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When you hear about sexual offenders, the first thought that comes to most people’s minds are female victim male offender. It is not that uncommon for a women to victimize young boys. Sadly boys are less apt to report abuse than girls. It is the girl society is watching out for, the boy is supposed [...]
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Spectrum is one of many organizations in the United States that provides community leadership to promote acceptance, understanding, and full inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The queer youth population has one of the highest incidence of suicide and self harm due to the lack of acceptance and personal identity issues. Finding support, [...]
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I found this article perplexing and almost view it as segregation of the 21st. Century. Why would you need a separate school that teaches about Gay heroes? Shouldn’t gays be included in all the curriculum like any other hero regardless of sexual orientation? What does it matter if heroes are lesbian, gay, or bi-sexual? A hero [...]
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Interesting name for a new TV show featuring the relationship expert Dr. Drew Pinsky. The show, “Sex … With Mom and Dad,” is part of Think MTV’s sexual-health campaign “It’s Your (Sex) Life.” In each half-hour episode, Pinsky will help a teen and his or her parents work through their problems discussing sex, dating and [...]
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I have been planning to post on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Aids among teens but have not done it. Anyone that may have good information or would like to do a guest post, write a comment or send an email to kidsrtc@gmail.com. I came across this interesting article that was published today in Science Daily regarding “Teens’ Failure To [...]
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Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York By Kai Wright The author, Kai Wright, has taken a look at three adolescents that chose to live on the streets of New York. The author is a journalist and wanted to understand why these teens would put themselves [...]
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——————————————————————————— Since there has been talk, and I have posted on this blog, about teen bi-sexuality growing as a trend, I am featuring a guest post by Cristin Brew, a professional that works with teens and sexual identity. My hope this will better prepare parents as they deal with their teens identity issues. ———————————————————————————- When I was in high school the last [...]
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Vanessa Van Patten at onteenstoday wrote an interesting blog about teens and the teen trend to be bisexual. She quotes one of her, what she calls mentees, “Even if you aren’t bi, it’s still like, really cool, you just pretend to be.” So, why is it “cool” to be bi today? Is it a Teen Trend [...]
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