The 2013 British Columbia Health Survey showed that LGB adolescents were much more likely to become pregnant or cause a pregnancy than their straight peers. Gay and bisexual boys were more than four times more likely to cause a pregnancy. Lesbian and bisexual girls were more than twice as likely to become pregnant. The studied interviewed 30,000 students.
Via PinkNews:
Although data trends are still being analysed, [Dr. Saewyck] suggested that “there definitely appears to be a link with experiencing discrimination and harassment. It may be that pregnancy involvement is a way to camouflage your sexual orientation to avoid or reduce your experiences of homophobic bullying.â€
Dara Parker, executive director of Vancouver-based queer resource centre Qmunity, said she was “not entirely surprised†by the findings.
