LGBTeen

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noun

A teenager who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounLGBTeen (plural LGBTeens)

plural LGBTeens · alternative LGB teen · alternative LGB-teen

  1. A teenager who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

    What about parenting? What are the environments and contexts for LGB teen parents?

    2006, Allen Martin Omoto, Howard S. Kurtzman, Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Examining Identity and Development in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People, illustrated edition, American Psychological Association, →ISBN, page 113
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    In order for those positive developments to occur for the LGB teen, there are certain strategies and competencies that school counselors need.

    1993, University of North Carolina Press for the School of Education, The High School Journal, volumes 77-78, University of North Carolina, page 90

    In order for those positive developments to occur for the LGB teen, however, there are certain strategies and competencies that school counselors need.

    1995, Gerald Unks, “Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Teens”, in The Gay Teen: Educational Practice and Theory for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 88

    Their onscreen performance of ease suggested the absence of immediate danger and threat in their environment while representing the world of the LGBTeen as safe and comforting.

    2018 June 14, Lauren S. Berliner, Producing Queer Youth: The Paradox of Digital Media Empowerment, Routledge, →ISBN

    How parents engage with their LGB teen can have a tremendous impact on their adolescent's current and future mental and physical health. Supportive and accepting parents can help youth cope with the challenges of being an LGB teen.

    2019 November 1, James Chambers, Depression Sourcebook, 5th Ed., 5th edition, Infobase Holdings, Inc, →ISBN

    And even if an LGB teen doesn't present as overtly feminine, or masculine, or androgynous, or butch, sexual orientation is still mocked as if it sabotages or compromises one's status as a man or woman.

    2020 February 21, Alex Stitt, “4 Acceptance”, in ACT for Gender Identity: The Comprehensive Guide, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 181

Origin

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