Savin-Williams, Ritch C. <br/><br/>
The new gay teenager / 
Ritch C. Savin-Williams. 
 - xi, 272 pages ;  22 cm. 
 - Adolescent lives ;  3 .
 - Adolescent lives ;  3. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-266) and index. 
<br/><br/>Why the new gay teenager? -- Who's gay? -- In the beginning ... was gay youth -- Models or trajectories? -- Feeling different -- Same-sex attractions -- First sex -- Identity -- Resilience and diversity -- Refusing and resisting sexual identity labels. 
<br/><br/> Argues that the standard image of gay youth as depressed, isolated, and drug-dependent that was presented by mental health researchers twenty years ago may have been exaggerated and offers a more accurate portrayal of gay youths in the early twenty-first century. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0674016734 9780674016736 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004059787 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gay teenagers--Psychology<br/>Gay teenagers--Mental health
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ76.25  / .S395 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.235