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THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF THE GAY TEEN AND HIS DAD BEHD ‘JOE BELL’
"Joe Bell" is a new movie that tells the heartbreakg te story of Jad Bell, a gay teen who died by suici, and his father's walk his memory. * lgbt suicide stories *
School was overwhelmg, and watchg legislators his home state of Florida bate bills that would affect him as a gay and transgenr teen — like legislatn to ban discsn of LGBTQ+ inti classrooms — was hurtg his mental health, he time, AJ took the step that he uldn’t November. Nearly 50 percent of gay, lbian and bisexual high school stunts told the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn 2021 that they had serly nsired suici wh the last year, pared to 14 percent of heterosexual stunts. More than a quarter of gay, lbian and bisexual high schoolers told the CDC 2021 that they had attempted suici the last year — pared to 5 percent of heterosexual 19th spoke wh eight LGBTQ+ adults and two transgenr teens about their experienc managg suicidal iatns, what support helped them the most, how they found hope for their futur, and any advice they had for LGBTQ+ youth.
Sce 2015, the agency has tracked sexual orientatn s biennial youth risk behavr survey, and watched lbian, gay, bisexual and qutng youth suffer more signifintly om poor mental health than their peers, Ethier said. “The future is gog to be really gay, so don’t miss out on . In April 2013, Joe Bell left his home La Gran, a small town the northeast rner of Oregon, to walk across the untry honor of his 15-year-old son, Jad, who had died Febary a few weeks after attemptg and his wife, Lola Lathrop, told lol and natnal news outlets at the time that Jad was bullied for beg gay, both onle and at school.
GAY ROMANCE FEATURG SUICI
He was the only out gay stunt at La Gran High School. In addn to beg the only out gay stunt at his school, he was also the only boy on the cheerleadg squad, and Bell told Salon 2013 that he was bullied for said he uld relate to Jad and his story, bee he was also bullied growg up Texas. 19, 2010, Seth Walsh, a gay 13-year-old livg Southern California, died by suici after beg bullied.
Three days later, Tyler Clementi, a gay stunt at Rutgers Universy-New Bnswick, killed himself after beg rerd on a webm kissg another man. Ron DeSantis signed what opponents have lled the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Bee spe growg awarens, the topics of mental illns and suici LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) muni rema taboo.
Stigma—along wh homophobia and transphobia—is likely what leads to this muny’s disproportnately high rat of suici. A 2015 review found that lbian, gay and bisexual dividuals are four tim more likely to attempt suici than heterosexual people. Comm to llg out acts of homophobia and transphobia your muny.