Safeguarding LGBTQ+ children and young people
The association linking childhood maltreatment among not-straight youths likely goes through their gender expression rather than their sexuality. Posted December 2, Reviewed by Matt Huston. Back in the day—before ex-gay advocates began confessing their own same-sex attractions—conversion therapists argued that, among a litany of causal agents, being abused as a child causes one to become a sissy boy or a tomboy girl and through this process the deviant gender behavior becomes homosexuality. 
New Family Structures Study
Article discussing the once common misperception of the link between homosexuality and child molestation by citing professional studies; also gives general information about child sexual abuse and : Facts, Child Sexual Abuse, Prevalence, Professionals, Research, Sexual Orientation, Statistics, UC Davis. All children and young people have the right to be protected and kept safe from abuse and neglect. For example, they might experience homophobic, biphobic or transphobic bullying or hate crime.
Does Abusing Children Have Consequences for Sexuality?
Sexual orientation is not determined by abuse. Taking the shame away from both abuse and being LGBTQ can help survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Ever since born-again singer and orange juice pitchwoman Anita Bryant helped kick off the contemporary anti-gay movement some 40 years ago, hard-line elements of the religious right have been searching for ways to demonize gay people — or, at a minimum, to find arguments that will prevent their normalization in society. But in addition to hawking that myth, the legions of anti-gay activists who followed have added a panoply of others, ranging from the extremely doubtful claim that sexual orientation is a choice, to unalloyed lies like the claims that gay men molest children far more than heterosexuals or that hate crime laws will lead to the legalization of bestiality and necrophilia. PolitiFact
He also concluded that lesbians are times more likely to die of murder, suicide, or accidents than straight women. Remarkably, these claims have become staples of the anti-gay right and have frequently made their way into far more mainstream venues. Posted December 7, Reviewed by Margaret Foley. While the story deeply affected me, there was one part of the book I found troubling. 
The Myth Linking Sexual Abuse and LGBTQ Identity
Last month, more than 20 years after the Archives of Sexual Behavior published research surveying gay people about whether they were molested as children—and whether they identified as gay before or after—a note appeared online. .
LGBTQ grooming conspiracy theory
Children and young people might identify as LGBTQ+ in more than one way, for example they could be gay and transgender. Children who are LGBTQ+ might also have other characteristics that mean they face additional challenges or need extra support, for example being in care, being disabled or being from a Black, Asian or minoritised ethnic group. . Facts About Homosexuality and Child Molestation (Sexual
Gay, lesbian bisexual and trans people are less likely than people who do not claim those labels to commit child sexual abuse in school settings, she said. . 
Journal places warning on flawed abuse
The LGBTQ grooming conspiracy theory is a far-right conspiracy theory and anti-LGBTQ trope which alleges that LGBTQ people, and those supportive of LGBTQ rights, are engaging in child grooming and enabling child sexual abuse. Although the belief that LGBTQ individuals are more likely to molest children has no factual basis, this stereotype has existed for decades in the United States and. .