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Related: About this forumStudy establishes first causal link between anti-trans laws and suicide attempts
Study establishes first causal link between anti-trans laws and suicide attempts
State laws targeting trans people caused up to a 72% increase in suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youths, the study shows.
Sept. 30, 2024, 4:42 PM EDT
By Jo Yurcaba
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The research, published last week in the journal Nature Human Behavior and conducted by the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization, is the first to establish that such laws directly caused an increase in suicide attempts.
The Trevor Project surveyed more than 60,000 trans and nonbinary young people (ages 13-24) about their mental health from 2018 to 2022, a period in which 19 state governments enacted 48 laws targeting trans people, particularly youth. These included restrictions on transition-related care for minors and laws that bar trans student athletes from playing on the school sports teams that align with their gender identities.
The study compared suicide-related outcomes for trans and nonbinary young people in those 19 states to the outcomes for trans and nonbinary youth in states that did not enact any such laws.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/anti-trans-laws-suicide-attempts-teens-increase-rcna172906
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Study establishes first causal link between anti-trans laws and suicide attempts (Original Post)
littlemissmartypants
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Lunabell
(7,061 posts)1. That's their evil agenda.
Ruthless and evil.
littlemissmartypants
(25,867 posts)2. Yep. That's exactly what they want. Evil! Evil! Evil!
❤️
werdna
(935 posts)3. Legislative Murder by right wing extremist politicians. n/t
littlemissmartypants
(25,867 posts)4. That sums it up perfectly. ❤️
70sEraVet
(4,233 posts)5. Treat people like they don't deserve to be on the face of the earth.....
and they'll get the message.
For most of the politicians passing these laws, its not even about their beliefs -- its just about the votes.