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TEEN SUICIDE
Gay teens three to seven times more likely to commit suicide
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Creating Life Lines of Love: Helping Youth, by Allison Bingham, Ph.D., Director, Affirmation Youth Services, adapted from "No More Deaths, No More Silence", March 19, 2000
Gay is OK - "Only those who have lived through it can speak with assurance that they know what they are talking about, especially you who have attempted suicide and survived to find some accomodation. Please give us your help, tell us your story and how you pulled through."
The Homosexuality Factor in the Youth Suicide Problem - Are GLB (gay, lesbian, bisexual) people in general, and GLB youth in particular, at higher risk for manifesting suicide behaviours than their heterosexual counterparts? A brief summary of suicide-related observations recorded over the last 150 years does suggest that such a problem has existed in gay communities, the causes being either unique to gay males, or predominantly applying to them.
MormonAid.Org - Its intent is to save lives of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trangendered persons.
Suicidal Behavior in Gay and Lesbian Mormons - by Christopher J. Alexander.
Suicides Among Gay and Lesbian Youth - "We thus believe that churches can be conservatively assigned indirect responsibility for about 496 youth gay/lesbian suicides per year."
Virtual Memorial for gay mormon suicides, Affirmation