A spate of teen suicis lked to anti-gay harassment is promptg school officials natnwi to rethk their efforts agast bullyg — and the procs, risk entanglement a bter iologil bate.
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- COLORADO MOM SAYS 9-YEAR-OLD SON WHO CAME OUT AS GAY DIED BY SUICI AFTER SCHOOL BULLYG
- SUICI SURGE: SCHOOLS NONT ANTI-GAY BULLYG
- DO BULLYG LEAD TO SUICI AMONG GAY TEENS?
- 'HE LOVED EVERYBODY': ALABAMA MUNY PICKS UP PIEC AFTER BULLIED GAY TEEN TAK HIS OWN LIFE, FAY SAYS
COLORADO MOM SAYS 9-YEAR-OLD SON WHO CAME OUT AS GAY DIED BY SUICI AFTER SCHOOL BULLYG
While tryg to al wh all the challeng of beg a teenager, lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr (LGBT) teens also have to al wh harassment, threats and vlence directed at them on a daily basis. LGBT youth are nearly twice as likely to be lled nam, verbally harassed or physilly asslted at school pared to their non-LGBT peers. [1] Their mental health and tn, not to mentn their physil well-beg, are at-risk. * gay bullying suicide *
A 2017 survey om the US Centers for Disease Control and Preventn, for example, found that almost half of lbian, gay and bisexual stunts had serly nsired suici.
SUICI SURGE: SCHOOLS NONT ANTI-GAY BULLYG
Suici preventn and timate partner vlence for gay and bisexual men. * gay bullying suicide *
And The Trevor Project, a suici preventn group, not that lbian, gay and bisexual youth are almost five tim as likely to have attempted suici pared to heterosexual youth. Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) stunts are more than four tim as likely to attempt suici pared to their straight and cisgenr peers (Johns et al., 2019; Johns et al., 2020).
A 9-year-old Colorado boy who died by suici last week had been bullied at school after announcg over the summer that he was gay and exprsg his sire to share the news wh his classmat, his mother said.
Pierce said her son told her over the summer that he was gay while they were together her r and he was ridg the back seat. “He was like, ‘Mom I’m gay, ’ ” she said, reports KDVR.
DO BULLYG LEAD TO SUICI AMONG GAY TEENS?
* gay bullying suicide *
The revelatn apparently eed Jamel to share the rmatn wh others, his mom said: “He went to school and said he was gonna tell people he’s gay bee he’s proud of himself.
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.
'HE LOVED EVERYBODY': ALABAMA MUNY PICKS UP PIEC AFTER BULLIED GAY TEEN TAK HIS OWN LIFE, FAY SAYS
Journal of Gay & Lbian Mental Health, 21(3), 194–202.
Associatn of sexual orientatn acceptance wh rced suici attempts among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng youth.