Some residents in Northeast Ohio fear that a formal policy from the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland will increase the risk of suicide and self-harm among young people who identify as LGBTQ.
will increase the risk of suicide and self-harm among young people who identify as LGBTQ.
Sandy Varndell, co-founder and president of OutSupport, a support group in Medina County for LGBTQ people, said the new policy will “without a doubt” cause people to attempt suicide or self-harm. “I knew it wouldn’t have been safe to be trans there,” the youth said. “They wouldn’t have respected me.”because of anti-LGBTQ rules were affecting her child’s mental health. She uses they/them pronouns in describing her child.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, youth in middle and high schools that identify as LGBTQ are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide as their heterosexual peers.
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