CNN (2/28, Chavez) says that “a quarter of Black transgender and nonbinary youth reported a suicide attempt in the previous year, according to” research from the Trevor Project, “more than double the rate of suicide attempts among Black cisgender LGBQ youth.” The study, “which surveyed nearly 34,000 LGBTQ youth ages 13 to 24 across the United States in fall 2021, also found that Black and nonbinary young people reported higher rates of anxiety and depression than their Black cisgender LGBQ peers.” Furthermore, the study “found that Black transgender and nonbinary young people experience discrimination, violence and homelessness at alarmingly high rates.”
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— “1 in 4 Black transgender and nonbinary youth attempted suicide in past year, survey finds “Janelle Chavez, CNN, February 28, 2023