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The parents of Betsy Mallum (Kaitlyn Dever) strongly communicate to her that it would be unacceptable for her to come out as a lesbian and live an open life with her girlfriend; Betsy soon afterward becomes addicted to Oxycontin. Though Betsy is a fictionalized composite character, this aspect of her story is true to multiple medical studies that show that parental rejection of LGBT children correlates with a heightened likelihood of several problems for them as teens and adults, including a significantly higher probability that they will develop drug addictions. For example, a study published in the January 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics determined that "Higher rates of family rejection were significantly associated with poorer health outcomes. On the basis of odds ratios, lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults who reported higher levels of family rejection during adolescence were 8.4 times more likely to report having attempted suicide, 5.9 times more likely to report high levels of depression, 3.4 times more likely to use illegal drugs, and 3.4 times more likely to report having engaged in unprotected sexual intercourse compared with peers from families that reported no or low levels of family rejection."

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