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Title: Suicide rate much higher for transgender Canadians: study
Post by: stephaniec on June 08, 2015, 08:33:03 PM
Suicide rate much higher for transgender Canadians: study


http://www.torontosun.com/2015/06/08/suicide-rate-much-higher-for-transgender-canadians-study

Toronto Sun/by Jonathan Sher   06/08/2015

" London, Ont.-Transgender people are much more likely to attempt suicide than non-transgender people, but the reasons have more to do with how transgender people are treated than with any internal conflict, a new Canadian study has found."
Title: Re: Suicide rate much higher for transgender Canadians: study
Post by: Dee Marshall on June 08, 2015, 10:13:45 PM
"In other news, water is wet" - Toronto Sun-Times

OK, that was unfair. The study certainly isn't news to us, but it's good to see it getting out to the general populace.
Title: Re: Suicide rate much higher for transgender Canadians: study
Post by: suzifrommd on June 09, 2015, 06:07:05 AM
Quote from: Dee Marshall on June 08, 2015, 10:13:45 PM
"In other news, water is wet" - Toronto Sun-Times

OK, that was unfair. The study certainly isn't news to us, but it's good to see it getting out to the general populace.

THIS ^^^