changing dynamic status, they will be diminished with the passage of time and the social environment changes. This article is designed to integrate the gender and sexual orientation of diversity. The first part of the article will briefly discuss gender and sexual orientation from the general. Next in the context of tourism and hospitality businesses, the benefit and gains which is resulted by taking in this form of diversity will be discussed. The third part will be focus on the cost and consequences to the businesses who have not consider gender and sexual orientation diversity in the tourism industry. Based on the foregoing analysis, the article finally will make a few points of recommendation to improve gender and sexual orientation

Adolescents who are in the sexual minority, unfortunately, do not receive as much support in all of these areas as their heterosexual counterparts. The SBYSP has given E.W. a place to receive support from friends and adults outside the family (Hutchinson, 2017, p. 458).

The magazine article, Hurt Can Go on Even after Bullying Stops, emphasizes that the negative health effects from bullying can carry on long after these aggressive acts end. Some of these negative health effects include, but are not limited to: anxiety, depression, and a damaged sense of self-worth. The main focus of this study was on students’ past and present bullying experiences and examined how the effects of bullying can add up over time leading to a potential “snowball effect”. Researchers used surveys gathered from about 4,300 public school students in Houston, Los Angeles and Birmingham. The results from these surveys showed that 22% of the participants claimed being bullied in the fifth grade, 5% claiming to be bullied in the seventh grade, and 3% in the tenth grade. According to the surveys, bullying seemed to be less reported as the students grew older. The surveys also show that students who were bullied in the past and present scored the worst on numerous health tests, followed by students who were bullied only in the present, then students