Therapy Reduces Suicide Risk Among LGBTQ People: Researcher
Sexual orientation change efforts in therapy actually decrease the risk of suicide among LGBTQ individuals, Father Paul Sullins finds.
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Sexual orientation change efforts in therapy actually decrease the risk of suicide among LGBTQ individuals, Father Paul Sullins finds.
Twenty-seven states and Washington, D.C., have banned efforts to change sexual orientation, commonly but mistakenly referred to as “conversion therapy,” for minors on the premise that therapies seeking to mitigate or resolve unwanted same-sex attraction are inherently harmful and increase the risk of suicide.
But legal experts predict the high court will likely take up another legal challenge to state laws barring therapy for patients dealing with unwanted same-sex...
Most death investigators don't collect data on sexuality or gender identity, so no one knows how many gay and transgender people die by suicide each year in the U.S.
Death investigators in Utah are among a handful of groups trying to learn how many gay and transgender people die by suicide in the United States.