Widespread acceptance by peers reduced the risk of suicide attempts by more than 50% among Asian/Pacific Islander LGBTQ youth, a report finds. - NBCAsianAmerica
While API LGBTQ youth reported lower rates of depression and suicidality compared to non-API LGBTQ youth, their rates were still higher than straight/cisgender youth, according to the report. It also found that API transgender and/or nonbinary youth were three times more likely to attempt suicide than cisgender API LGBTQ youth.
“We’re hoping that when folks look at this data they see it as, there are factors that are influencing LGBTQ youth rates of depression and suicide,” Green said. “And they’re generally things likeHieu Nguyen, founder and chair of Viet Rainbow of Orange County, a nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of equitable treatment of LGBTQ individuals in the U.S., commended The Trevor Project for putting together the report.
“I think it’s a great first step in terms of research and in terms of truly understanding the API LGBTQ youth community,” he said. He said he hopes to see more research done on the community that reflects the differences within the larger API population, and examines that make it challenging for API LGBTQ youth to come out to their parents. Nguyen also noted that API respondents accounted for 3 percent of the total sample size of the survey and that the report analyzed findings in aggregate.
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