Charities have reported a substantial increase in the number of LGBTQ+ people seeking suicide prevention support. LGBT Hero said that 11,00 people have accessed its website`s suicide prevention pages – an increase of 44% on the first quarter of 2020.
Mermaids, which provides support and information for young trans people, had to alert the police over concerns about callers wishing to kill themselves.The LGBT Foundation reported that it had received more calls about suicide “than ever before.” “In just the last three weeks, we know of three LGBT people who have ended their lives” said Gavin Boyd of Northern Ireland`s The Rainbow Project.