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Suicide Rate of Trans Adolecents
"More than half of transgender male teens who participated in the survey reported attempting suicide in their lifetime, while 29.9 percent of transgender female teens said they attempted suicide. Among non-binary youth, 41.8 percent of respondents stated that they had attempted suicide at some point in their lives."
Post Reassignment Surgery Suicide Rates
"Sweden, where the culture is strongly supportive of the transgendered—documents their lifelong mental unrest. Ten to 15 years after surgical reassignment, the suicide rate of those who had undergone sex-reassignment surgery rose to 20 times that of comparable peers."
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Yes, it is awful that suicide rates are higher among trans people across the board. Thank you for posting these.
What sort of solutions would the help you'd offer look like, then?
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HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools program provides specific guidance to parents, teachers and the wider community for preventing anti-LGBTQ bullying and aggression in schools. This can be as simple as responding appropriately to anti-LGBTQ comments in the classroom, or encouraging educators to promote inclusivity and diversity in their lesson plans.
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For example, Ron DeSantis's Don't Say Gay bill would likely explicitly prevent this from taking place