While an LGBTQ Identity Is Not Necessarily a Deviant Label

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Multiple Choice

While an LGBTQ identity is not necessarily a deviant label, as it was in the past

• A) exposure to the LGBTQ subculture does not offer much insight for individuals navigating their identities.
• B) adolescents have typically had an easy time with this process.
• C) the process of claiming that identity is similar to what labeling theorists offer in managing a deviant identity-or embracing that one's LGBTQ identity may break norms, but is not inherently "bad."
• D) it is equally stigmatized as something to reject and exclude in the same ways it has since the U.S. was founded.

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