Nearly half of LGBTQ teens in Japan have considered suicide: survey

8 comments

1. That’s awful…

2. I’ve thought about suicide also. And I’m straight.

3. “Among the respondents, 91.6 percent felt they could not ask their parent or guardian for advice, while 93.6 percent of students felt they could not talk to their educators.”
   What an awful, heartbreaking statistic.

4. Well. Its what happens when you treat a mental illness as a common thing to praise. Body dysmorphia shouldnt be encouraged

5. in fairness (and this is not an attempt to downplay the sentiment)
   suicide is one of japans leading causes of death, with or without LGBT persons…

6. Yeah but let’s take into consideration the amount of straight teens who have also thought about suicide. I doubt it would be that much different.

7. How is Japan not gay yet? they even have gay gundams now.

8. I would think nearly half of all teens have considered suicide so there is that