Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:
EXCITING: 1st ever federal government publication (MMWR) about sexual minority students data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9--12 — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance,
Selected Sites, United States, 2001--2009
Sexual minority youths are youths who identify themselves as gay or lesbian, bisexual, or unsure of their sexual identity or youths who have only had sexual contact with persons of the same sex or with both sexes. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
(YRBSS) monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youths and young adults. YRBSS results from surveys conducted during 2001–2009 in seven states and six large urban school districts
indicate that sexual minority students, particularly gay, lesbian, and bisexual students and students who had sexual contact with both sexes, are more likely to engage in health-risk behaviors than other students.
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