The New Gay Teenager

by Ritch C. Savin-Williams

Book Overview

Gay, straight, bisexual: how much does sexual orientation matter to a teenager's mental health or sense of identity? In this down-to-earth book, filled with the voices of young people speaking for themselves, Ritch Savin-Williams argues that the standard image of gay youth presented by mental health researchers--as depressed, isolated, drug-dependent, even suicidal--may have been exaggerated even twenty years ago, and is far from accurate today...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674022564
• ISBN13: 9780674022560
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.0"