Sexual orientation
 

Young people may experience, or fear they will experience, discrimination when accessing any service. This can be based upon their age, cultural background, sexual identity, socio-economic status, presence of a disability, and risk taking behaviours.

Discrimination around sexual identity usually occurs because of heterosexist / homophobic attitudes.

Western Illinois University Committee on Sexual Orientation
Site explores language use, dispels myths, describes attitude stages between intolerance of and support for sexual identity diversity

HOMOPHOBIA

Homophobia refers to the unreasoning fear or hatred of homosexuals and to anti-homosexual beliefs and prejudices.

http://www.qahc.org.au/files/u3/social_pressures.pdf
LGBT Health Systems Project, Fact Sheet
Social Pressures that affect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people