NCTE & The Task Force: "Bullying, Transgender Students, and the Risk of Suicide"

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NCTE & The Task Force: "Bullying, Transgender Students, and the Risk of Suicide"
by: Autumn Sandeen
Fri Oct 08, 2010 at 12:45:00 PM EDT

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17574/ncte-the-task-force-bullying-transgender-students-and-the-risk-of-suicide

Beginning a media release, entitled Bullying, Transgender Students, and the Risk of Suicide, by the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and The Gay And Lesbian Task Force was the following statement:

    New study findings show pervasive bullying of and violence toward transgender and gender non-conforming people, alarmingly high rates of suicide attempts

Ugh.

NCTE has this video on their front page:

More Ugh. The numbers on suicide that NCTE cites in this video are just joyless, and knowing that the grim numbers that were cited reflect the thoughts of real people...well, it's just heartbreaking.