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Cliquez ici pour la version française Click here to view all our fact sheets on suicide. We also have a toolkit on sexual minorities and suicide.  These fact sheets are a collaboration between the Centre for Suicide Prevention and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. LGB people face stressors that are unique, including the experience of discrimination and […]

Cliquez ici pour la version française Click here to view all our fact sheets on suicide. These fact sheets are a collaboration between the Centre for Suicide Prevention and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Transgender (trans) people face unique stressors, including the stress some trans people experience when their gender identity is not affirmed. Trans people also […]

Related resources: Transgender people and suicide fact sheet Sexual minorities and suicide toolkit Sexual minorities and suicide fact sheet Transgender (trans) people face unique stressors, including the stress some trans people experience when their gender identity is not affirmed. Trans people also experience higher rates of discrimination and harassment than their cisgender counterparts and, as […]

Related resources: Transgender people and suicide fact sheet Transgender people and suicide toolkit Sexual minorities and suicide fact sheet Because sexual orientation is not usually included in a cause of death report or on a death certificate, there is little data connecting sexual minorities and suicide. However, we know from survey data, as well as […]

This webinar talks about LGBT youth in schools and their relationship with suicide. PowerPoint Slides (PDF)   Discussion Q&A Question: Does normalizing LGBT stigma include desensitizing all terminology? Answer: In all conversations that we have with individuals, we try to convey an attitude of acceptance so we ourselves are not conveying stigma. We recognize, though, that […]