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| Suicide Note of a Gay Teen - http://www.preventsuicidenow.com/suicide-note-of-a-gay-teen.html Read a suicide note written by Steven, a 16-year-old high school student, who happens to be Gay. He wrote this note after he attempted suicide by taking an overdose of medication. |
| Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Youth Suicide - http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Gender/gayisok/glbt_suicide_study.htm Browse to read this article by Laurie Lindop that was reprinted by HealthyPlace.com. |
| Gay and Lesbian Suicide - http://www.wesleymission.org.au/publications/r&d/suicide.htm#gay Indicates that recent studies in the USA and Canada suggest that homosexuality issues are involved in up to one third of young men under 24 who are suicidal. A recent Australian study replicates these findings. |
| What You Need to Know About Gay Teen Suicide - http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Gender/gayisok/articles.html Find resources for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender young people who are thinking about suicide. |
| Which Gay Teens Attempt Suicide? - http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Gender/gayisok/gay_teens_suicide_attempts.html Read this guide prepared by the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality. |
| ChadzBoyz - Suicide: It's Not the Answer - http://chadzboyz.com/html/suicide.html Become familiar with this guide about being Gay and contemplating suicide. Read Scott's first hand account. |
| So You Wanna Kill Yourself? Gays and Suicide. - http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/suicide.html#gay Notes that a report from P-FLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) states that in a study of 5,000 gay men and women, 35 percent of gay men and 38 percent of lesbians have considered or attempted suicide. |
| InfoSource: Gay & Bisexual Male Suicide Problems - http://www.youth-suicide.com/gay-bisexual/gbsuicide.htm Provides a collection of resources relating to LGBT individuals. |
| Friend Tom's Suicide - http://www.bibble.org/gay/stories/gaydeath/friend_tom_is_dead.html Read a sister and brother's reflection of their Gay brother's suicide. |
| Searching for a Way Out - http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Gender/gayisok/stopping_suicide.html Read this article by Ciara Torres that is subtitled "Stopping Gay Suicide." |
| Out Proud - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Youth Suicide - http://www.outproud.org/article_suicide.html Browse to find this resource , written by Warren J. Blumenfeld and Laurie Lindop. See case studies or intervebtion strategies. |
| Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative (2002) - http://www.nap.edu/books/0309083214/html/54.html Details that for suicide attempts, several recent population, and school-based studies, provide strong support for a relationship between sexual orientation and suicidal behavior in males |
| Homosexuality Factor in the Youth Suicide Problem, The - http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/youth/tremblay/ Read this paper presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention in 1995. |
| Suicide Reference Library - Too Many Lives Live Quiet Desperation - http://www.suicidereferencelibrary.com/test4~id~1160.php Article by Claire Walker, that was published in The Stateman, addresses suicide among young men in Scotland. |
| Moving Beyond Suicide - http://www.kennethhemmerick.com/texts/hemmerick_gazette_article.pdf Read an article, in PDF format, about a man who came to accept his homosexuality, and later created this Suicide Prevention Help website. |
| Youth Suicide Problems - Gay/Bisexual Male Focus - http://www.youth-suicide.com/gay-bisexual/ Discover this resource that offers papers on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual youth suicide problems. |
| Suicide - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ1DN2BxgjY stitch2056 shares this YouTube video about a Gay friend who attempted suicide, and offers a helpful ear if someone needs to talk. |
| Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Suicide - http://www.preventsuicidenow.com/gay-and-lesbian-suicide.html Kevin Caruso offers a life-supporting guide for young people who are contemplating suicide. |
| Suicide and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth - http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Gender/gayisok/glbt_suicide.html Paul Cody, Ph.D.of the U.N.H.Counseling Center offers this guide for young Gay people who are having suicidal thoughts. |
| Gay and Teen Suicide Resources - http://tampabaycoalition.homestead.com/notnsu.html Browse to learn about verbal warning sign and fiction and myths relating to suicide. Visit this Tampa Bay Coalition resource. |
| GLBTQ & Other Resources - http://www.youth-guard.org/gabi/gcresource_suicide.htm Browse to discover suicide prevention tools for Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Transgender and Queer people. |
| Suicide Attempts Among Gay and Bisexual Men: Lifetime Prevalence and Antecedents - http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/92/8/1338 Article reveals that men who have sex with men are at elevated risk for suicide attempts, with such risk clustered earlier in life. Some risk factors were specific to being gay or bisexual in a hostile environment. |
| CFK - The Trevor Project: Help for Suicidal Gay Teens - http://www.connectforkids.org/node/4120 Read about this California organization that stands out for its focus on Gay and questioning teens. |
| GayMormon - Gay men much more likely to attempt suicide - http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2002/08/05/1 Shares a study that showed researchers found urban Gay men are at least three times more likely than heterosexual men to have planned suicide, attempted it or both. |
| Problems Specific To Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People - http://www.jeramyt.org/gay/gayproblems.html Offers a selection of articles relating to drug abuse or suicide by GLB persons. |
| Gay Authors - Gay Teen Support - http://teens.gayauthors.org/ Provides resources for Gay youth who are coming out and thinking about suicide. |
| GLYDSA - Resources & Links - http://members.aol.com/gayjews/links.html The Gay & Lesbian Yeshiva Day School Alumni Association offers resources for GLBT Jews. See the FAQ or read what Rabbis have said. |
| Gay Youth Suicide Prevention May be Missing the Mark - http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Gender/gayisok/suicide_missing_mark.html Notes that many of the attempted suicides occur before the teenagers become sexually active, and openly identify themselves as Gay and are unlikely to use programs targeting Gay men. |
| Darren's Boyfriend's Gay/Suicide Info Web Page - http://members.tripod.com/~DarrenBF/index2.html Offers a selection of resources for Gay young people. See advice for depressed readers. |
| StopHate.us - Faces of Victims of Hatred - http://www.stophate.us/shepard/face.html Encourages anybody contemplating suicide to get assistance. Do not fight through your feelings alone. You are not alone. There are people who care and who can help. Talk to somebody. |