The New LGBTQ Teenager
by: Kenneth Creech When I was working on my undergrad degree in Sociology, I read a book by Ritch Savin-Williams called The New Gay Teenager, which argued that LGBTQ teens were no longer identifying themselves as LGBTQ. Savin-Williams suggested they were instead adopting the belief that labels were no longer needed and that by labeling themselves, they were limiting themselves. No offense to Mr. Savin-Williams, but I did not find that to be true when I was an undergraduate, and I still don't find it to be true as an author or professor of Sociology. Whether we like [...]
