Adolescent online romantic relationship initiation: Differences by sexual and gender identification

Data from the national Teen Health and Technology Study of adolescents 13–18 years old (N = 5091) were used to examine online formation of romantic relationships. Results show that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and non‐LGBTQ adolescents similarly were most likely to have met their most recent boy/girlfriend in the past 12 months at school. However, they differed on many characteristics of romantic relationship...