Why do so many gay and bisexual men die om suici?

Contents:

• DEATH I'M GAY , STRAIGHT UP - MEME SOUND EFFECT BUTTON FOR SOUNDBOARD
• STUDY HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENC BETWEEN GAY, STRAIGHT SUICIS

DEATH I'M GAY , STRAIGHT UP - MEME SOUND EFFECT BUTTON FOR SOUNDBOARD

Gay grief is margalized. And pared to many of my gay sisters and brothers, I got off are thoands of members of our muny who nnot even tell their employers that the love of their life has died for fear of losg their job, and much 've ma signifint roads the past .

Homosexualy is illegal 73 untri. Co-workers, neighbors, and so forth, might not have any gay people their circle of iends and don't know what to say. If your gay muny is small or non-existent, reach out to onle rourc cludg the Human Rights Campaign, The Trevor Project and Parents & Friends of Lbians & Gays (PFLAG) to make for a place to put your pa.

Fdg a gay grief group is, of urse, the optimum suatn. Gay and bisexual men are four tim more likely to attempt suici their lifetime than heterosexual men.

STUDY HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENC BETWEEN GAY, STRAIGHT SUICIS

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.