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Title: Denying Transgender People Bathroom Access is Linked to Suicide
Post by: suzifrommd on May 01, 2016, 07:22:22 PM
Denying Transgender People Bathroom Access is Linked to Suicide

Max Kutner, 5/1/16

http://www.newsweek.com/transgender-bathroom-law-study-suicide-454185

In a national survey of people who identified as transgender, a higher percentage of respondents who reported having been denied access to a restroom also reported having attempted suicide, compared with respondents who said they had not been denied access, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Homosexuality. The study took into account access to restrooms only on college and university campuses and people who identified as transgender while on campus.