This Christmas, family rejection is a public health crisis for LGBTQIA+ youth
Family support has been proven to be the leading way to cut suicide risk for queer and trans individuals, but less than 40% of queer youth feel accepted at home.
What are they doing this holiday season? THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED ON UNCLOSETED MEDIA A NEW INVESTIGATIVE LGBTQIA+ FOCUSSED NEWS PUBLICATION. WORDS SAM DONNDELINGER Editor’s note: This article includes mention of suicide and contains details about those who have attempted to take their own lives.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, or are concerned that someone you know may be, resources are available here (US) and here (UK). In 2020, U.P.
Nguyen called her mother in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a secret she had kept for 23 years. “Mum, I’m gay.” Her mom responded in Vietnamese, Nguyen’s native language. “[She] said I was going to hell and that she wasn’t sure what they did to deserve a daughter like me,” Nguyen, a 26-year-old running coach and data engineer living in Boston and New York, told Uncloseted Media. “Just thinking about it makes me tear up.” Before the end of the call, Nguyen’s mother told her she was “cut out of the will.” Nguyen usually goes home to celebrate Christmas with her deeply religious parents, who have voted for President-elect Donald Trump three consecutive times, but she won’t return this year. “I don’t really want to spend the holidays moping by myself,” she told Uncloseted Media. “I’m heartbroken.
