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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suicide is the second leading cause of death among the 10-24 age group.

In a national study, 40% of transgender adults reported having made a suicide attempt.

LGB youth who come from highly rejecting families are 8.4 times as likely to have attempted suicide as LGB peers who reported no or low levels of family rejection.

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/preventing-suicide/facts-about-suicide/#sm.0017bqcnq6goe3l10fd147tfbnp3k

Acceptance is vital. It’s not just the fact that they’re trans that makes kids high risk for suicide. Rejection from family members increases that risk so much. These comments about how being trans isn’t real or how they can be trans when they’re adult but not under my roof aren’t helpful. [/quote]

Ok? Empathetic parenting is better parenting. Kids whose parents shut down all talk of transgender feelings would probably shut down all talk of other kinds of non-conventional feelings too.

In other words, studies like these don’t establish cause and effect, and could just as easily be read to suggest that in the current moment, depressed or suicidal kids latch onto the notion that they’re transgender as an explanation for their feelings. And I don’t care WHY you’re depressed as a teen - if your parents aren’t the kind to listen to your feelings with sympathy and patience, of course you’re going to be more likely to commit suicide.

Trans people exist. But there is just no way that there are, or ever have been, SO MANY of them as we are seeing now in junior high and high school.

That said, gender roles suck. I’d definitely believe there are PLENTY of preteens and teens who feel deep discontent when they get a taste of what society expects of them, based on their biological sex. [/quote]

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