Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents report disparate rates of substance use, and
often consume more cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and ecstasy than their …

Recent methodological advances have allowed empirical research on adolescence to do
better justice to theoretical models. Organized by a life course framework, this review covers …

Bodies of research pertaining to specific stigmatized statuses have typically developed in
separate domains and have focused on single outcomes at 1 level of analysis, thereby …

What does it mean to be an illegal immigrant, or the child of immigrants, in this era of
restrictive immigration laws in the United States? As lawmakers and others struggle to …

Education must guide students' emotional development, not only to improve their skills and
help them achieve their maximum performance, but to establish the foundations of a more …

For many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth, intolerance and prejudice
make school a hostile and dangerous place. This study examined simultaneously the effects …

Although gender is central to contemporary accounts of educational stratification, sexuality
has been largely invisible as a population-level axis of academic inequality. Taking …

Over the past 20 years, sociological research on LGBTQ people and communities has
disproportionately studied coastal regions and big cities in the United States. Scholars pay …

This study examines how locational (region and locale), community-level (school district
poverty and adult educational attainment), and school district-level (district size and ratios of …

Problem: Sexual minority youths are youths who identify themselves as gay or lesbian,
bisexual, or unsure of their sexual identity or youths who have only had sexual contact with …