LGBTQ+ adolescent health and media: Meeting young people where they are

This chapter describes the public health landscape shaped by interactions between LGBTQ+ adolescents and media. In doing so, it integrates public health and media studies perspectives to describe the current state of knowledge about media as a site of production of health, culture, and capital that shapes the environment of health equity surrounding LGBTQ+ adolescents. It contextualizes public health research in the history of US media production and an examination of key dynamics characterizing LGBTQ+ adolescents’ interactions with social media.