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Lesbian and Gay adolescents find it difficult to admit their sexual orientations. Study
indicates that the adolescents and young adults are most affected by issues resulting from their
admitting that they are different. These issues revolve around their families, relationships,
friendships, self-awareness issues and discrimination. These aspects come to play and inform the
decisions of gay young adults and adolescents regarding their coming out and declaring their
sexual orientation. While sexual orientation is in itself a disposition that is confusing to
individuals, the aspect that keeps them off is their romantic association with individuals of same
sex. These attractions are likely to be suppressed.
Family issues are one of the major issues that keep adolescents from admitting that they
are gays or lesbians. The modern American family expects that the youths exercise the
traditional heterosexual relationships and they demonize the recent developments that permeate
the same-sex relationships. If young adults and adolescents and the young adults express
affection to same sex genders, it is often considered a negative effect on the family (Canadian
Paediatric Society, 2013). With this understanding, gay and lesbian adolescents and young adults
are likely to keep their same sex attraction details to themselves to protect the image of their
families and keep off the wrath of their families.
Secondly, the young adults and adolescents are at an age where they are prone to being
affected by negative talk. This aspect revolves around relationships with other heterosexually
oriented individuals in the same age bracket. It is often seen as wretchedness by the ‘straight’
individuals for one to be attracted to same sex persons. The emanating effect is that all those who
openly declare their same sex attractions are unjustly scrutinized, smeared and psychologically

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1 Human Sexuality Discussion Human Sexuality Discussion Name: Institution: 2 Human Sexuality Discussion Human Sexuality Discussion Lesbian and Gay adolescents find it difficult to admit their sexual orientations. Study indicates that the adolescents and young adults are most affected by issues resulting from their admitting that they are different. These issues revolve around their families, relationships, friendships, self-awareness issues and discrimination. These aspects come to play and inform the decisions of gay young adults and adolescents regarding their coming out and declaring their sexual orientation. While sexual orientation is in itself a disposition that is confusing to individuals, the aspect that keeps them off is their romantic association with individuals of same sex. These attractions are likely to be suppressed. Family issues are one of the major issues that keep adolescents from admitting that they are gays or lesbians. The modern American family expects that the youths exercise the traditional heterosexual relationships and they demonize the recent developments that permeate the same-sex relationships. If young adults and adolescents and the young adults ...
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