Mental Health Well-being and “Coming Out”
CNN health recently published a report about the supportive factors needed to help lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB ) people “come out” without a negative impact on their well-being. Historically, research indicated that concealing your sexuality had great consequences, both emotionally and physically. This study had a different view. This information jumped out at me because of the rather recent highly publicized suicides of LGB youth, and the research that indicated these youth are five times more likely to commit suicide. It certainly made be think that if there are supportive factors that can be put in place there may … Continue reading