Month: May 2022

Meeting LGBT Students’ Challenges
Meeting LGBT Students’ Challenges

Having come out as gay in my teens, I sought to learn as much as I could from the available literature about sexual orientation and how it relates to identity development. The chance to pursue a career in psychology, one which would allow me to work with LGBT people and influence social thought on these issues, was too exciting to pass up. Like many of my lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT)-and probably heterosexual colleagues at graduate school, my motivation to study psychology is largely personal.
LGBT graduate students who choose to pursue LGBT-…

Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

Some children and adolescents are aware of their attraction to members of the same gender by early adolescence, but awareness varies by culture and acculturation. Sexual orientation and gender identity are separate aspects of one’s experience; both may be fluid or complex. Some children and adolescents may spend a long time figuring out their sexual orientation or identity before feeling secure in it. Resources and supportive adults are scarce for children who identify as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or questioning); peer support is limited in rural areas and small towns.