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    Möchten Sie den Selbstmord von Teenagern reduzieren? Hören Sie auf, Anti-Trans-Gesetze zu verabschieden, heißt es in einer bahnbrechenden Studie


    Möchten Sie den Selbstmord von Teenagern reduzieren? Hören Sie auf, Anti-Trans-Gesetze zu verabschieden, heißt es in einer bahnbrechenden Studie

    https://www.pennlive.com/reckon/2024/09/want-to-reduce-teen-suicide-stop-passing-anti-trans-laws-says-groundbreaking-study.html

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    1. southpawFA on

      >[***The research***](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01979-5.epdf?sharing_token=GkwWCVfLeKQnMy2iNM9J79RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PNveFlXHsicuqelg3jvg1WP9yFzB2FHBDr1pan79yIZb0fLtgGsBxAdoMj1Je2Rx1-R1ACJ74nlrDzywRzMgLgyoZJrxIZAwfFPY0ZkRtsYnO00X9VHBC8fVzgWoSJGABwdBFIO2xGGzSHS3gNfiMB6Q8gYDFooIOlIVq9JOKeEBdDxCLzhW0jX58SHVxxNPj-F3x5xJwkHY8znZuJGbNc3FwGRc-tsXsjYEgruF-g-RpE10rk9kydjw3k1xZv43rbeA_Dm725WeP0X_vI8pX_uHi4fpJ3ALO7xeLf060jFYR7U05DP2p0bN5FoyZaVJkiF1U3Uux0jCBXmYuclL3nMKB8HocT23mxZ6Qw4cHjog%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=www.npr.org&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)***, conducted over four years, found that states enacting anti-trans laws saw suicide attempt rates increase by up to 72% among TGNB youth aged 13 to 17. The study analyzed data from over 61,000 TGNB individuals across all 50 states, providing the most comprehensive evidence to date of the impact of these laws.***

      >“From 2018 to 2022, 48 anti-transgender laws (that is, laws that restrict the rights of transgender and non-binary people) were enacted in the USA across 19 different state governments,” the study reports. These laws primarily targeted gender-affirming care, bathroom access, and school policies.

      >*Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project, emphasized the real-world impact of these policies in* [*a press releas*](https://substack.com/redirect/ba47dd44-9b00-4a40-b58d-96c05be76ec9?j=eyJ1IjoiMjhqbmkxIn0.JOymnGf2Ghvz-wXtOacQZHrzx-oFKj-nUaWRvPmmQgw)*e: “It is without question that anti-transgender policies, and the dangerous rhetoric surrounding them, take a measurable toll on the health and safety of transgender and nonbinary young people all across the country.”*

      >The study adds to a growing body of research showing that gender-affirming care saves lives, while bans on such care, along with forced outing policies in schools and bathroom restrictions, have significant negative impacts on TGNB youth in affected states.

      Republicans would rather have dead kids than trans kids. That is a fact that’s not disputable. Everyone’s been telling Republicans that their Christian nationalist dogmatism and hate towards trans kids would lead to greater suicide rates, and here we are now, with trans kids committing suicide.

      This is their doing, and they delight in it.

    10. boston_homo on

      Going after trans kids for personal gain is just vile. Even worse is pretending it’s for the benefit of the abused. This batch of Republican politicians are really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

    11. Anxious-Arm-9609 on

      **What transphobic parents think is going to happen when anti-trans laws pass:** their kid will stop “questioning” their gender identity and suddenly become a normal gender-adhering god-fearing good Christian kid and the parents will no longer have to face the horrifying prospect of using different pronouns for someone they supposedly love and reflecting on their own strict interpretation of gender appropriateness

      **What will actually happen when anti trans laws pass:** their kid will try to kill themself.

      **The parents, voting R down the ballot:** “That’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”

    13. ShadowStarX on

      “groundbreaking”

      I hope that’s sarcasm, because this seems obvious, not surprising

    15. zSeia on

      I hope “groundbreaking” is sarcasm. We’ve been saying this for what, a couple decades?

    16. Prestigious-Car-4877 on

      How about stopping all the lgbtq persecution laws and maybe support sexual education and access to birth control and women’s autonomy over their own bodies while you’re at it? 

    17. yParticle on

      Everything is projection with these people. They’re a little uncomfortable with their own sexuality so they condemn an entire class of people who they feel personify that. Can we get an adult in the room?

    18. rwandb-2 on

      >Since 2018, [19 states have enacted a total of 48 laws](https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/politics/states-banned-medical-transitioning-for-transgender-youth-dg/index.html) restricting transgender rights, ranging from bans on gender-affirming care (for minors)…

      Gender-affirming care for minors is not a black and white issue. In the US, we have many laws that protect minors from making irreversible life-changing decisions at a time in their life when they’re not emotionally and mentally equipped to make such decisions. And the laws that are being called “anti-trans” laws fall under that category.

      Should our laws protect children?

      >Since 2018, [19 states have enacted a total of 48 laws](https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/politics/states-banned-medical-transitioning-for-transgender-youth-dg/index.html) restricting … *participation in school sports.*

      The science of human physiology is quite clear, biological males have more muscle and bone mass and greater heart and lung capacity. Biological males have a significant advantage in physical competition against biological females.

      Is this “anti-trans” or pro-female?

    21. tgjer on

      No shit.

      The cruelty is the point. The Christian Nationalist movement has made demonization of trans people and promises of our eradication part of their path into power, and god help us it is working. Their goal is a future without trans people in it.

    23. SillyGoatGruff on

      “Want to reduce teen suicide?”

      “No, not really”

      -republicans

    24. BeastModeEnabled on

      J.D. Vance Responded “We’ll continue to fight for fats to stay the way god made them. And as you know Democrats want to make your fats transsexual.”

    25. hidelyhokie on

      The party of intrinsic value of human life so no abortions and no euthanasia doesn’t give a fuck if teenagers kill themselves. It’s what they get for being too woke or something I’m sure. 

    26. Future_Outcome on

      That “groundbreaking study” ought to also acknowledge that those pushing anti-trans laws, don’t give a damn about these particular suicides.

      They don’t want them to exist in the first place.

      VOTE. BLUE.

    27. InsideAside885 on

      That’s what conservatives want to see happen. The fact these laws will lead to more suicides of trans people is a feature, not a bug. Conservatives want these people to kill themselves.

    29. Plus3d6 on

      “Studies have a librul bias and I actually don’t want to stop the suicide of those people anyway.”

    30. StriderHaryu on

      Oh, no, honey, you don’t understand- they’re the ‘Pro-Life’ party the way Kim Jong-Un leads the ‘Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’

    31. friedeggbrain on

      These people will laugh and joke about trans suicide rates. They are beyond reason and empathy. The only solution is to strip them of their power

    32. AnalysisParalysis85 on

      I rather doubt that this is the biggest issue in teen suicides

    33. Sunflier on

      Anti-trans laws causing more suicides in trans people? That’s a feature, not a bug.

    34. eightdx on

      Basic human empathy would have made such a study moot because it isn’t difficult to understand that *not fucking over an already fucked over community of people is probably good, and protecting them would be even better.*

      They’re human beings. You can’t legislate them out of existence, and passing laws that point towards trying to do that are, uhh, not going to help.

    35. Coldbrewed_Hatred on

      Or stop pushing trans ideology. Trans kids are drastically higher risk for suicide. Stop confusing impressionable minds

    36. WeloveSam2014 on

      So many pathetic little bitches afraid of gay and trans people because they are closet gay and trans people themselves 🤷🏿‍♀️🌈.

    37. Federal-Status9351 on

      I don’t disagree with your initial anti-trans laws argument, but given the LGBTQ+ community is a small percentage of the teenage population, I personally feel that the uptick in teen suicides has much more to do with broader issues: bullying, social media and its negative impact on the human brain, negative impact of technology overstimulation.

    38. ModsOverLord on

      Stop teens from using social media would greatly reduce teen suicide but we’ll just say it’s bc “anti-trans” bills, cool

    39. ElysiumFallen on

      “Groundbreaking” for people who have less than 1 braincells. Protect trans kids if you want to protect kids period.

    40. throwaway-sux on

      Well the majority of teens are not trans, so this wouldn’t make a difference to the majority of teen suicides 🤷‍♂️

    41. Igmuhota on

      Groundbreaking. Jesus Christ.

      This is precisely why I left public sector clinical work in schools for private practice after many years of slamming my head against the wall.

      Every time I do trainings for clinicians it’s like some mystery as to how we help these kids.

      How about… intervene? Somehow? At all?

    42. markroth69 on

      Republican Counterpoint: We will reduce teen suicide by redefining it as Violence by the Gays!

    43. YerBoobsAreCool on

      Here is the actual article in Nature

      https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01979-5

      >Data are not publicly available because they contain information that could compromise research participant privacy. The data that support the findings of this study will be made available upon request, by contacting the corresponding author, only to accredited researchers who have received ethics approval from their institutions.

      Studies that restrict data this tightly are generally of poor quality and should be taken with a high degree of scepticism.

      Moreover, the researchers declined to pre-register their study, making their results fairly worthless.

    44. haltline on

      Want people to stop killing themselves? Stop torturing them.

      *”Here endeth todays lesson for the extremely stupid”*

    45. Lukaler62 on

      Isn’t it wild that we think laws can fix deep emotional struggles? What if we just opened more ice cream shops instead?

    47. dhaari on

      Put them in insane asylums if they don’t know whether they are a man, a woman, a unicorn or a bathtub plug.

    48. AbacusWizard on

      Accepting trans folks for who they are is literally lifesaving care.

    49. ArraTonks on

      Trans teenagers are more likely to commit suicide than non-trans teenagers. Though, they represent a small percentage of the teen population.

      Somehow, the headline implies that trans issues, affect every teenager, which is not true. Non-trans teens also commit suicide…for different reasons.

      People and politicians don’t pay enough attention to the causes of teen suicides, trans or not.

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