General Article One in five teens report change in sexual orientation during adolescence, study finds

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Some teens who identified as heterosexual reported having some attraction to same sex or engaging in same-sex sexual behaviour. 

By Chelsea Ritschel

Teenagers are likely to experience sexual fluidity during adolescence, with a new study finding one in five adolescents report change in sexual orientation or sexual attraction during that period of life. 

According to researchers at North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Pittsburgh,...

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