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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there any studies or numbers on the suicide rates for trans teenagers? I’ve heard that it’s high, but don’t know specifics.
If there is data, has it changed over the years? [/quote]

It’s high. The main factor isn’t just that they’re trans, it’s that they’re trans and not supported by their family. When families are supportive, the numbers are lower. [/quote]

I’m curious about the numbers in the 90’s, and 00’s. 
I wonder if those numbers have changed.[/quote]

You can Google it. I don’t have time. It’s been a steady thing though, lgbtq youth who are accepted have much lower rates of mental illness and death from suicide compared to those whose families are unsupportive, although both are higher than cishet youth. It’s probably something to do with it being acceptable in our society to treat them like deviants and politicians trying to make laws against them. Imagine being a trans youth in SD today. Even if your parents are supportive and helping you get treatment, state law says no, you shouldn’t exist, sorry. So what now? As a parent, I’d use the next year to find a new job and move to a state where treating my child isn’t illegal, but I know that would tear my son up because he’s feel responsible for upending our lives and causing us to move and change jobs. Those politicians feel like it’s more important to keep people closeted than to prevent suicides. [/quote]

Most of the parents I talk to aren't treating trans people as deviants. We are concerned about our kids exploring their gender due to social media etc and being guided into permanent surgery when they aren't actually trans. Gender affirming care doesn't question what they are experiencing and in some cases a school or doctor won't tell parents their child is changing name/pronouns. [/quote]

If you don’t get it, you don’t get it. How can a child completely transition at school and socially and the parents not have a clue? How detached must they be? Or how badly must the child feel the need to hide it?

You do realize many kids are at risk from their parents finding out they’re not cishet don’t you? That it’s not up to the schools to out kids to anyone. And if it’s a phase not requiring medical treatment, why do parents need to know anyway? Should parents be informed of every nickname a kid has?

And I don’t care about if individual moms in the pickup line at your kid’s school think trans people are deviant. There are elected officials and parents in communities banning books mentioning anything related to the lgbt community, an entire state’s classroom libraries emptied of books except the ones conservative politicians and their appointees approve to protect children from lgbtq words. Imagine being a gay or trans child in those areas. Imagine raising one and tell me you don’t feel like they think you’re a deviant. In multiple states it’s illegal or abusive to seek medical treatment for your minor child trying to transition. I’m glad you don’t think we’re deviants, but did you and your mom friends vote for people who do? Good for y’all if you didn’t, but plenty people vote for politicians do, then wash their hands of it and say they’re supportive. [/quote]

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