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ArticleJournal of sex research

School-based Sexuality Education Experiences across Three Generations of Sexual Minority People.

Meg D Bishop, Allen B Mallory, McKenna Gessner, David M Frost, Stephen T Russell

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Article in Journal of sex research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Changes in sexual identity and family support: A cohort analysis.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2026
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  6. Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents' Perspectives of Responsibilities for Educating Their Children About Sex.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Meg D BishopDepartment of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.ORCID 0000-0002-6257-8460
Allen B MalloryDepartment of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.ORCID 0000-0003-1392-9735
McKenna GessnerDepartment of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.ORCID 0000-0002-8044-946X
David M FrostDepartment of Social Science, University College London.ORCID 0000-0001-9284-5219
Stephen T RussellDepartment of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.ORCID 0000-0002-6238-0606

Funding

Training Program in Population StudiesT32HD007081 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI Aprile Dawn Benner, Christy L. Erving · 1985 to 2026
$6.8M
Scientific & Technical CoreP2CHD042849 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI Catherine A Calder · 2017 to 2026
$5.2M
Identity Stress and Health in Three Cohorts of LGB individualsR01HD078526 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI MEYER, ILAN H · 2014 to 2018
$4.1M
The influence of intersections of race, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination for the mental health of LGB youth and adultsF31MH115608 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI MALLORY, ALLEN · 2018 to 2019
$83k
NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD042849NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD078526NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007081NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH115608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexual minority people face greater risk for compromised sexual health than their heterosexual peers, yet school-based sexuality education often excludes them. Little is known about whether or how sexual minority people's sexuality education experiences have varied across sociohistorical contexts of rapid social change in both sexuality education and sexual minority visibility. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted among 191 sexual minority people from three distinct sociohistorical generations (ages 18-25, 34-41, and 52-59, respectively) and four geographic regions of the United States. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis following a consensual qualitative protocol. Fifty-one participants (i.e., 27%) discussed school-based sexuality education experiences despite the lack of an explicit question in the interview protocol prompting them to do so. Four distinct yet overlapping themes emerged in participants' experiences of sexuality education: 1) Silence; 2) The profound influence of HIV/AIDS; 3) Stigma manifest through fear, shame, and prejudice; and, 4) Comparing school-based experiences to sexuality education outside of school. The presence of themes varied across groups defined by sociohistorical generation. The implications of sexuality education experiences for the wellbeing of sexual minority people are discussed.

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Sexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual BehaviorAdolescentAdultHeterosexualityHumansSchoolsSex EducationSexualityUnited StatesYoung Adult

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PMID32486928
PMCPMC7708407

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