Ahead of today's Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference, transgender support groups say the 'wear and tear' of constant commentary and hate is causing serious mental health problems in the community.
abc.net.au/news/trans-activists-say-they-face-a-new-frontier-of-hate-worldpride/102035716Advocates say they are facing a new frontier of hate crimes against the marginalised transgender community.Trans advocates say misinformation is causing constant negative attentionAhead of Sydney's WorldPride Human Rights Conference, which starts today and runs until Friday, transgender support groups say negative media attention in election campaigns adds to feelings of depression in young trans people.
"We have been through a hellish couple of years, especially with the federal election, but also with some of the attempts to make policy changes through the New South Wales parliament." Teddy Cook, ACON's director for community health, said a 2019 transgender mental health survey by La Trobe University found 65 per cent of respondents had suicidal ideations.
"We've been working really closely with the e-Safety commissioner ... we've had situations of trans people being heavily targeted online, being doxxed; it absolutely happens out in the world as well.In the 2016 Census, more than 10,000 Australians marked or commented "other" when answering questions on sex and gender.
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