The fight continues
Kollyn Conrad How anti-gay education laws put LGBTQIA persons at risk and affect their mental health Kollyn Conrad | Special Contributor Since 2018, nearly 670 anti-LGBTQIA bills have been filed, and approximately 240 anti-LGBTQ laws have been filed in 2022, according to reports from NBC.
Half of these anti-LGBTQIA laws target transgender people. Regardless of how many anti-LGBTQIA bills have been passed, the fact they were filed in the first place has caused a butterfly effect that’s putting LGBTQIA people in greater danger, physically and mentally.
By shutting the doors to the conversation about LGBTQIA issues in education, queer people become isolated and are forced to suppress themselves.
When someone has to suppress who they are, myriad of mental health issues are inflicted upon them through stress and anxiety.
