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Trans adults four times more likely to attempt suicide than straight cis peers

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Center for American Progress.A similar number (42%) of transgender individuals have reported attempting suicide specifically to cope with discrimination related to their gender identity.Transgender people are also significantly more likely to contemplate suicide (81% vs.

30%) and to engage in non-suicidal self-injury (56% vs. 9%) than their cisgender heterosexual peers.“Regular harassment and discrimination contribute to high rates of stress and — combined with adverse social, political, and economic risk factors — make transgender individuals significantly more likely to experience poor health outcomes,” CAP noted. “Structural, institutional, and individual barriers in access to care, along with a lack of cultural competency from many.

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