Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Social exclusion and binge drinking in young people attracted to more than one gender

Medical Express, November 12, 2012

"A report by the University of Otago, Wellington shows that many young people attracted to more than one gender tend to binge drink because they feel stigmatised and socially excluded.
Lead author, Frank Pega, from the University's Department of Public Health and the Harvard School of Public Health, says that a minority of young people who are attracted to more than one gender binge drink. However, binge drinking is higher in this social group than in other sexual minority and heterosexual young people."  Read More

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