A Right to Disclose: LGBTQ Youth Representation in Data, Science, and Policy.
Adv Child Dev Behav
; 50: 135-59, 2016.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26956072
ABSTRACT
There has been growing attention to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in child and adolescent development, public discourse, and research. A strong tension is clear The right for participation, and thus representation in data, science, and policy, is often understood as conflicting with the right for protection, that is, safety from disclosure of a marginalized orientation or identity. Both participation and protection rights are also closely tied to young people's rights to privacy (or lack thereof). We review recent scholarship on SOGI in developmental sciences in light of this tension. We focus on schooling as a salient developmental context for all youth, a place that is historically unsafe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, and a context where researchers have identified gaps of knowledge as well as strategies for improvement. Our review focuses on the politics and processes of SOGI inclusion in education data collection efforts in the United States, an area where SOGI data collection is scarce in comparison to other systems of care, such as health. We suggest that one solution to the dilemma would be that youth have the right to disclose their SOGI information to whom and when they choose. We offer strategies on how to hold these tensions in balance and move toward SOGI-inclusive research and data collection so that LGBTQ youth can be represented in data, science, and policy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Self Disclosure
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Bisexuality
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Homosexuality
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Child Development
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Privacy
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Adolescent Development
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Transgender Persons
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Adv Child Dev Behav
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article