Nearly a third of teen girls drank alcohol during the past month, and nearly a quarter made a suicide plan in the past year, according to a shocking report published Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey, released each decade, painted an equally grim, if not darker, picture for LGBQ+ teens. Along with teen girls, they fared more poorly than heterosexual males on nearly every metric examined, including substance abuse, experiences of violence, and factors impacting mental and sexual health.
