One of the more depressing things to write about is the poor state of mental health and high rates of suicide among trans people, especially our young.
We don't go crazy or kill ourselves because we're trans, any more than people become unwell or off themselves because they're Black, Latina, women, physically disabled or anything else. Rather, it's the stress of living in an inhospitable world that drives us to, or over, the edge.
And, as with any other group of people, we do just as well as anybody else when we have what we need--including medical and mental health care.
As this graphic from Anti-Media shows, our suicide rates plummet--and or overall mental health improves--when we get the care we need. And it even saves Medicaid money!:
We don't go crazy or kill ourselves because we're trans, any more than people become unwell or off themselves because they're Black, Latina, women, physically disabled or anything else. Rather, it's the stress of living in an inhospitable world that drives us to, or over, the edge.
And, as with any other group of people, we do just as well as anybody else when we have what we need--including medical and mental health care.
As this graphic from Anti-Media shows, our suicide rates plummet--and or overall mental health improves--when we get the care we need. And it even saves Medicaid money!:
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