More teens have been identifying as LGBT in recent years, but they still remain at higher risk of suicide: One study found that they're three times more likely than heterosexual teens to report a suicide attempt.
behavior is declining among U.S. teenagers who identify as LGBT, but the problem remains pervasive.
LGBT students are more likely to be targeted by bullies than their heterosexual peers are. But in school districts with strong anti-bullying policies, Mustanski said, LGBT students typically report less suicidal behavior."But," he said,"I don't think that would be enough to eliminate the disparities in suicidal ideation and behavior."
For one of the new studies, researchers looked at data on high school students in seven states who were part of a periodic government health survey. Between 2009 and 2017, the percentage who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or unsure doubled, from just over 7% to over 14%. Despite that, though, they are still much more likely than their peers to contemplate or attempt suicide. In the other study, which tracked Massachusetts teens over two decades, almost 36% of LGBT teens in 2017 said they'd thought about suicide in the past year. While that was down from the 1990s, it was still more than double the rate among heterosexual students.
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