Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Arizona, McClelland Park, Tucson, AZ 85721-0078, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2009 Aug;38(7):884-90. doi: 10.1007/s10964-008-9388-2. Epub 2009 Jan 13.
Recent reports suggest that historically typical sexual identity labels-"gay," "lesbian" and "bisexual"-have lost meaning and relevance for contemporary adolescents. Yet there is little empirical evidence that contemporary teenagers are "post-gay." In this brief study we investigate youths' sexual identity labels. The Preventing School Harassment survey included 2,560 California secondary school students administered over 3 years: 2003-2005. We examined adolescents' responses to a closed-ended survey question that asked for self-reports of sexual identity, including an option to write-in a response; we content analyzed the write-in responses. Results suggest that historically typical sexual identity labels are endorsed by the majority (71%) of non-heterosexual youth. Some non-heterosexual youth report that they are "questioning" (13%) their sexual identities or that they are "queer" (5%); a small proportion (9%) provided alternative labels that describe ambivalence or resistance to sexual identity labels, or fluidity in sexual identities. Our results show that lesbian, gay, and bisexual identities remain relevant for contemporary adolescents.
最近的报告表明，历史上典型的性身份标签——“同性恋”、“女同性恋”和“双性恋”——对当代青少年来说已经失去了意义和相关性。然而，几乎没有经验证据表明当代青少年是“后同性恋”。在这项简短的研究中，我们调查了年轻人的性身份标签。预防学校骚扰调查包括 2560 名加利福尼亚州中学生，在 3 年内进行了管理：2003-2005 年。我们研究了青少年对一个封闭式调查问题的回答，该问题要求他们自我报告性身份，包括一个可以写入回复的选项；我们对写入的回复进行了内容分析。结果表明，历史上典型的性身份标签得到了大多数（71%）非异性恋青年的认可。一些非异性恋青年报告说他们正在“质疑”（13%）自己的性身份，或者他们是“酷儿”（5%）；一小部分（9%）提供了替代性标签，描述了对性身份标签的矛盾或抵制，或性身份的流动性。我们的研究结果表明，男女同性恋、双性恋身份对当代青少年仍然具有重要意义。
