Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity journal, shows that 66 percent of those in this demographic (ages 13 to 18) are out to their mothers, while 49 percent are out to their fathers.This is a marked uptick from older generations.
In the 1990s, for example, 40 percent of boys were out to mothers and less than 30 percent were out to fathers, the study noted.The study polled nearly 1,200 teenage boys attracted to those of the same gender from January 2019 to January 2020 as part of an HIV prevention survey.
People born between 1998 and 2018 are classified as Generation Z.While the findings were encouraging to researchers, lead author David A.