Dating In High School Makes Gay Teens Feel Better About Themselves. Sorry, Straights, Not You

2010
07.28

Dating In High School Makes Gay Teens Feel Better About Themselves. Sorry, Straights, Not You

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Same-sex relationships for gay and bisexual male high schoolers actually boost students' self-esteem, claim researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, while lesbian youth in relationships report lower internalized homophobia. Straight teens in opposite-sex relationships reported no similar benefits, though "opposite-sex relationships did increase internalized homophobia in boys, but this association disappeared as youth grew older." So keeping gays away from prom was certainly the best decision, right everybody?

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