Undergraduate student researchers Laura Moore, left, and Phoebe Hodgson, centre, examined how 2SLGBTQIA+ young adults feel excluded by their high school sex education lessons. Dr. Jessica Lougheed, right, is the supervising professor in this research.
A new student-led study from UBC Okanagan has found that young adults who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ report receiving significantly less affirming and inclusive sexual health education than their cisgender, heterosexual peers.
Yet these same students demonstrate higher levels of sexual health literacy.
The study, led by Phoebe Hodgson, a recent UBCO graduate in gender, women and sexuality studies with a minor in psychology, looks at how young adults with different gender and sexual identities experienced sexual education during their high school years.
The research was co-authored by Laura Moore, also a recent graduate and current lab coordinator, and supervised by Dr. Jessica Lougheed, a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar and an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Read the full story here: UBC Okanagan News