RESOURCES
    FOR
    Suicide Prevention
    in the LGBT Community

    LINKS
    • The Trevor Project
      The Trevor Project operates the only nationwide, around-the-clock suicide prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth.

    • Youth Suicide Problems / Gay/Bisexual Male Focus Home Page

    • Consensus Conference on LGBT Suicide: Research, Treatment and Prevention (Chicago Nov. 8-9, 2007)

    • Latest Information from Oregon Study on Teen Suicide

    • Study Shows Gay Teens at Greater Risk

    • Researchers Study Sexual Orientation and Suicide

    • Suicide in Little Rock

    • Older Suicide Data

    • Gay-rights advocate, 19, Dies in Apparent Suicide

    • Suicide Attempts Twice as Likely for LGBT Students

    • University of Southern California LGBT Rresource Center

    • A Personal Story About GLBT Suicide

    PUBLICATIONS
      Bagley, C., & Tremblay, P. (2000). Elevated rates of suicidal behavior in
             gay, lesbian and bisexual youth. Crisis, 21(3),
             111-117.

      Bontempo, D. E., & D’Augelli, A. R. (2002). Effects of at-school victimization
             and sexual orientation on lesbian, gay, or bisexual
             youths’ health risk behavior. Journal of Adolescent
             Health, 30(5), 364-374.

      Clements-Nolle, K., Marx, R., & Katz, M. (2006). Attempted suicide among
             transgender persons: The influence of gender-based
             discrimination and victimization. Journal of
             Homosexuality, 51(3), 53-69.

      Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2000a). Lifetime prevalence of suicide symptoms and
             affective disorders among men reporting same-sex sexual
             partners: Results from NHANES III. American Journal of
             Public Health, 90(4), 573-578.

      D’Augelli, A. R., Hershberger, S. L., & Pilkington, N. W. (1998). Lesbian, gay, and
             bisexual youth and their families: Disclosure of sexual
             orientation and its consequences. American Journal of
             Orthopsychiatry, 68(3), 361-371.

      McBee-Strayer, S., & Rogers, J. R. (2002). Lesbian, gay, and bisexual suicidal
             behavior: Testing a constructivist model. Suicide
             and Life-Threatening Behavior, 32(3), 272-283.

      Remafedi, G., French, S., Story, M., Resnick, M. D., & Blum, R. (1998).
             The relationship between suicide risk and sexual
             orientation: Results of a population-based study.
             American Journal of Public Health, 88(1), 57-60.

      Turner, K. L., Wilson, W. L., & Shirah, M. K. (2006). Lesbian, gay, bisexual,
             and transgender cultural competency for public
             health practitioners. In M.D. Shankle (Ed.), The
             handbook of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
             public health: A practitioner’s guide to service
             (pp. 59-83). Binghamton, NY: Harrington
             Park Press/The Haworth Press.

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