Men experienced most sexual identity milestones earlier than women, but they tended to take more time between milestones. Sexual identity and disclosure milestones, were measured across gender, sexual identity, race/ethnicity, and age cohort subgroups of the LGB sample.
For this study, we assessed identity milestones for 396 LGB New Yorkers, ages 18–59. Despite a large body of literature covering sexual identity development milestones, we know little about differences or similarities in patterns of identity development among subgroups of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population.
