Teen suicide attempts fell as same-sex marriage became legal
Source: Washington Post
CHICAGO Teen suicide attempts in the U.S. declined after same-sex marriage became legal and the biggest impact was among gay, lesbian and bisexual kids, a study found.
The research found declines in states that passed laws allowing gays to marry before the Supreme Court made it legal nationwide. The results dont prove theres a connection, but researchers said policymakers should be aware of the measures potential benefits for youth mental health.
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In 32 states that enacted same-sex marriage laws during the study, suicide attempts dropped 7 percent among all students and 14 percent among gay kids after the laws were passed. There was no change in suicide attempts in states without those laws.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/teen-suicide-attempts-fell-as-same-sex-marriage-became-legal/2017/02/20/39ae02aa-f786-11e6-aa1e-5f735ee31334_story.html?utm_term=.69c9c2dc8a43
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)Stuart G
(38,436 posts)Hekate
(90,737 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)Faux pas
(14,684 posts)Aristus
(66,410 posts)Initech
(100,087 posts)N77VG
(65 posts)is a bad thing.
Wounded Bear
(58,674 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)but let us at least have some good news, and be able to celebrate it without worrying about psychopaths
N77VG
(65 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)President Obama's terms in office were so amazing for our communities. For the first time, our youth had *hope* and could see themselves finishing school, getting a job, falling in love, maybe raising a family and growing old with someone they love. And it would be no big deal. They could spend their energy on *life*, just like everyone else.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Amazing.
Combined with medical marijuana reducing DUI fatalities, I think that we have a solution to the problem of teen deaths.
Legalize what people want, life is worth living.
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)NickB79
(19,257 posts)And giving gay teenagers hope that they could grow up to be accepted as they are, and not feel like outcasts, saves lives.
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)I'm so happy for my fellow citizens to have freedom to be humans! Just like us.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)So shines a good deed in a weary world.
W. Wonka
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Yavin4
(35,443 posts)Stuff like this gives me hope that things will get better and motivate me to fight on even more.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)I'm delighted to hear that news, and dread that new attacks on LGBT youth will reverse it.