title: Addressing the needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth: the origins of PROJECT 10 and school-based intervention.
abstract: This research chronicles the formation and expansion of a counseling and educational program for gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth called PROJECT 10 at Fairfax High School. A model program was tested during the academic year 1985-1986, and is now being implemented throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District and in other schools across the nation. Fifty self-identified homosexual students were interviewed in order to clarify the needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual teenagers in relation to their school experiences. Additionally, a questionnaire study of 342 respondents from the general student population was undertaken in order to chart the beliefs and attitudinal changes of those teenagers who experienced school-based educational programs that portrayed homosexuality and bisexuality as variations on a continuum of human sexual expression and emotional attachment. Suggestions for further research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Fairfax High School, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Uribe
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Harbeck
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D003376:Counseling; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D014768:Virginia