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This 3 page paper examines gay and lesbian support services for children and adolescents. Research is provided to support the assumptions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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In todays world, there is less of a stigma about being gay than there was even decades ago. Now, there are role models on television and in real life(Bernstein, 2003).
Because of this, young people are coming out at earlier ages (Bernstein, 2003). That said, Bernstein (2003) writes: "The path to adulthood for any gay child remains strewn with cultural
land mines" (p.64). While it may be difficult to grow up gay, there are now more support services than ever before. Years ago, there was no support. In fact, Ellen
Degeneres came out on her television show in 1997 and at that time, children were shielded from gay programming. In 1996, there was a demonstration protesting gay support groups ("STUDENTS
PROTEST CLUB BAN AIMED AT GAY SUPPORT GROUPS," 1996). One can surmise that the history of gay and lesbian support is only a decade long, starting in the mid-1990s through
today when gay and lesbian students can access support services rather easily. That is not to say that no support existed in the past, but it is only in the
last decade that such support is acceptable and even encouraged. About 1,200 schools embrace organizations known as Gay-Straight Alliances or GSAs (Bernstein, 2003). Although it is not uncommon to see
gay and lesbian couples at the high school level, there are children who question their sexuality early on. That is, being gay is not something that suddenly emerges at adolescence
when children are exploring their sexuality. Sometimes, that is exactly when the difference is acknowledged, but for some, the realization occurs much earlier. One boy by the name of Michael
knew that he was gay since he was nine years old but feared to tell anyone about it (Bernstein, 2003). When a child or adolescent announces that he or
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