The CDC just released results of a state-by-state survey of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. It found some interesting variations by region–including the fact that more Utah residents, some 60% of whom are Mormon, think about killing themselves than do residents of any other state. I wish they’d included questions to ferret out whether a disproportionate number of those reporting suicidal behaviors also identify as LGBTQ, but keywords related to sexuality appear nowhere in the survey instructions.
Ben in Oakland says: All of us have emotional baggage. Healthy people TRY to limit it...
John Patrick says: Hetrosexuality is already the norm for most people and will remain so....
It could just be that non-Mormons stuck in Utah are suicidal because they’re surrounded by magic underwear.
[...] Blair over at Truth Wins Out points out that with 60 percent of Utah being L.D.S, it would be interesting to “ferret out [...]
rigid fundamentalism is a disaster for anyone, regardless of orientation. Impossible standards, detached from reality, self-loathing and eternal punishment promised for not toeing the line. I wonder if the statistics would show that it’s the Mormons themselves, and not just the LGBTQ-identified.
f**k, I’d be suicidal if I had to live there.
Maybe they hold themselves to a higher standard than Non-Latter-Day-Saints & think they can’t live up to the idealwhich can lead to depression.