“…This research focuses on issues such as suicide (Almeida, Johnson, Corliss, Molnar, & Azrael, 2009;Li Kitts, 2005;Saewyc, 2007;Silenzio, Pena, Duberstein, Cerel, & Knox, 2007), sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS (Garafalo, Herrick, Mustanski, & Donenberg, 2007;Harper, 2007;Rhodes, McCoy, Hergenrather, Omli, & Durant, 2007;Saewyc et al, 2006), substance abuse (Easton, Jackson, Mowery, Comeau, & Sell, 2008;Kipke et al, 2007;Marshal, Friedman, Stall, & Thompson, 2009;Rhodes et al, 2007), and victimization (Chesir-Teran & Hughes, 2009;Saewyc et al, 2006;Williams, Connolly, Pepler, & Craig, 2005). Within this literature, there is a lack of academic focus around the processes leading up to romantic relationships for sexual-minority youth (Diamond, 2003;Diamond, Savin-Williams, & Dubé, 1999;Eyre, Arnold, Peterson, & Strong, 2007;Savin-Williams, 2003; Smith, Guthrie, & Oakley, 2005).…”