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Anti-Transgender Laws Cause up to 72% Increase in Suicide Attempts Among Transgender and Nonbinary Youth, Study Shows

A first-of-its kind peer-reviewed study found state-level anti-transgender laws increased past year-suicide attempts among a sample of more than 61,000 transgender and nonbinary youth in the United States September 26, 2024 – Researchers at The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people, published a study in the peer-reviewed journal, Nature Human Behaviour, that found anti-transgender state-level laws has a significant and causal impact on suicide risk among transgender and nonbinary young people across the United States.  From 2018 to 2022, 48 anti-transgender laws were enacted in the U.S. across 19 different state governments.…