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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStudy finds an epidemic of suicide among LGBTQ youth. Most blame "recent politics."
The Trevor Projects National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health the largest survey of LGBTQ youth mental health ever conducted with over 34,000 respondents ages 13 to 24 from across the United States showed theres a mental health epidemic among LGBTQ youth with politics playing a huge role.
Among the surveys results from suicidal respondents, 76% said recent politics impacted their mental health or sense of self and only 47% had received psychological or emotional counseling from a mental health professional. The survey also found that nearly 30% of young trans people had attempted suicide and 54% had considered suicide in the last year.
Approximately 36% of queer youth who attempted suicide had experienced physical violence beforehand, 22% had experienced some form of discrimination.
About 78% of trans and non-binary youth reported being the subject of discrimination due to their gender identity and 70% of LGBTQ youth reported discrimination due to their sexual orientation.
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Think about this the next time you hear a gay "joke". Think about this the next time someone defends homophobia because "it is a comment on the target, not "really" about gay people." Think about this when people fail to recognize GLBTQ people are actual minorities. Homophobia is real. Homophobia kills!
rampartc
(5,453 posts)gay boys were bullied when I was in school (1960s) and I suspect the bullying to drive the suicides.
at any rate, it is about time this is studied, and, of course, bullying can not be tolerated.
SWBTATTReg
(22,191 posts)bullying and such is wrong, is cruel, extends into family units too, as well as friends (besides strangers), and it's time to do something, no more studying.
OneGrassRoot
(22,921 posts)I wonder if it's the obvious conservative political demonization of LGBTQ, with subsequent oppressive policies, or other aspects?