Teens who had same-sex attractions or relationships, were "30 to 50 percent more likely to be stopped by the police, 40 percent more likely to be convicted of a crime as adults, and more likely to be expelled from school," according to Yale University researchers Kathryn Himmelstein and Dr. Hannah Brückner, who looked at data from more than 15,000 teens in grades 7-12 back during the 1994-95 school year. They found teens who self-identify as gay or lesbian were more likely to end up in juvenile detention centers and convicted of crimes.
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