After North Carolina’s Law, Trans Suicide Hotline Calls Double

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After North Carolina's Law, Trans Suicide Hotline Calls Double

Samantha Allen
4/20/16

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/20/after-north-carolina-s-law-trans-suicide-hotline-calls-double.html

Anti-transgender bathroom laws like North Carolina's HB 2 are not just inconvenient for transgender people. They may also be life-threatening.

Greta Gustava Martela, co-founder of Trans Lifeline, a crisis hotline for transgender people, told The Daily Beast that their call volume has "nearly doubled" since North Carolina restricted the use of public bathrooms based on birth certificate gender markers.