Report points to "gay generation gap"

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Christopher Curtis, PlanetOut Network
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 / 04:19 PM

A growing generation gap exists in the LGBT community, posing a challenge for social workers and activists, according to a new publication by the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies in Amherst, Mass.

"A generation turns around in five years now," said Janis Bohan, a co-author of the study. The experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people growing up have changed in such a radical way that it is difficult for people five years older to fully understand what has happened to the previous generation, Bohan found.

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