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The transgender suicide epidemic: is accepting their confusion really the answer?

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People who suffer from gender confusion are encouraged by the current cultural climate to "be themselves," meaning reject the gender they were born with. "Transgender" teens are taught that what they feel is who they are and that to be happy and fulfilled, they must become the opposite sex. When Bruce Jenner decided to publicly look like a woman, he was supported by the mass media . Even the president of the United States , when Jenner decided to have castration surgery, applauded him as a "courageous" hero. But studies repeatedly show that "transgender" people who seek to become the opposite sex are in fact not happy or fulfilled. In fact, a life-or-death internal war is continually going on within, to the degree that many, if not most, seek to end their lives. That's what the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Williams Institute found when the foundation analyzed results from the National Transgender Discrimin

Relationship problems, not family rejection, leading cause of higher gay suicides: study

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NATHAN, Queensland, Australia , May 30, 2014  – While many assume that family rejection is the leading cause of depression among LBGTI individuals, a new study has found that in fact the problem appears to stem predominantly from the higher incidence of relationship problems among homosexuals .  Dr. Delaney Skerrett led a team of researchers from the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) in studying suicides in Queensland. He found that a leading cause of suicide among “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex” ( LGBTI ) people is stress from their romantic partners. The study found that “LGBT individuals experienced relationship problems more often” than heterosexuals, “with relationship conflict also being more frequent than in non‐LGBT cases.” “We tend to assume that the psychological distress LGBTI people are often going through is due to family rejection. But it seems that’s not so much the case. The conflict seems to be largely re

Homosexual Activist: 'FRC Wants Gay Teens Dead'

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Radical gay activist Dan Savage launched another vicious attack against Christians who disagree with homosexuality. This week, he accused the Family Research Council and its president, Tony Perkins , of wanting gay teenagers to die. Earlier this year, a gunman attacked FRC at their Washington, D.C. , headquarters during the media controversy over Chick-fil-A 's support for traditional marriage. Now CampusReform.org has posted a video of Savage accusing Perkins and the FRC of pushing gay kids toward suicide . Every dead gay kid is a victory for the Family Research Council," Savage said during a speech at Winona State University . "They argue that the gay lifestyle is sick and sinful and dangerous and they point to the suicide rate, and then they turn around and do everything in their power to make sure that suicide rate does not come down," he claimed. Savage ignores research out of the Netherlands which is an open and friendly community to homosexuals yet m

Gay activist admits: bullying hysteria may cause suicides, not prevent them

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Image by feastoffun.com via Flickr December 2, 2011 ( frc.org ) - Ever since the highly-publicized suicide of a New Jersey college student in September of 2010, pro- homosexual activists have been using the issues of bullying and teen suicide as tools in pursuit of their political agenda , and as rhetorical weapons against those who oppose it. Every time another report surfaced about a suicide by a teenager who identified as or was perceived to be “gay,” and who had reportedly been bullied, the finger would be pointed directly at conservatives. Bullying causes suicides , we were told, and public expression of conservative political, social, or religious viewpoints concerning homosexuality causes bullying. Affirm homosexual conduct as morally neutral, or more kids will die. As early as October of 2010, however, experts on suicide prevention were warning that this simplistic approach linking suicides (which are always tragic) to bullying (which is always wrong) could do more harm th

Pro-“Gay” Activist Admits It: Bullying Hysteria May Cause Suicides, Not Prevent Them

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Image via Wikipedia Ever since the highly-publicized suicide of a New Jersey college student in September of 2010, pro- homosexual activists have been using the issues of bullying and teen suicide as tools in pursuit of their political agenda, and as rhetorical weapons against those who oppose it. Every time another report surfaced about a suicide by a teenager who identified as or was perceived to be “gay,” and who had reportedly been bullied, the finger would be pointed directly at conservatives. Bullying causes suicides , we were told, and public expression of conservative political, social, or religious viewpoints concerning homosexuality causes bullying. Affirm homosexual conduct as morally neutral, or more kids will die. As early as October of 2010, however, experts on suicide prevention were warning that this simplistic approach linking suicides (which are always tragic) to bullying (which is always wrong) could do more harm than good. An  article based on an interview  with

LGB Teens 5 times more likely to Attempt Suicide

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Image via Wikipedia A study published in Pediatrics this week claimed to have found a link between a negative ‘social environment’ and suicide attempts among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. [1]  The headline of the news feed from Reuters read “ Social environment linked to gay teen suicide risk” [2]  The first line more accurately reflected the content of the study: “Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens are five times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers – but those living in a supportive community might be a little better off…” The headline could have more accurately read “LGB Teens 5 times more likely to attempt suicide, whether they live in communities with positive or negative attitudes to homosexuality.” The study found that 21.5% of LGB teens (vrs. 4.2% of heterosexual teens) surveyed in the Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey reported a suicide attempt. The authors attempted to link these suicides to community attitudes in the counties where the teens live

Decrease of suicide risk with delay of self labeling as gay

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Decrease of suicide risk with delay of self labeling By Neil E. Whitehead, PhD September 2005 Summary : Remafedi et al. state in a study of attempted suicide among gay and bisexual youth that the risk diminished by 80% per year. I show this is a misprint and should read “diminished to [bolding added] 80% each year” The paper under consideration is Remafedi, G, Farrow, JA, Deisher, RW, (1991) Risk factors for attempted suicide in gay and bisexual youth. Pediatrics 87:869-875. The 137 male subjects mostly lived in Minnesota and Washington states. In it the authors state (p74): For each year’s delay in bisexual or homosexual self-labeling, the odds of a suicide attempt diminished by 80%. This is a dramatic statistic, but immediately suspicious. The ages involved were 14-21. If he risk is taken as 100% at age 14, it would be 20% at age 15, 4% at age 16, 0.8% at age 17 and about 0.15% at age 18. After that anyone who self labeled as gay or bisexual would essentially never commit