Suicide and Utah

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=24937434

One of the "elephants in the room" in this discussion on suicide in Utah is the effect of the Mormon ethos on sexuality and self-worth (revolving around notions of purity and worthiness)

LGBT Homelessness in Utah

 http://affirmation.org/news_2013/2013_010.shtml

"Several research studies have gleaned the following information about gays and suicide:

40 percent of men and 39 percent of women among a sample of 5,000 had attempted or seriously contemplated suicide (Jay and Young 1977).

53 percent of the suicidal men and 33 percent of the suicidal women in this same study said that their homosexuality was a factor in their suicidal impulses and actions.

37 percent of white homosexual males had attempted or seriously considered suicide compared to 13 percent of white heterosexual males in a research study of 575 gay men and 284 heterosexual men (Bell and Weinberg 1978).

41 percent of white lesbians versus 26 percent of white heterosexual women contemplated or attempted suicide in the Bell and Weinberg study of 229 lesbians and 101 heterosexual women.

50 percent of the gay men and lesbian women in the Bell and Weinberg study reported that their attempts were related to their homosexuality.

over 50 percent of the gays and lesbians in the Bell and Weinberg study who had attempted suicide did so before the age of twenty.

12 percent of lesbians and 7 percent of gay men had attempted suicide in a study of 146 homosexual persons (Saghir and Robins 1973)."

http://www.affirmation.org/suicide_info/suicidal_behavior.shtml

the stats need to be updated...