25% of LGBTQ youth with high trauma symptoms — which can include hypervigilance, avoidance and anxiety — reported a suicide attempt last year, compared to 3% of those with no symptoms and 9% of those with 'low or moderate' symptoms.
One in four LGBTQ young people experiencing high levels of trauma said they had attempted suicide in 2021, according to aOver 300 anti-LGBTQ laws have been introduced this year and at least 25 have passed.
LGBTQ young people with high levels of trauma symptoms "had over three times greater odds" of attempting suicide in 2021 compared to those with no symptoms or "low or moderate" symptoms. Symptoms of trauma are relatively common among LGBTQ youth, with more than one in three between the ages of 13 and 24 reporting symptoms at high levels, and 6 in 10 reporting "low to moderate" symptoms.LGBTQ young people of color had higher rates of having high levels of trauma symptoms compared to their white counterparts , with the highest rate among indigenous , Middle Eastern and Latinx youth.
"These new data demonstrate that LGBTQ youth who reported high levels of trauma symptoms had more than three times greater odds of attempting suicide in the past year.”
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