Sadly, the same study found that gay men and other men with male sexual partners had a 17 times higher risk of contracting anal cancer than heterosexual men.
where the sexual partner could be identified, and are at risk for contracting other STIs such as hepatitis and HPV.
However, contracting a sexually transmitted illness is a huge concern, as the CDC reported in 2014 that gay men, and men that have sex with men who resist classification, accounted for 83% of syphilis cases in the U.S.
It seems LGBTQ adults experience less violence than do LGBTQ youth, as a survey done by Travel Gay Asia and Gay Star News found just 5% reporting being threatened physically during a date.
Violence is not the only dating danger facing LGBTQ youth: In 2014, 8 out of 10 diagnoses of HIV in young people were of gay and bisexual men.
When it comes to dating violence, transgender youth are most at risk: 88.9% reported experiencing dating violence.
In contrast, a study done by the Urban Institute published much grimmer findings, reporting that 42.8% of LGBTQ youth experienced physical abuse at the hands of a dating partner, compared to 29% of heterosexual youth.
The CDC study also found that 23% of LGBTQ students that had been on a date in the past year experienced sexual dating violence, while an alarming 18% claim to have been coerced into sex at some point.
According to a 2015 CDC study, 18% of LBGTQ students have experienced dating violence in the past.
The common element is that knowledge is power: educating yourself on the data is crucial in making safer dating choices in the future. Understanding the statistics of the dangers faced by LGBTQ persons-both for teens and adults-in the dating scene means knowing what to look out for and being able to avoid becoming a statistic, yourself. Some threats are universal, while others are specific to-or more commonplace in- the LGBTQ community. Statistics: Dangers of Dating as an LGBTQ Person
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