Russell Stephen T, Fish Jessica N
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 108 E. Dean Keeton St., Stop A2702, Austin, Texas 78712-1248.
Department of Family Science, University of Maryland, 142 SPH Building, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20782.
Res Hum Dev. 2019;16(1):5-20. doi: 10.1080/15427609.2018.1537772. Epub 2019 Mar 18.
Few societal attitudes and opinions have changed as quickly as those regarding sexual minority people and rights. In the context of dramatic social change in the space of a single generation, there have been multiple policy changes toward social inclusion and rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people, and perceptions that the sociocultural context for LGB people - perhaps particularly for youth - has improved. Yet recent evidence from the developmental sciences points to paradoxical findings: in many cases there have been growing rather than shrinking health disparities. In light of swift sociocultural changes, combined with emergent findings regarding the health and wellbeing of sexual minority youth, we suggest that there is a developmental collision between normative adolescent developmental processes and sexual minority youth identities and visibility. The result is a new reality for sexual minority youth health and disparities.
很少有社会态度和观念能像对待性少数群体及其权利那样迅速改变。在一代人的时间里社会发生巨大变革的背景下，针对女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋（LGB）群体的社会包容和权利方面出现了多项政策变化，而且人们认为LGB群体（或许尤其是年轻人）的社会文化环境有所改善。然而，发展科学领域最近的证据却指向了矛盾的结果：在许多情况下，健康差距不是在缩小，而是在扩大。鉴于社会文化的迅速变化，再结合有关性少数群体青少年健康与福祉的新发现，我们认为，在正常的青少年发展过程与性少数群体青少年的身份认同及可见度之间存在着发展冲突。其结果是性少数群体青少年的健康与差距出现了新的现实情况。
