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Title: Report: Almost Half Of Transgender Latinos Have Attempted Suicide
Post by: SandraJane on December 06, 2011, 12:19:03 AM
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Report: Almost Half Of Transgender Latinos Have Attempted Suicide

By Zack Ford on Dec 5, 2011 at 12:38 pm

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/12/05/381822/report-almost-half-of-transgender-latinos-and-latina-have-attempted-suicide/ (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/12/05/381822/report-almost-half-of-transgender-latinos-and-latina-have-attempted-suicide/)

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New analysis has been released from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey that shows the compounding effect of bias and discrimination against Latino/a transgender people. The "devastating" effect of anti-trans bias and institutional bias has severe consequences for this community in housing, health care, education, employment, and overall quality of life.

-47 percent of Latino/a respondents reported having attempted suicide.

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