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THIS even surprised me, I have to admit. Who knew the gays would try this attack on Normal Marriage, much less that they could even GET pregnant? 
Well that last part doesn't surprise me. Those kids are probably being raped by mary worshiping preists. 
Gay teens at higher risk of pregnancy
VANCOUVER - Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers are at significantly higher risk for pregnancy during their teen years than their heterosexual peers, suggests a survey published Tuesday in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.
The University of British Columbia study looked at adolescent health surveys of 1992, 1998, and 2003, which were random studies of about 70,000 students in Grades 7 through 12 in public schools across the province of B.C.
One of the reasons for higher pregnancy among sexual minority youth, say the report’s authors, is the stigma gay teens continue to face and the strategies they may engage in order to cope with that stigma.
For example, in 1998 among the teenage girls surveyed, 7.3 per cent of lesbians and 10.6 per cent of girls who said they were bisexual reported pregnancy compared with 1.8 per cent of heterosexual girls.
Among boys, the numbers were also higher that same year for gay teenagers, with 9.6 of gay males and 11.6 per cent of bisexual teen boys reporting involvement with a pregnancy, compared with 1.5 per cent of heterosexual young men.
Pregnancy rates declined slightly overall in 2003, but remained much higher among gay and lesbian teens than heterosexual teens.
The report suggests that for youth, the stigma of being gay may lead to engaging in heterosexual dating and sex as a form of “camouflage” to avoid being identified as homosexual.
“Those who experience harassment and discrimination may choose pregnancy involvement as a way to deny their orientation, to prevent further enacted stigma,” the report suggests.
The numbers vary between girls and boys when it comes to the relationship between pregnancy and discrimination.
Of the girls surveyed, 100 per cent of those who had become pregnant also said they had been discriminated against on the basis of their sexuality, while only 42.7 per cent of lesbian girls who said they had never been pregnant cited discrimination.
Only 18.4 per cent of gay teenage boys who were involved in getting a woman pregnant said they had experienced discrimination, while 60.4 per cent of those who were not involved in pregnancy said they had not been discriminated against.
Other explanations for the higher rates of pregnancy may be the higher number of gay and lesbian youth who live on the streets. The study finds that street youth - those who have run away from home, for example - are at higher risk for teen pregnancy, in part because survival sex or sexual exploitation can increase the frequency of sex and make it difficult to negotiate contraception and safer sexual practices.
The study also suggests a higher number of gay and lesbian teens are experiencing sex at a younger age - under 14 - than their heterosexual peers.
VANCOUVER - Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers are at significantly higher risk for pregnancy during their teen years than their heterosexual peers, suggests a survey published Tuesday in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.
The University of British Columbia study looked at adolescent health surveys of 1992, 1998, and 2003, which were random studies of about 70,000 students in Grades 7 through 12 in public schools across the province of B.C.
One of the reasons for higher pregnancy among sexual minority youth, say the report’s authors, is the stigma gay teens continue to face and the strategies they may engage in order to cope with that stigma.
For example, in 1998 among the teenage girls surveyed, 7.3 per cent of lesbians and 10.6 per cent of girls who said they were bisexual reported pregnancy compared with 1.8 per cent of heterosexual girls.
Among boys, the numbers were also higher that same year for gay teenagers, with 9.6 of gay males and 11.6 per cent of bisexual teen boys reporting involvement with a pregnancy, compared with 1.5 per cent of heterosexual young men.
Pregnancy rates declined slightly overall in 2003, but remained much higher among gay and lesbian teens than heterosexual teens.
The report suggests that for youth, the stigma of being gay may lead to engaging in heterosexual dating and sex as a form of “camouflage” to avoid being identified as homosexual.
“Those who experience harassment and discrimination may choose pregnancy involvement as a way to deny their orientation, to prevent further enacted stigma,” the report suggests.
The numbers vary between girls and boys when it comes to the relationship between pregnancy and discrimination.
Of the girls surveyed, 100 per cent of those who had become pregnant also said they had been discriminated against on the basis of their sexuality, while only 42.7 per cent of lesbian girls who said they had never been pregnant cited discrimination.
Only 18.4 per cent of gay teenage boys who were involved in getting a woman pregnant said they had experienced discrimination, while 60.4 per cent of those who were not involved in pregnancy said they had not been discriminated against.
Other explanations for the higher rates of pregnancy may be the higher number of gay and lesbian youth who live on the streets. The study finds that street youth - those who have run away from home, for example - are at higher risk for teen pregnancy, in part because survival sex or sexual exploitation can increase the frequency of sex and make it difficult to negotiate contraception and safer sexual practices.
The study also suggests a higher number of gay and lesbian teens are experiencing sex at a younger age - under 14 - than their heterosexual peers.
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