Lesbian and gay young people are almost twice as likely to engage in volunteer work as heterosexual teens, new research by NUI Galway academics has revealed.
Bisexual youth were more likely than the other groups to be discriminated based on their age and gender, the report also found.
Of the 3,354 young people who participated in the study, 3% reported being attracted to the same sex, while 6.3% said that they are attracted to both boys and girls.
The report on the study entitled Connected, Respected, And Contributing To Their World: The Case Of Sexual Minority And Non-Minority Young People In Ireland also found that bisexual youth were less likely than their heterosexual peers to report high family support or having a caring adult whom they can trust and that they were half as likely to feel that they are valued and respected.