Join us as we discuss the impact of discrimination and victimization on the LGBTQ+ community, how intersectionality plays a role in acceptance, and the effects of family rejection.

Ian Siljestrom, Safe Schools Associate Director for Equality Florida helps us unpack the disproportionate outcomes which impact the LGBTQ+ community and how societal systems and families can become more intentional about affirming LGBTQ+ youth.  

In today's episode, you will learn some facts that call attention to the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. 

Research tells us that:  

- LGB youth seriously contemplate suicide at almost three times the rate of heterosexual youth. 

- LGB youth are almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to heterosexual youth. 

- In a national study, 40% of transgender adults reported having made a suicide attempt. 

-92% of these individuals reported having attempted suicide before the age of 25. 

- LGB youth who come from highly rejecting families are 8.4 times as likely to have attempted suicide as LGB peers who reported no or low levels of family rejection. 

- Each episode of LGBT victimization, such as physical or verbal harassment or abuse, increases the likelihood of self-harming behavior by 2.5 times on average.  

Listen in and learn where we go from here.

  In honor of Pride, we will also be raising money for The Trevor Project, a leading national organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ individuals under the age of 25. We hope that you’ll join us in support by clicking the link in our bio and donating to help save young lives in honor of Pride month.  

www.trevorproject.org 

www.theunpackedproject.com