Researchers say the evidence makes a strong case for LGBTQ-inclusive anti-bullying policies in school and other youth organizations.
A new study has found that LGBTQ teenagers who die by suicide are five times more likely to have been bullied than their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts., looked at teenage suicide data from 2003 to 2017 for 9,884 teens ages 10 to 19. The data was taken from the National Violent Death Reporting System , a compilation of information reported by state departments of health.
While NVDRS records only started noting people's LGBTQ identities in 2013 and same-sex partners in 2015, researchers also looked for keywords about whether decedent's self-identified as LGBTQ; had a same-sex partner; was perceived to be LGBTQ by family, friends, or peers or accessed treatment for gender dysphoria, such as hormone therapy.
Researchers then examined the records to see if bullying had been reported by the decedent, witnesses or through a postmortem investigation, such as text message evidence of bullying.
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