Gay men experience more prsn and suici, but help is available.
Contents:
- GAY SUICIS ARE ON THE RISE. THIS EPIMLOGIST EXPLAS WHY.
- PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BI HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE E PROBLEMS, SURVEY FDS
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- NEARLY A THIRD OF YOUNG GAY PEOPLE HAVE ATTEMPTED SUICI, STUDY FDS
- DEPRSN IS KILLG GAY MEN
- REARCHERS FD DISPARI SUICI RISK AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL ADULTS
- STUDY HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENC BETWEEN GAY, STRAIGHT SUICIS
GAY SUICIS ARE ON THE RISE. THIS EPIMLOGIST EXPLAS WHY.
Pri Month: It’s time to talk about the shockgly high rate of suici among gay and bisexual men. Photos and stori the Still Here project document the plex reasons. * gay suiside *
Gay and bisexual men are four tim more likely to attempt suici their lifetime than heterosexual men. Rearchers now timate that suici kills more gay and bisexual men than AIDS. Gay and bisexual men are rarely mentned mental health polici.
Homophobia — wh fai, schools, muni and even doctors and unsellors offic — is a key e, acrdg to the Still Here project wh the Men’s Health Rearch Program at the Universy of Brish Columbia.
As a postdoctoral rearch fellow nursg at the Universy of Brish Columbia, I work on the Still Here project to engage gay and bisexual men who have prevly stggled wh suici (or who have lost another gay or bisexual man to suici) to tell their stori through photographs. Twenty-ne gay and bisexual men have participated Still Here th far, ntributg more than 300 photographs. Together, the photos and stori are helpg better unrstand the multiple factors that lead gay and bisexual men to nsir suici.
PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BI HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE E PROBLEMS, SURVEY FDS
Homosexual suici is a ser issue and gay suici rat are startlg. Learn more about LGBTQIA+ suici and how to prevent . * gay suiside *
Homophobia a mon theme. Each story is unique and we are fdg that the reasons gay and bisexual rearch participants nsir suici are varied.
Homophobia is, however, a mon theme ung all the stori and photos. Others learned to ternalize society’s negative view of gay and bisexual people.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Scientist Travis Salway disvered that suici had surpassed HIV as the leadg e of ath for gay and bisexual men Canada. * gay suiside *
Many Still Here participants also scribed how they were nonted wh homophobia and stigmatizg attus when they opened up to talk about their feelgs to their doctor or unsellor. Bee of homophobia, men scribed feelg isolated, lonely and visible. Homophobia is not the only reason the men ntemplated suici.
The first preventn strategy is to improve mental health servic for gay and bisexual men. Mental-health profsnals and doctors also need better trag to addrs the plex needs of gay and bisexual men, and to rce homophobic and stigmatizg attus. Legal progrs has been ma Canada for sexual mori but homophobia ntu to impact the liv of many gay and bisexual men.
NEARLY A THIRD OF YOUNG GAY PEOPLE HAVE ATTEMPTED SUICI, STUDY FDS
Adults who intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual are more likely than adults who intify as straight to experience ser thoughts of suici, mental health ndns cludg major prsive episos and they are more likely to e substanc like alhol or dgs, acrdg to a new US ernment report. * gay suiside *
A study published 2015 found that half of gay and bisexual men have been harassed or bullied bee of their sexualy. One 10 has been gay-bashed.
If we do not elimate homophobia and if we fail to change perceptns of mental illns, gay and bisexual men will ntue to endure high rat of suici.
DEPRSN IS KILLG GAY MEN
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay suiside *
No one wants to thk about suici and homosexual suici is no exceptn. No person should ever feel the need to take their life bee of their sexualy and is important to let people know there is help for gays wh prsn. Gay Suici Rat.
REARCHERS FD DISPARI SUICI RISK AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL ADULTS
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The reason talkg about homosexual suici is so cril is bee of the gay suici rat and suici attempt rat. The gay suici statistics about youth and transgenr people are particularly shockg:1, 2,. Of urse, not every LGBTQIA+ person attempts suici – most don't – but those that do often do so bee of the strs of anti-gay stigma, discrimatn and harassment.
STUDY HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENC BETWEEN GAY, STRAIGHT SUICIS
Suici risk among lbian, gay, and bisexual adults vari nsirably pendg on the tersectn between sexual inty and other aspects of inty, such as genr, age, and race/ethnicy, acrdg to a study led by NIMH rearchers. * gay suiside *
Internalized homophobia also ntribut to LGBTQIA+ suici risk. It's also important to note that how homosexual suici is talked about n also fluence LGBTQIA+ suici risk.
Cril to remember is that the more openly people talk about suici and homosexual suici and the ls stigma people feel around the issu, the more people n succsfully fight back agast LGBTQIA+ suici. Homosexualy and Suici: LGBTQIA+ Suici Is a Ser Issue, HealthyPlace. Suici is the send leadg e of ath among young people aged 10 to 24 (Hegaard, Curt, & Warner, 2018) — and lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) youth are at signifintly creased youth are more than four tim as likely to attempt suici than their peers (Johns et al., 2019; Johns et al., 2020) Trevor Project timat that more than 1.
Among gay or lbian youth, 37% serly nsired suici and 19% attempted. Journal of Gay & Lbian Mental Health, 21(3), 194–202.