30% of Young LGBQ People Have Attempted Suicide in Their Lifetimes

First nationally representative study to examine stress and resilience among three generations of LGB people A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds younger LGBQ adults experience greater psychological distress and suicidal behavior than older LGBQ people. Researchers examined a representative sample of LGBQ people in the United States from three age groups—young (18-25), middle (34-41), and older (52-59)—to assess how stress, identity, and connectedness with the LGBT community differed among the three generations. Researchers expected that younger LGBQ people would fare better in terms of stress and mental health outcomes than their older peers, who came of age in a more hostile social and legal environment for LGBT people. However, results showed that young LGBQ people experienced high or the highest levels of everyday discrimination...