Tag: suicide
Australian Mum says gay teen, 13, ‘bullied to death’
A 13-year-old boy tragically took his own life after being bullied about his sexuality, according to his mother.
Donald Trump Win Prompts Increase in Calls to LGBTQ Suicide Hotlines
The last time phones rang off the hook at the Trevor Project — the leading national organisation providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth ages 25 and under — was in June, after the deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
Oklahoma Lawmakers Introduce Vile Measure Attacking Transgender Youth
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, and Freedom Oklahoma, the state organisation working to advance equality for LGBT Oklahomans, strongly condemned the introduction of a new anti-transgender bill in the Oklahoma State Legislature.
Sweden’s Health and Welfare study of mental illness among same-sex couples show the need of action
This week the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) presented a registry study that shows the increase in mental illness, and risk use among people in same-sex marriage compared to people in different-sex marriages.
Wentworth Miller harassed for his weight – responds by revealing a secret
«Prison Break» star, Wentworth Miller writes on Facebook, today : I found myself the subject of an Internet meme. Not for the first time.
Gay Wyoming Young Man Takes His Life After Relentless Bullying
A gay Native American man, Trevor O’Brien, has been found dead in Wyoming, in an apparent suicide after he reportedly endured years of bullying.