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Dec. 30th, 2014 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolariThere have been two trans suicides in just about 24 hours.
Those are just the high profile ones. The attempted suicide rate in trans circles hovers around 40%. If you know a trans person, you likely know someone who has attempted suicide. If you're reading this now, you are reading someone who attempted suicide years ago.
There have been suicides before today, there will be suicides after today. But you can help stop them.
How?
If you are trans, and considering suicide, please get help. You can visit http://www.translifeline.org/ or call (877) 565-8860. They, and we want to help you.
If you know someone who is trans, be a friend. Watch out for them. Look out for signs and signals. Help them when they're down and out. You may be the one person who keeps them alive through the night.
If you are the parents of a trans person, remember that they are still your child, no matter what gender they wish to be. Your child loves you for who you are. You can love them for who they are.
If you know no one who is trans, and see one on the street, remember that we're human. We're not monsters to be shunned. We're not sissies to be mocked. We're not molesters going after your children. We're not an abomination on society. We, like the rest of society, are human.
And like all humans, we need each other help get us through the day. We can make the world better, not just for trans people, if we just remember to be good to each other.
And if you can't be good, at least be polite.
Those are just the high profile ones. The attempted suicide rate in trans circles hovers around 40%. If you know a trans person, you likely know someone who has attempted suicide. If you're reading this now, you are reading someone who attempted suicide years ago.
There have been suicides before today, there will be suicides after today. But you can help stop them.
How?
If you are trans, and considering suicide, please get help. You can visit http://www.translifeline.org/ or call (877) 565-8860. They, and we want to help you.
If you know someone who is trans, be a friend. Watch out for them. Look out for signs and signals. Help them when they're down and out. You may be the one person who keeps them alive through the night.
If you are the parents of a trans person, remember that they are still your child, no matter what gender they wish to be. Your child loves you for who you are. You can love them for who they are.
If you know no one who is trans, and see one on the street, remember that we're human. We're not monsters to be shunned. We're not sissies to be mocked. We're not molesters going after your children. We're not an abomination on society. We, like the rest of society, are human.
And like all humans, we need each other help get us through the day. We can make the world better, not just for trans people, if we just remember to be good to each other.
And if you can't be good, at least be polite.
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Date: 2014-12-31 09:12 am (UTC)I'll write it down though so I can pass it along though.