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Transgender Americans face high suicide risk

Started by Shana A, November 20, 2010, 08:10:38 AM

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November 20, 2010, 08:10:38 AM
Transgender Americans face high suicide risk
New survey paints a portrait of trans people's lives in the U.S.

By Clara Moskowitz
updated 5:49 p.m. ET Nov. 19, 2010

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40279043/ns/health-health_care/

A staggering 41 percent of transgender people in the United States have attempted to commit suicide, according to a new survey. About 19 percent of transgender people report being refused medical care because of their gender-nonconforming status, and a shocking 2 percent have been violently assaulted in a doctor's office.

These statistics are just some of the sobering findings from a survey of more than 7,000 transgender people conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, released in October 2010.

On Saturday, the Transgender Day of Remembrance will pay tribute to people killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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