Suicide and the GLBT Community

1. Latest Information from Oregon Study on Teen Suicide

2. Study Shows Gay Teens at Greater Risk

3. Researchers Study Sexual Orientation and Suicide

4. Suicide in Little Rock

5. Older Suicide Data

6. Gay-rights advocate, 19, Dies in Apparent Suicide

7. Suicide Attempts Twice as Likely for LGBT Students

2. Study Shows Gay Teens at Greater Risk
New York Times, May 18, 1999
[Excerpted from "Science and Health"]

Teenagers who are gay or bisexual are more than three times as likely to attempt suicide as other youth, according to a Massachusetts study reported this month in The Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Young men are at particular risk, the report found.

"I said, 'Gay is not about fashion, being rich, drag queens or queer or the color pink. What gay is about is love, self-happiness, unity, contentment, emotions.' Gay is a lot of things. I'm gay, but gay is not what I'm about. Gay is just a part of me."