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1. When LGBTQ Youth Come Out: Consequences, Benefits, Possibilities
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By Ryan Watson, PhD | June 18, 2018
Assistant Professor, University of ConnecticutTo come out, or not to come out? That is a very real question constantly facing LGBTQ youth, as well as a fair number of young adults, across their entire lifespan. As a researcher, one of my interests is the choices queer youth and adults make about being out. Who do they come out to? How does this affect their health and well-being?
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2. The Cost of the Closet: Reflections on Gay Men and National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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By Michael Everett, MHS | October 15, 2015
Confinement has its costs. There are costs to being confined physically, emotionally, sexually, mentally or spatially for any period of time. You can often tell when people have grown up in isolation, or with little social interaction. They seem unprepared for social exchanges.
I have seen a version of this with members of the LGBT community. We grow up and discover that what we feel on the inside is seen as wrong in the larger world around us. We learn that who we are “goes against” religious and historical principles.
This can really do a number on you.
- By Michael Everett, MHS
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