ReCAPP: Professional Credits: GLBTQ Youth Quiz

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Working with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (GLBTQ) Youth

Continuing Education
Self-Study Quiz
for CHES and
CFLE Contact Hours

Directions:
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Self-Study Quiz

GLBTQ youth refers to:
1. gay, lesbian, bisexual, transvestite and queen youth.
2. gay, lesbian, bilingual, transgender and queer youth.
3. gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
4. none of the above.

Androgyne is a term used to describe:
1. segments of the transgender community.
2. a medication used in sex change operations.
3. a child raised by two same-sex parents.
4. a prepubescent child who exhibits signs of homosexuality.

Family planning counseling is important for lesbian teens because:
1. they may have heterosexual sex to try to "change" their sexual orientation.
2. they may have heterosexual sex out of curiosity.
3. they may have heterosexual sex to try to hide their sexual orientation.
4. all of the above.

Kelly Carter reported that anti-gay slurs are:
1. less prevalent in schools today than 20 years ago.
2. heard two to five times a day by the average high school student.
3. heard 25 times a day by the average high school student.
4. more prevalent in schools today than 20 years ago.

GLSEN is:
1. a popular lubricant used by gay men.
2. a national organization working to end homophobia in K-12 schools.
3. an on-line directory of support services for professionals who serve gay and lesbian youth.
4. none of the above.

With regard to substance abuse, GLBTQ youth:
1. are at special risk because they are, by nature, more risk-taking than non-GLBTQ youth.
2. are at special risk because of the stresses of a hostile society and homophobic educational system.
3. have the same statistical risk as non-GLBTQ youth.
4. are more likely to use substances but less likely to abuse substances than non-GLBTQ youth.

Unwittingly, many educators alienate gay and lesbian youth by:
1. using "inclusive" language.
2. not using "inclusive" language.
3. using exclusive non-verbal communication.
4. all of the above.

More information about working with GLBTQ youth can be obtained from:
1. www.homosexual.org.
2. www.pflag.org.
3. www.glbtq.net.
4. www.queernow.net.

The 1987 Minnesota Adolescent Health Survey included anonymous surveys of:
1. 3,628 gay students attending randomly selected public schools throughout Minnesota.
2. 3,628 12- to 19-year-old students attending Minnesota public schools.
3. 36,284 gay students attending Minnesota public schools.
4. 36,284 students attending randomly selected public schools through Minnesota.

According to the 1987 Minnesota Adolescent Health Survey, the bisexual and lesbian respondents reported:

a pregnancy rate twice that of heterosexuals or unsure adolescents.
a pregnancy rate approximately the same as that of heterosexuals or unsure adolescents.
a pregnancy rate approximately half that of heterosexuals or unsure adolescents.
none of the above.

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