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Title: (Trigger Warn)More than a third of transgender Canadian youth attempt suicide
Post by: stephaniec on May 10, 2015, 05:40:32 PM
(Trigger Warning)More than a third of transgender Canadian youth have attempted suicide

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/05/08/more-than-a-third-of-transgender-canadian-youth-have-attempted-suicide-survey

Toronto Sun/PostMedia Network      05/08/2015

" More than a third of Canadians between the ages of 14 and 25 say they've attempted suicide, according to a new survey."

Survey can be down loaded from article
"survey"
   The University of British Columbia
Title: Re: (Trigger Warn)More than a third of transgender Canadian youth attempt suicide
Post by: gennee on May 11, 2015, 10:41:13 AM
One third is a lot. Want to see more organizations address this. Want to see more schools address it because youth spents a majority of their time there.

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Title: Re: (Trigger Warn)More than a third of transgender Canadian youth attempt suicide
Post by: stephaniec on May 11, 2015, 02:03:03 PM
yea , a third is way too much, even one is too much.
Title: Re: (Trigger Warn)More than a third of transgender Canadian youth attempt suicide
Post by: awilliams1701 on May 11, 2015, 03:34:14 PM
Isn't it 45% in the US? I'm not saying 33% is good, but its better than the US at least.