According to a new study reported in the American Journal of Public Health, gay and bisexual teens are nearly twice as likely to get someone pregnant as their straight peers.
It’s simple biology if you think about it. Except it isn’t.
The study seems to hinge heavily on the bi teens in the group, as ‘bisexual or gay’ is lumped together as a singular category.
Overall, about 13 percent of straight girls and 14 percent of girls who only had male sex partners had been pregnant, compared to 23 percent of lesbian or bisexual girls and 20 percent of girls who had both male and female sex partners.
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About 10 percent of straight boys and those who only had female sexual partners had got someone pregnant, compared to about 29 percent of gay or bisexual males and about 38 percent of boys with female and male sex partners.
Even so, the results suggest an education gap among what researchers call “sexual minority students.” They point to stigma and discrimination, lack of support resources and fewer connections to family and school as some of the factors.
“The message for me is that these populations are often ignored or assumed to not need information or reproductive care or services and they absolutely do,” said Lisa Lindley, the study’s lead author from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
H/t: GayStarNews
Alan down in Florida
I’m not surprised. There are thousands of teens struggling with peer pressure who have no other option for fitting in than having hetero sex. Add this to the thousands of gay kids struggling with figuring out their orientation and boom! Babies on the way.
Nicki Carter
We all know that sex education in the US is almost completely nonexistent! This is no surprise
Bradley Wood
As much as I’ve tried, I haven’t gotten pregnant once!
Mack
@Nicki Carter: The problem is in the Republican states they push abstinence as the only sex education. They practice the old “press your knees together with a dime” theory. They’re afraid if they actually talk about sex it will happen. Well duh, it’s going to happen whether they talk about it or not so why not teach the kids the safety of sex.
NateOcean
George W Bush is proof that you can get pregnant from getting fucked in the ass, so somehow pregnant lesbians doesn’t surprise me.
BJ McFrisky
Shouldn’t this just apply to B’s and L’s?
jason smeds
Lesbians will often attach themselves to men if he’s going to reward her with a child. Keep in mind that, unlike men, women don’t need to be aroused to have sex. This makes it easy for her to sell herself out sexually.
Daemon LaSera
I dont buy this at all.
gaym50ish
I can believe these figures. Gay teens are often trying really hard to prove to themselves that they could be straight if they wanted to — just another consequence of the homophobia they have to live with.
They will eventually figure out who they are and where their attractions lie, but in the meantime the usual teen angst is double or triple for the gay kids.
no_agenda
@BJ McFrisky:
Why? If you go by just the title, which could’ve been worded differently to suit the actual article where they talk about gay & bi guys getting girls pregnant. Since they are pressured to be hetero snd macho, and/or are confused about their sexuality thus are pressured to screw girls. And then of course oops! Young daddies.
no_agenda
@NateOcean:
Lol well I don’t know about that but the article says how teenage lesbians are just boning guys because of peer pressure and/or confusion about their sexuality.
no_agenda
@no_agenda: @Alan down in Florida:
Exactly!