LGBTIQ Youth: Health Information
LGBTIQ youth and young adults have many of the same health
and safety concerns as other youth and young adults.
These include everything from acne to puberty and hormones
to making friends you can trust. Yet there are some health
issues that affect LGBTIQ youth somewhat differently than
other youth.
These web pages are designed to give you some information
about those issues.
The most important thing to remember as you search for
advice and information is that you are OK just the way you
are.
You are certainly not alone; it may feel like it, but there
are lots of other LGBTIQ youth out there ... probably right in
your very own neighborhood.
You have a right to support, safety, education, and health
care. You have a right to information. And you will find
friendship, love, and satisfaction.
These web pages
discuss some health issues for LGBTIQ youth, as well as the things
you can do to reduce or eliminate your risk for these
health problems:
We'd like to thank Advocates for Youth for allowing us to
use portions of this Q and A text, which were taken from an article
written by Advocates for Youth in the
summer of 2004.
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