期刊
ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
卷 50, 期 8, 页码 3853-3863出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-02064-y
关键词
Asexuality; Youth; Identity development; Sexual health; Internet; Sexual orientation
资金
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada [475-2015-0780, 895-2018-1000]
- Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN)
This study examined 711 self-identified asexual youth who are members of the LGBTQ+ community, exploring their LGBTQ+ developmental processes, attraction and sexual activity, health information acquisition, and engagement in LGBTQ+ community activities. Recommendations for service provision, particularly in sexual health and Internet-based services, were discussed.
While often included in the spectrum of sexual minority identities, asexuality receives comparatively little attention. Awareness and understanding remains limited, and knowledge has been generated primarily from adult populations. This paper employs a sample of 711 self-identified asexual youth (aged 14-24, M = 17.43 years) who identified as members of the LGBTQ+ community to consider the implications of a number of different areas for service provision. Two-thirds (66.8%) of participants identified as gender minorities within the spectrum of transgender and non-binary identities. Findings include aspects of participants' LGBTQ+ developmental processes, including that only 14.3% had disclosed their LGBTQ+ status to everyone in their lives. However, just 2.4% had disclosed to no one. Their attraction and sexual activity were also explored, with 27.1% having never experienced any kind of romantic or sexual attraction and 20.6% having ever been sexually active. Findings regarding participants' accessing of LGBTQ+ health information and engagement in a range of offline and online LGBTQ+ community activities are also provided. Participants acquired more health information online than offline-including sexual health information. Recommendations for service provision, particularly implications for sexual health and Internet-based services, are discussed.
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