Three public health reasons why marriage equality is a great idea - https://croakey.org/three-public-health-reasons-why-marriage-equality-is-a-great-idea/ …
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@GidMK What's your source for the claim that 50% of LGBTI people have attempted suicide? Is this a misquote of statistics for trans* people?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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May I also suggest Croakey's style guide adopt terminology like "completed suicide" or "died by suicide" rather than "committed suicide"?
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To protect our credibility, I would be cautious with statements like "They don’t kill themselves." Unfortunately marriage equality is not…
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enough in itself to prevent all youth LGBTI suicides.
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Oh definitely not. The study demonstrated a 7% reduction due to marriage equality-significant but not all-encompassing
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More about marriage equality as a proxy for stigma reduction across the board as well as it's specific effects
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I realise - and agree - but feel we should be more circumspect in our arguments lest they be written off as exaggerated.
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I'm not so sure I'd agree - I find that circumspect arguments are fantastic at academic conferences but less so in a public forum
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