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LGBTQQ young people often feel unsupported, isolated, and invisible. A hostile environment that often regards them as immoral or sick reinforces these feelings. Unlike other victims of oppression, LGBTQQ youth often cannot turn to their families for support — indeed, the family may affirm the hostility of the larger environment, including forcing the young person from the home. The following statistics provide a vivid illustration of the reasons we all need to be concerned with the experiences of LGBTQQ youth.
SUICIDE
36.5 % of LGB youth grades 9-12 have attempted suicide. 20.5% of those attempts resulting in medical care.
Gay and lesbian youth are 2 to 3 times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual young people.
In a 1998 health survey conducted by Youth Pride, Inc. aimed at LGBTQQ youth, 58% of respondents reported that they had felt suicidal as teenagers.
A 2002 survey found that 21% of men who have sex with men had made plans to attempt suicide; 12% reported actually having made the attempt, and of those, nearly half had made multiple attempts. Most who attempted suicide had made their first attempt before age 25.
VERBAL HARASSMENT
82.9% of LGBT students report that faculty or staff never intervened or intervened only some of the time when present and homophobic remarks were made.
97% of high school students report hearing homophobic remarks regularly from peers.
53% of students report hearing homophobic comments made by school staff.
ISOLATION
80% of gay and bisexual youth report severe problems with cognitive, social, or emotional isolation.
50% of lesbian and gay youth report parental rejection because of their sexual orientation.
4 out of 5 students in school don’t know 1 supportive adult in their school environment.
A 2002 study of recent participants in an 'ex-gay' conversion program reported that, out of 202 participants, only 8 reported being completely 'cured.' Out of those 8, seven were employed by the program as counselors, four of whom were paid. 176 of the participants were classified as 'failures,' and of these, 155 reported significant long-term harm, including depression and suicidal thoughts, complete loss of religious faith, and deteriorating relationships with family and friends. 18 of the participants were forced to undergo shock therapy and induced vomiting.
DEPRESSION
In a study of depression and gay youth, researchers found depression strikes gay youth 4-5 times more severely than their non-gay peers.
83% of respondents in Youth Pride Inc’s 1998 health survey considered themselves depressed.
VIOLENCE
64.3% of LGBT students report feeling unsafe at their school because of their sexual orientation.
Sexual minority students were more than twice as likely to report being in a physical fight at school in the prior year (31.5% of sexual minority students vs. 12.9% of others).
Sexual minority students more often reported that they had missed school in the past month because they felt unsafe (19.1% of sexual minority students vs. 5.6% of others).
A 2002 study found that bisexual students were 3-6 times more likely than their straight classmates to be threatened or injured with a weapon at school.
HOMELESSNESS
According to a 2006 report, between 20 and 40 percent of homeless youth in the US identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. 26% of LGBT youth who come out to their parents are told to leave home. Many also report experiencing abuse both from family members and in shelters.
26% of gay youth are forced to leave home because of conflicts with their families over their sexual identities.
Up to 50% of gay and/or bisexual men forced from their homes engage in prostitution to support themselves; greatly increasing their risk for HIV infection.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
According to a 2005 report, alcohol dependence is greater among LGBTQ people, especially for women. The report emphasizes the need for including sexual orientation as a subgroup when monitoring alcohol abuse in population studies.
A 2002 study found that LGB students who are victims of violence at school have elevated risk of substance abuse.
TRANSGENDER-SPECIFIC STATISTICS
33.2% of transgender youth have attempted suicide. 55% of transgender youth report being physically attacked.
74% of transgender youth reported being sexually harassed at school, and 90% of transgender youth reported feeling unsafe at school because of their gender expression.
In a survey of 403 transgender people, 78% reported having been verbally harassed and 48% reported having been victims of assault, including assault with a weapon, sexual assault or rape
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Post: #624754  , Sat 3 Mar 12, 8:24PM |
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:: ashton97
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and you know what's sad? People will say being gay "causes" these things, like depression and self harm, but its the hate our society projects on us that causes it. not us.
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Post: #624755 , Sat 3 Mar 12, 8:29PM |
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they are truly sad statistics. it makes me sad thinking abut them.
also, do you know if they're worldwide, or just for a particular nation?
it will be alright in the end, and if it's not alright, it's not the end yet.
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Post: #624763 , Sat 3 Mar 12, 8:58PM |
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Yeah, what Ashton said is right. I've met people who said that statistics like these prove that being gay really is wrong. And that just increases the amount of discrimination. People just aren't seeing the picture for what it is.
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Post: #624765 , Sat 3 Mar 12, 9:01PM |
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This is so sad to think about. I don't see why people can't see LBGTQQ and all the rest as equals and treat everyone as equals. It's just disgusting...
RAWR! I'm a hamster :D
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Post: #624766 , Sat 3 Mar 12, 9:19PM |
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Yes it's true that most of this is brought on by society, for years human minds have been twisted and corrupted to believe things that makes us seem unnatural. It just shows that realistically speaking we aren't that compliicated at all, we are easily manipulated to believe something said to us by someone of a high position, take GOD and the catholic bible as an example, humans believe and follow what it says because they fear what would happen if they didn't. So if it said that homosexuals are purposely being killed by STDs for the good of mankind, people would believe it because of its origins.
There is no hope without salvation, there is no life without destruction, in this desolate world we can only rely on the unknown for our minds shame the very ground.
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Post: #624781 , Sat 3 Mar 12, 10:20PM |
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What's the source of these statistics? I'm curious.
Edit: Found the source. It's here, if anyone's interested.
"I am reminded of a colleague who reiterated 'all my homosexual patients are quite sick'—to which I finally replied 'so are all my heterosexual patients'." -Ernest van den Haag, psychotherapist
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Edit: winnersmw, Sat 3 Mar 12, 10:23PM
Post: #624783 , Sat 3 Mar 12, 10:21PM |
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These satistics are sad  mainly because most of them make sense to me
I BLEED RAINBOWS! Deal with it!!!!!!!!! BITCH
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Post: #624801 , Sat 3 Mar 12, 10:51PM |
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This is for the USA
One love, One Heart. PLUR
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Post: #624811 , Sat 3 Mar 12, 11:31PM |
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This makes me think twice about coming out. I'm already half way out of the closet.
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Post: #624813 , Sat 3 Mar 12, 11:41PM |
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some narrow-minded individuals blame this on the people who are homosexuals. In reality, it's the treatment that heterosexual people put forward that causes these statistics.
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Post: #631454 , Wed 28 Mar 12, 11:46PM |
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It really is sad. But I don't understand how people could look at these statistics and blame it on us for being LGBTQQ. It's the fact that there's so little support for us out there.
This also makes me feel incredibly blessed for how I got virtually no harassment when I came out. I wish more people could experience that.
La clarté étrange de ton sourire illumine mon été.
I wish I were a glow worm, a glow worm's never glum. 'Cause how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum?
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Post: #631460 , Wed 28 Mar 12, 11:59PM |
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