More youth coming out but stigma remains a problem
Doctors group says outcomes better when parents on board
Researchers studied teens 11-19 for multi-year project
Rates especially acute at 62 percent for young trans men
Lesbians more than twice as likely to smoke as straight girls
Researchers say mental health issues linked to extrinsic factors
Findings of multi-year research reported in Pediatrics journal
According to the study, 63.3 percent of children with two fathers and 67.5 percent with two mothers were covered by private health plans
'Weāve been giving kids a message of hope and this is showing that itās not a false hope'