LGBT Stats
Statistics
LGBTQQ young people often feel unsupported, isolated, and invisible. A hostile environment that often regards them as immoral or sick reinforces these feelings. Unlike other victims of oppression, LGBTQQ youth often cannot turn to their families for support — indeed, the family may affirm the hostility of the larger environment, including forcing the young person from the home.
The following statistics provide a vivid illustration of the reasons we all need to be concerned with the experiences of LGBTQQ youth. They are arranged by suicide, verbal harrassment, isolation,depression, violence, homelssness, substance abuse and transgender-specific statistics.
