What we found out

This is how we cope

• In order to avoid confrontation with our parents about sexuality matters, we might "lie" or keep secrets (e.g. have cell phones and keep P.O. boxes without parental knowledge).
• We confide in partners, siblings and friends to deal with challenges.
• We use humor as a way of dealing with personal pressures.
• Some of us also chose to avoid or delay dating to avoid conflict with our family.
• As older youth (in their 20’s) many of us will start conversations with parents about sensitive topics.
• We and our parents might both ignore the subject so we don’t have to deal with it.

How we are told

Where we look for info