| | In 1987, in an article entitled ''Male Homosexuality: An Adolescents Perspective'' the medical journal ''Pediatrics'' made the following admission regarding the poverty of medical study regarding adolescents and homosexuality: | | In 1987, in an article entitled ''Male Homosexuality: An Adolescents Perspective'' the medical journal ''Pediatrics'' made the following admission regarding the poverty of medical study regarding adolescents and homosexuality: |
| | {{cquote|The controversies surrounding adolescent homosexuality may, in part, be attributed to the lack of investigations directly involving homosexual youths. A recent review of the literature concluded that current knowledge is based on opinions, clinical anecdotes, and studies of gay adults, recalling their adolescence. To our knowledge, there has been only one previous attempt to understand homosexuality from an adolescent's perspective.<ref>[http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/3/326 ''Male Homosexuality: An Adolescents Perspective'', Gary Remafedi, MD, MPH, ''Pediatrics'', vol. 79, No. 3, March 1987, page 326]</ref>}} | | {{cquote|The controversies surrounding adolescent homosexuality may, in part, be attributed to the lack of investigations directly involving homosexual youths. A recent review of the literature concluded that current knowledge is based on opinions, clinical anecdotes, and studies of gay adults, recalling their adolescence. To our knowledge, there has been only one previous attempt to understand homosexuality from an adolescent's perspective.<ref>[http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/79/3/326 ''Male Homosexuality: An Adolescents Perspective'', Gary Remafedi, MD, MPH, ''Pediatrics'', vol. 79, No. 3, March 1987, page 326]</ref>}} |