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CDC: LGB Teens Have Extremely High Rates of Unhealthy Behaviors

By Glenn T. Stanton
April 25, 2016

While the Centers for Disease Control states that “(LGBTQ) youth are happy and thrive during their adolescent years,” their own data from tells a different story.

The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released a new report which examines a large and diverse array of health behaviors of high school students classified by their sexual activity: virginal, opposite-sex and same-/bi-sex sexually active teens.

While the Centers for Disease Control states that “(LGBTQ) youth are happy and thrive during their adolescent years,” their own data from tells a different story.

Unfortunately, same-sex and bi-sex sexually active teens have markedly higher levels of unhealthy behaviors in nearly every measure when compared to heterosexually oriented peers, and by very troubling margins. Curiously, many of these measures have no apparent direct relationship to sexuality itself or issues of peer acceptance. As well, both groups are dramatically higher in these measures than their virginal peers.

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Glenn T. Stanton

Glenn T. Stanton is the director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family. He debates and lectures extensively on the issues of gender, sexuality, marriage and parenting at universities and churches around the world.

Stanton also served the George W. Bush administration for many years as a consultant on increasing fatherhood involvement in the Head Start program.

Stanton is the author of nine books and is senior contributor to the Federalist blog. His latest book is“The Myth of the Dying Church: How Christianity is Actually Thriving in America and the World.” His previous is “Loving My (LGBT) Neighbor: Being Friends in Grace and Truth,” explores how Christians should interact with gay or lesbian neighbors in a Christ-honoring way. He is also the co-writer of “Irreplaceable” a film seen in theatres nationwide, and the co-author and creator of “The Family Project,” a 12-session small group DVD curriculum produced by Focus on the Family.

Stanton earned bachelor’s degree in philosophy, communication arts and religion and a master’s degree in philosophy, history and religion from the University of West Florida.

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