>According to data compiled by The Trevor Project, an American nonprofit founded in 1998 focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth: >Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people ages 10 to 24. >LGBTQ youth seriously contemplate suicide at almost three times the rate of heterosexual youth. >LGBTQ youth are almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to heterosexual youth. >LGBTQ youth who come from highly rejecting families are 8.4 times as likely to have attempted suicide as their LGBTQ peers who reported no or low levels of family rejection. >Each episode of LGBTQ victimization, such as physical or verbal harassment or abuse, increases the likelihood of self-harming behavior by 2.5 times on average. Here's what they don't tell you when they cite these stats: even in SE Asian countries where LGBTQ people are celebrated and accepted, mental health and suicide rates are still just as high as in Western Countries. Sorry, it's not the persecution, it's the lifestyle choices and behavior - they are mentally ill to begin with. This fact alone completely destroys the persecution complex they try to pander. They are not on a cross. They are mentally ill, largely childhood-abused, people, suffering through mental illness. And the loud ones ALWAY ALWAYS ALWAYS try to come after our kids. Always.