ENDNOTES

1 . John Fisher, Reaching Out: A Report on Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Youth Issues in Canada, (Ottawa: EGALE, 1999) i.
2 . Being Out: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Youth in BC: an Adolescent Health Survey, (Burnaby: McCreary Centre Society, 1999), 19.
3 . Adolescent Health Survey: Street Youth in Vancouver, (Burnaby: McCreary Centre Society, 1994), 70.
4 . For a good discussion of youth health, including coming out issues, as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered health issues and related questions see, Anne Marie McInnis and Sook C. Kong, Your Everyday Health Guide, (Vancouver: LGBT Health Association, December, 1998).
5 . Eighty Three Thousand Youth, non-paginated.
6 . ibid, non paginated.
7 . Judith Bradford, and Caitlin Ryan, The National Health Care Survey, (Wash., DC: The National Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation, 1988) as cited in Pierre J. Tremblay, The Homosexuality Factor in the Youth Suicide Problem, (October, 1995), non paginated. Online. Internet. March 24, 2000. Available at: www.qrd.org./qrd/www/youth/tremblay/maleyouth.html
8 . A. Bell, and M. Weinberg, Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity among Men and Women, (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978).
9 . J. Huxdly, and S. Brandon, "Partnership in Transsexualism, Part 1: Paired and Non-paired Groups," in Archives of Sexual Behavior, 10 (1981), 133_141.
10 . Frieda-Hopkins Outlaw, "Stress & Coping: The Influence of Racism on the Cognitive Appraisal Processing of African Americans," in Issues in Mental Health Nursing Vol 14 (4) (1993), 399-409.
11 . Paul Perchal & Julia Brooke, A Community Report on the Health Concerns of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Communities, (Vancouver: December 9 Coalition), 11, 12.
12 . Being Out, 25.
13 . Caffyn Kelley, Gay and Lesbian Health on Saltspring Island: A Resource for Health Care Providers, (Saltspring Island: GLOSSI, 2000) unpaginated.
14 . Being Out, 20.
15 . Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, National School Climate Survey: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students and their Experiences in School, (Sept. 9, 1999): non paginated. Online. Internet. March 24, 2000. Available at: www.glsen.org
16 . Safe Schools Coalition of Washington, They Don't Even Know Me: Understanding Anti-Gay Harassment and Violence in Schools, (January, 1999): non paginated. Online. Internet. March 24, 2000. Available at: www.safeschools_wa.org
17 . Safe Schools Coalition of Washington State, Eighty Three Thousand Youth, (March 1999): non paginated. Online. Internet. March 24, 2000. Available at: www.safeschools_wa.org/quant_cont.html
18 . Being Out, 22.
19 . They Don't Even Know Me, non paginated.
20 . Eighty Three Thousand Youth, non paginated.
21 . ibid, non paginated.
22 . ibid, non paginated.
23 . Pierre J. Tremblay, The Homosexuality Factor in the Youth Suicide Problem, (October, 1995), non paginated. Online. Internet. March 24, 2000. Available at: http://www.qrd.org./qrd/www/youth/tremblay/maleyouth.html
24 . Pierre J. Trembley, A Scandal: Health and Human Services, CDC, Youth Suicidology, (undated), non paginated. Online. Internet. March 24, 2000. Available at: http://www.virtualcity.com/youthsuicide/usdh.htm
25 . Gay and Lesbian Educators of BC, Counseling Lesbian and Gay Youth, (1996) 1.
26 . Beth Reis, Why Should the Public Schools Teach About Sexual Orientation? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Sexuality and Training (ASSET), (Vancouver: September 1989), 18.
27 . Being Out, 23.
28 . ibid, 21, 22.
29 . ibid, 19, 20.
30 . ibid, 15.
31 . Gary Remafedi, quoted in Bull, Chris, "Suicidal Tendencies," The Advocate, (April 5, 1994), 38.
32 . Gary Remafedi, J. Farrow, and R. Deisher, (1991), "Risk Factors for Attempted Suicide in Gay and Bisexual Youth," Pediatrics, 87(6), 869_76.
33 . Pierre J. Tremblay, The Homosexuality Factor, non paginated.
34 . Pierre J. Tremblay, A Scandal, non paginated.
35 . Being Out, 28.
36 . Eighty Three Thousand Youth, non paginated.
37 . ibid, 27.
38 . Eighty Three Thousand Youth, non paginated.
39 . ibid, non paginated.
40 . Being Out, 32.
41 . ibid, 38.
42 . Eighty Three Thousand Youth, non paginated.
43 . Steven Samis, Survey on Anti-Gay/Lesbian Violence in the Vancouver Area, (Burnaby: Simon Fraser University, 1995, unpublished paper).
44 . Gender Dysphoria Clinic, Appropriate Health Care for British Columbia Residents with True Transsexualism: Report to the Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs. (Vancouver: Vancouver General Hospital, 1990) 4.
45 . For further discussion of this important topic see A Scandal, non paginated.
46 . See also Pierre J. Tremblay, The Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Factor in the Youth Suicide Problem, Personally published, November, 1994, with some additions made in April, 1995. Presented to the Honourable Halvar Jonson, Minister of Education, Province of Alberta. Tabled in the Alberta Legislature on April 27, 1995. Although no longer available, portions of this document, including Update 1996 and a 1998 update of gay male street prostitution are also available online. Internet. March 25, 2000. Available at: www.virtualcity.com/youthsuicide/book.htm
47 . Personal conversations with Gordon Waselnek and Julia Brooke, Feb, 2000.
48 . ibid.
49 . ibid.
50 . Currently The Centre's 1-800 number is only available between 7-10 pm, Monday - Saturday. For more information about The Centre, contact 604.684.5307
51 . ibid

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