a special research brief detailing mental health and suicide risk among American Indian/Alaskan Native youth.American Indian and Alaskan Native LGBTQ+ youth are 2.5 more likely to report a suicide attempt within the past year compared to their LGBTQ+ peers.
Additionally, when these youth reported LGBTQ-based victimization, they’re at more than 3 times the risk for attempting suicide, and when they report LGBTQ-based discrimination, they’re at more than 2.5 the risk.Almost half (49 percent) of AI/AN LGBTQ+ youth have reported being physically harmed or threatened because they are LGBTQ+, compared to 31 percent of non-AI/AN LGBTQ+ youth.Furthermore, 50 percent of American Indian/Alaskan Native LGBTQ+ youth experience housing instability,.