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Research shows that lesbian, gay, bi, gender nonconforming, and queer (LGBTQ+) teens are at increased uncertainty of suicide and mental health issues like depression and anxiety. One of the most startling statistics: LGBTQ+ teens consider suicide and make suicide bids at about four times the national rate for all adolescents.

These numbers shed light on the critical importance of mental health services and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth. Parents, teachers, mentors, and policymakers must help ensure that LGBTQ+ teens receive continuing support and access to mental healthcare resources.

Key Takeaways

• The rate of attempting suicide among LGBTQ+ teens is more than four times the rate of suicide attempts among all US teens, due to the societal and relationship challenges that these young people face.
• These challenges include stigma, family rejection, bullying, threats of injury, violence, and increasingly limited access to gender-affirming healthcare.
• Higher rates of depression among the Homosexual population also lead to higher rates of substance use, as a develop of self-medication for mental health issues.
• Research has consistently shown thatsupp

  Protecting LGBTQ people from the health risks of social isolation

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  The ways Donald M. Bell and his Chicago neighbors link with one another are as simple as they are significant.

  "We have certain rituals that pull certain clumps of people together," said Bell, 73. Sometimes, it's gathering to see "Jeopardy!" in the people room of their senior apartment building. Other times, they make meals for each other, because cooking for one can be hard, but sharing is easy.

  They watch one another's pets and accompany each other on visits to the doctor and review in on their neighbors after medical procedures – such as the triple-bypass surgery Bell had about six years ago.

  Such acts are healthy for anyone at any age. But as residents of the city's first LGBTQ-friendly senior housing development, Bell and his neighbors have had to overcome years of obstacles to be proficient to forge those connections.

  "We try to show each other that we matter, after a lifetime of being told, 'You don't matter,'" Bell said.

  Social connections can help protect health, research shows. But the lack of such connections – social isolation – has been associated wi

  Mental Health Challenges of LGBTQ+ Kids

  If you have a youngster who’s LGBTQ+ you may worry about whether they’re getting the support they need to be safe and strong. You may be aware that Queer kids are at higher risk than other kids for developing mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. They also have higher rates of contemplating, attempting, and dying by suicide.

  That’s why it’s important to understand what factors make an Queer young person more or less likely to develop a mental health difficulty, including considering or attempting suicide.

  Being Homosexual doesn’t cause mental health problems — and is not caused by mental health problems. Rather, these kids’ increased risk of developing mental health problems stems from exposure to factors prefer rejection, bullying, discrimination, and violence. While acceptance of Queer kids has increased over the last few decades, the current political backlash has caused many of them to feel less secure.

  In a 2024 Trevor Project poll of 18,000 LGBTQ+ youth between the ages of 13 and 24 years aged, 90 percentsaid their well-being was negatively impacted due to recent politics — and 53 perc

  More than 40% of LGBTQ youth said they considered suicide in the past year, CDC report finds

  Youth who identify as Queer reported higher rates of poor mental health and experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors than their cisgender and heterosexual peers, a new U.S. survey found.

  In 2023, more than three in five LGBTQ+ -- lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual , questioning or another non-heterosexual identity -- high university students said they experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, and more than half reported having poor mental health, according to the latest results of the Youth Chance Behavior Survey, published Tuesday morning by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  "Across all of those outcomes that we looked at, experience of violence, poor mental health and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, we do glimpse this really significant disparity between LGBTQ+ young people and their cisgender and heterosexual peers," Dr. Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC's division of adolescent and school health, told ABC News. "That has been the case for a while."

  The Youth Exposure Behavior Survey is conducted every other year and surv
  

  2023 LGBTQ+ Youth Report

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  In 2022, nearly 13,000 LGBTQ+ youth, from all 50 states and Washington, DC, participated in the 2022 Youth Survey, reporting on their health, well-being, and experiences across all aspects of daily life.

  In 2012, HRC’s groundbreaking research, Growing up LGBT in America, reported on the experiences of over 10,000 Queer youth aged 13-17 and painted a stark picture of the difficulties they faced.

  In 2017, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation partnered with researchers at the University of Connecticut to deploy a comprehensive survey capturing the experiences of LGBTQ+ youth in their family settings, schools, social circles, and communities. Over 12,000 youth aged 13-17 participated in the survey, with representation from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

  Since then, LGBTQ+ Americans have seen strides toward equality and acceptance. More Americans of all ages are proudly and openly identifying as LGBTQ+ than ever before, and widespread acceptance for marriage equality and non-discrimination protections are the highest it has ever been.¹

  Yet, at the same moment, the LGBTQ+ group has seen an intensifyi