The LGBTQ community is at a heightened risk of mental health conditions.
Recent bills and laws range from attempting to ban some trans children from sports; to banning trans people from the bathroom corresponding with their gender; to banning curricula featuring LGBTQ subjects in some classrooms.The trans community has taken its safety into its own hands in many cases. Ojeda says trans activists have been dispatched to barbershops and hair salons, health clinics and other service locations to assess a businesses' acceptance of trans people.
They say it's because other LGBTQ people often understand the collective struggles, queer joy and nuances of the community in a way only they may understand. Transgender individuals, in particular, are at risk -- they are almost four times as likely as cisgender people to experience a mental health condition and suicide, NAMI reports.
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