Gay Teen Sex

Hear that gentle swooshing sound? It's all the advertiser cash that's surely flowing into our coffers after the hit magnet that is this story's headline. But this isn't a porn site. (Sorry.) This is a site for information, and the information is this: A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality suggests that teenagers who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual are at a higher risk of becoming pregnant or knocking someone up than their straight peers. Obviously, this sounds a little bit odd, since the only way I'm aware of to get pregnant through homosexual sex is to somehow involve David Crosby's sperm in your bedroom antics. But it turns out that gay teens don't exclusively have same-sex partners for a variety of reasons that are obvious to anyone who's ever been called a "faggot" in school. (Yes, I'm talking about myself. I'm not gay, but I did carry around a Trapper Keeper with a picture of Full House-era John Stamos on it. I found it in the bargain bin. And I kissed it, like, once.) Discrimination, harassment, embarrassment, and confusion could all drive homosexual teens to having more sex partners and less safe sex than their peers. An interesting and encouraging fact in this study is that, overall, teens seem to be having safer sex now than ever before. Teen pregnancy rates are on the decline. Though I'm not sure if these statistics only apply to Canada, where sex education involves something other than giving kids tacky rings to remind them not to touch each other's genitals lest Satan fork their souls. More details here.