Sexual identity development milestones in three generations of sexual minority people: A national probability sample.

ABSTRACT: Using data from the first national probability sample of Black, White, and Latinx sexual minority people in the United States, we examined whether and how sexual identity development timing and pacing differs across demographic subgroups at the intersections of cohort, sex, sexual identity, and race/ethnicity. Among a sample of 1,491 participants aged 18-60 from 3 distinct birth cohorts, we measured participants' ages of sexual identity development milestones, including first same-sex attraction, first self-realization of a sexual minority identity, first same-sex sexual behavior, first disclosure to a straight friend, and first disclosure to a family member. Participants from more recent cohorts reported earlier and accelerated pacing of milestones relative to those from older coho

SUBMITTER: Bishop MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216084 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature