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Gay Suicides Are On The Rise. This Epidemiologist Explains Why.
The Huffington Post ^ | 06/05/2019 | Michael Hobbes

Posted on 06/06/2019 8:09:28 AM PDT by fwdude

One of the indescribable aspects of being a member of a minority group is knowing that things are better than they have ever been and, simultaneously, not good enough.

The LGBTQ community has won the right to same-sex marriage and achieved unprecedented visibility in politics, media and entertainment. Yet we still lag far behind the straight and cis population when it comes to mental health, substance abuse and HIV rates.

Travis Salway is an epidemiologist trying to close this gap. In 2014, he discovered that in Canada, suicide had surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death among gay and bisexual men.

(Excerpt) Read more at huffpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: fdrq; homosexualagenda; mentalillness; psychology; riskybehavior; suicide; trends
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To: fwdude

It’s always good news when we learn that more perverts have been removed from the environment...


81 posted on 06/06/2019 10:24:58 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: Boomer

‘that homosexuality and transgenderism are both wrong.’

they are not wrong; they are disordered, regarding the purpose of sexual drive and its apparatus as a method of spreading the gene pool...if followed exclusively, these behaviors lead to certain extinction...


82 posted on 06/06/2019 10:25:45 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: bgill
Yes, the choice to be gay is a mental illness.

I doubt that anyone chooses to be a homosexual
They may choose whether to live like one or not but I sincerely believe thy have no choice over their condition
83 posted on 06/06/2019 10:31:56 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: nwrep
The real shocker and mystery from this graph is why do heterosexual women have almost 3X the suicide rate of heterosexual men. Any ideas?

The chart is for suicide "attempts". Females have a much higher suicide "attempt" rate. Males have 3.6 times the actual SUCCESSFUL suicide rate, or about 10x the number of suicides relative to attempts.

Knowing a girl who has been coping with depression since 8th grade, a lot of girl "suicide attempts" are her way of saying "I'm unhappy. Somebody please pay more attention to me". Guys, on the other hand, are far more likely to just do it.

84 posted on 06/06/2019 10:43:45 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: uncbob

If they had no choice it would not be a death penalty sin. If they had no choice people wouldn’t go to hell for it.

God does not punish or damn us for our genetics.


85 posted on 06/06/2019 10:50:34 AM PDT by Persevero (Desmond is not -Amazing- Desmond is -Abused-)
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To: fwdude

The “born that way” premise prevents any attempt to treat the real problems. How does it help someone who was molested as a child to tell them they were born gay, so embrace it? Many homosexuals want help, but it is denied them by a system that says there is nothing wrong with them, and anyone who tries to help must be stopped for being homophobic.


86 posted on 06/06/2019 10:52:57 AM PDT by yawningotter
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To: fwdude

If I found myself with the unnatural desire to stick my penis up a man’s rectum...

I would be eating some lead...


87 posted on 06/06/2019 11:03:03 AM PDT by Popman
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To: fwdude
Over time, minority stress leads to problems like rumination — thinking negative thoughts over and over again. It can lead to a sense of hopelessness.

The past and the present are not necessarily the future. As long as the future is considered to be open-ended, there is the existence of a possibility of something better waiting for them. And where there is possibility, there is hope. Hope turns to hopelessness when the future is believed to be as unchangeable as the past or present.

There are psychological techniques for manipulating timelines and changing a problem state into a desired outcome that can be achieved in the future.

88 posted on 06/06/2019 11:19:15 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Clemenza

Twump’s fwault !


89 posted on 06/06/2019 11:34:39 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: IrishBrigade
they are not wrong; they are disordered, regarding the purpose of sexual drive and its apparatus as a method of spreading the gene pool...if followed exclusively, these behaviors lead to certain extinction...

Perhaps 'wrong' wasn't the right word. Maybe 'unnatural' would have been more correct or disordered as you said. I think to those who are born this way and not those who simply choose that lifestyle; they feel it's as natural as we do about preferring the opposite sex. Just surmising and going by what I've read on that though.

90 posted on 06/06/2019 11:48:53 AM PDT by Boomer
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

This outlook isn’t exclusive to homosexuals, et. al.

The majority of the straight population pretty much sees it that way too. Divorce rate is above 70 percent, and 4 out of 5 divorces are initiated by women, not men.

Marriage is for kids. To have and raise kids. Outside of that it is now all risk, especially for the male.


91 posted on 06/06/2019 11:53:24 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: fwdude

I’m not understanding why bisexual women kill themselves more than bisexual men, quite significantly. Bi-erasure is a thing, but you’d think it would affect the men more. When bisexuals come out to their spouse, men are on the average more accepting that their wife is attracted by her own gender in addition to men, but wives often fear their bisexual husband will cheat on her with a man, or that she can “never satisfy” him. Neither of which is true.


92 posted on 06/06/2019 11:58:31 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

They are not killing themselves more, they are attempting suicide more.

Women have many more attempts

Men have many more comleted.


93 posted on 06/06/2019 11:59:43 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: fwdude

these are attempts versus completions/

Women have always had more attempts, Men complete suicide more.

So there are more men who kill themselves, more women who attempt suicide...


94 posted on 06/06/2019 12:03:08 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: fwdude

No they commit suicides at higher rates because they are MENTALLY ill

Their illness just happens to manifests itself in a way that include sexual behavior.. and moronic people try to claim the sexual behavior is separate from the mental illness... when it is not.


95 posted on 06/06/2019 12:03:27 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Chickensoup

That’s because women use things like pills... men use guns and knives..


96 posted on 06/06/2019 12:04:29 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

Men use more lethal force

Women often take pills and call friends to save them

Drama.


97 posted on 06/06/2019 12:07:10 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: nwrep
The real shocker and mystery from this graph is why do heterosexual women have almost 3X the suicide rate of heterosexual men. Any ideas?

The graph says that women have 3x the attempted suicide rate of men. The actual successful completion of the act most likely heavily leans toward men. A lot of people who "attempt" suicide but are unsuccessful don't really want to kill themselves - they just want the attention and sympathy. When men decide to commit suicide, they get it done.
98 posted on 06/06/2019 2:10:09 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: Yaelle
I’m not understanding why bisexual women kill themselves more than bisexual men, quite significantly.

It's a carefully guarded secret (for PR reasons), but there is more than a fair amount of animus between the alphabet letters, particularly toward "bi's." They are seen as not "pure" members of the acronym in their trendy sexuality. After all, there is a chance that they'll settle down with a boring opposite sex mate. The HORRORS!

99 posted on 06/06/2019 2:46:19 PM PDT by fwdude (Think about it: Blacks were made slaves in Africa, but were made free men in America.)
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To: fwdude

Sex perversion causes death...well I’ll be a suck egg mule!


100 posted on 06/06/2019 2:48:51 PM PDT by northislander
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