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- The study examines the prevalence of different sexual identities among students in grades 8, 9, and 11, based on data from a statewide survey in Minnesota involving nearly 100,000 participants.
- Findings show that over 22% of students identified with minoritized sexual identities, with bisexual and pansexual identities being especially common among Native, multiracial, and Latina/x/o youth.
- Additionally, the research indicates that youth assigned female at birth were more likely to report a variety of sexual identities compared to those assigned male at birth, highlighting the importance of including diverse sexual identities in future research.
Article Abstract
Purpose: To describe the prevalence of sexual identity by grade, racial and ethnic identities, and sex assigned at birth.
Methods: Data came from the statewide 2022 Minnesota Student Survey of eighth, ninth, and 11th grade students (N = 99,688). Chi-square tests compared the prevalence of sexual identity across grades, racial/ethnic groups, and sex assigned at birth.
Results: Over a fifth (22.2%) of students self-reported a minoritized sexual identity. Bisexual and pansexual were most common among Native+ (12.3%, 5.7%, respectively), multiracial (11.6%, 4.4%, respectively), and Latina/x/o (10.4%, 4.1%, respectively) youth. Asexuality was consistently reported across grades, and eighth graders reported gay/lesbian, bisexual, and queer identities less than 11th graders. Youth assigned female at birth were more likely to report gay/lesbian, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, queer, and questioning than youth assigned male at birth.
Discussion: Results support the continued use of further expanded sexual identities in epidemiologic surveys.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10872779 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.10.001 | DOI Listing |
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