The Rise in Gay Teen Suicide

Teenagers are often very difficult, but for homosexual teenagers, they may have more problems than they can. For many teenagers, homosexuality is something they can not put up with. In most cases society says homosexuality is wrong. These teenagers are usually afraid of being laughing or receiving harassment and can not usually solve their problems. Furthermore, there are very few homosexual student groups in schools seeking help, and parents often do not know what their children are experiencing.

Suicide is the third most common cause of death among young people, homosexual adolescents are 4 times more likely to try suicide than young people directly. Furthermore, I feel that during adolescence, we need to adapt when seeing homosexual students being bullied by perception. "Differences" they worry about their own differences - we all have them - they will be the target of the next bully

As a gay teenager, today's society is hard to survive. Because they are unwilling to accept, homosexual teens turn into suicide instead of having to deal with the problem they have to face each day. The suicide rate of homosexual teenagers is rising sharply. The incidence of homosexual teenage attempts and suicide ideation is much higher. Patrick Healy, who is studying suicide among homosexual teenagers, discovered that gay teenagers are more likely to commit suicide than heterosexuals five times. Of 10% of high school students trying to commit suicide, 40% are homosexuals. Some gays teenagers trying to kill themselves by taking prescription or over-the-counter drugs, or by self-tearing. Suicidal thought will occur when gay teens are depressed and can not find a way to 'adapt' to today's society. The idea of ​​suicide is like a way to alleviate pain and stress

Homosexuals and sex male adolescents account for about 10% of the male youth population, and the risk of suicide is 6 to 7 times higher than that of homosexuals. According to US Department of Health and Human Services data, several studies show that homosexuals and lesbian youths account for 30% of youth suicide rates. However, most research on adolescent suicide does not include identifying sexual orientation. In the 1997 survey conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Education, 46% of high school students claiming to be homosexuals, lesbians, and bisexuals tried to commit suicide in the past year compared to 8% of homosexual classmates all right. Among homosexuals, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents, 3% of homosexuals are attempting suicide, whereas 23.5% of people need medical treatment due to suicide attempts