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Title: On Transition & Suicide
Post by: Shana A on November 29, 2009, 06:18:22 AM
Post by: Shana A on November 29, 2009, 06:18:22 AM
On Transition & Suicide
By Dyssonance
Published: November 29, 2009
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/11/on_transition_suicide.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/11/on_transition_suicide.php)
http://www.dyssonance.com/?p=870 (http://www.dyssonance.com/?p=870)
A recent death and the comments I've read has me in an unusual mood tonight. And I'm reminded of something that I've seen, and that many in the LGBT community as a whole have seen.
There was, for a couple of years, a number bandied about of half of the Transsexuals out there kill themselves. I could go into various arguments about that number, but the truth isn't really all that much better, and it's 1 in 3.
Suicide, in and of itself, takes a certain mental state of mind, a special kind of thought, and it comes at you when you've lost hope, when despair is what surrounds you, and right now, well, this is the peak time of the year for it. This is not merely the most wonderful time of the year, it is also the most horrible time of the year.
This is the dying season.
By Dyssonance
Published: November 29, 2009
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/11/on_transition_suicide.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/11/on_transition_suicide.php)
http://www.dyssonance.com/?p=870 (http://www.dyssonance.com/?p=870)
A recent death and the comments I've read has me in an unusual mood tonight. And I'm reminded of something that I've seen, and that many in the LGBT community as a whole have seen.
There was, for a couple of years, a number bandied about of half of the Transsexuals out there kill themselves. I could go into various arguments about that number, but the truth isn't really all that much better, and it's 1 in 3.
Suicide, in and of itself, takes a certain mental state of mind, a special kind of thought, and it comes at you when you've lost hope, when despair is what surrounds you, and right now, well, this is the peak time of the year for it. This is not merely the most wonderful time of the year, it is also the most horrible time of the year.
This is the dying season.