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# Study: LGBTQ+ youth in mental health crisis
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/study-lgbtq-youth-in-mental-health-crisis/
- Published: 2021-05-19T14:30:18.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-19T14:30:18.000Z
- Description: New research found LGBTQ+ youth are twice as likely to harm themselves compared to their non-LGBTQ+ peers.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Queer Corner, International Day Against Homophobia Transphobia And Biphobia, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Mental Health, LGBTQ youth

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[New research](https://www.justlikeus.org/single-post/lgbt-pupils-twice-as-likely-to-contemplate-suicide?ref=scenemag.co.uk) by **UK**\-based LGBTQ+ advocacy group, **Just Like Us**, found LGBTQ+ youth are twice as likely to harm themselves compared to their straight, cisgender peers. The report, released on the **International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia And Biphobia**, found out of the 2,934 respondents (1,140 of whom identified as LGBTQ+), 68% of LGBTQ+ young people had experienced suicidal thoughts, compared to 29% of non-queer youth.

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Black LGBTQ+ youth were disproportionately affected by suicidal thoughts, with 89% reporting experiencing such ideations. Only 13% of LGBTQ+ respondents said they had felt good about themselves on a daily basis, compared to 30% of non-LGBTQ+ people. An additional 12% of LGBTQ+ youth said they had felt useful on a daily basis, compared to 30% of non-LGBTQ+ respondents.

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In response to the findings, **Dominic Arnall**, chief executive of Just Like Us, said: *“Our independent research has devastatingly found that LGBTQ+ young people are three times more likely to self-harm and twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts and the reality is even tougher for black LGBTQ+ young people – without a doubt, they need a positive message of acceptance from their schools.”*