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"The survey recruited 2,078 people of all sexualities and genders. The majority of those 2,078 people were not transgender.
When analysing the responses relating to suicidal ideation the study only looked at respondents under the age of 26."
When analysing the responses relating to suicidal ideation the study only looked at respondents under the age of 26."
This reduced the sample size to 485 people. Of these, 27 identified themselves as trans*. That’s TWENTY SEVEN. Not 2,000 trans* people, 58% of whom had considered suicide, but 27 trans* people, 15 of whom had considered suicide
It is tragic when anyone considers suicide but it’s also unfortunately extremely common. According to the same study a third of young LGB people have, but this fact is not emblazoned on every leaflet or proclaimed loudly by Stonewall in every media discussion.
Indeed the recruitment methods described were very likely to attract trans* people who were receiving or had sought support for mental health issues. The survey sums up with the caveat:
“Ultimately our findings can only be considered valid for our samples.”
“Ultimately our findings can only be considered valid for our samples.”
With no adjustment for co-morbid mental health issues or the fact that the respondents may well have found out about or been attracted to completing the survey because of their interaction with mental health services or history of suicide attempts, these figures
should really not be extrapolated to apply to the entire transgender population. https://www.transgendertrend.com/a-scientist-reviews-transgender-suicide-stats/?fbclid=IwAR2K9SDxlzNaQi-ZHY6NRaaVWc48Pm70TBlcva22H0VA39UI4SCjgqAX66E
