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Topic	"Why isn't being trans a mental illness?"
The23rdMagus 03/22/18 1:55:12 PM #33:	halomonkey1_3_5 posted... s0nicfan posted... This. I'm sure someone will come in and say that the suicide rate is 100% the result of society and has nothing to do with brain chemistry, but I will laugh at those people. the general US population has a suicide attempt rate of 4.6% Gay, lesbian and bisexual people have a suicide attempt rate somewhere around 10-20% Transgender people have a suicide attempt rate of 41% obviously, every LGBT persons brain is just naturally more fucked up than heterosexual people, and societies treatment of those people has absolutely no bearing on their suicide attempt rates I get what you're saying, but also understand that a lot of people like to conflate gender identity with sexual identity as it is, so this should probably be understood that it's in terms of suicide rates of marginalized groups. --- ~Drewnami: The Drew abides.~ Gonads are useful for their purpose, but they are no substitute for brains. -Paul Harvey <cite>The23rdMagus posted [p:898287878] in "Why ... [t:76441446]...</cite> <quote><cite>halomonkey1_3_5 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote>This. I'm sure someone will come in and say that the suicide rate is 100% the result of society and has nothing to do with brain chemistry, but I will laugh at those people. </quote> the general US population has a suicide attempt rate of 4.6% Gay, lesbian and bisexual people have a suicide attempt rate somewhere around 10-20% Transgender people have a suicide attempt rate of 41% obviously, every LGBT persons brain is just naturally more fucked up than heterosexual people, and societies treatment of those people has absolutely no bearing on their suicide attempt rates</quote> I get what you're saying, but also understand that a lot of people like to conflate gender identity with sexual identity as it is, so this should probably be understood that it's in terms of suicide rates of marginalized groups. --- ~Drewnami: The Drew abides.~ Gonads are useful for their purpose, but they are no substitute for brains. -Paul Harvey</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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