Some good research I found to put in our website. Now having 2011 sources, these are kind of old so I'm going to look for new ones.
Non-heterosexual youth were at an increased risk for suicide, being four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers. Suicide attempts by non-heterosexual youth are six times more likely to result in injury, poisoning, or overdose that requires medical treatment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011). Sexual identity, sex of sexual contacts, and
health-risk behaviors among students in grades 9–12: youth risk behavior surveillance,
selected sites, United States, 2001–2009. Surveillance Summaries, 60, 1-133.
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k78405&pageid=icb.page414495
LGBTQ Policy Journal at the Harvard Kennedy School: 2011
Edition
Shutting LGBT Students Out: How Current Anti-Bullying Policies Fail
America’s Youth
by Daryl Hannah
Prevalence statistics on anti-gay bully-ing depict a hostile school environment for youth who identify, or are perceived as, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) their sexual orientation.
Mellin, E. & Hinojosa T. March 2011 Anti-Gay Bullying and Suicide: Implications and Resources for Counselors The Counselor Education Newsletter 5 (26) pg 1-3
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