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| Gay teens Asher Brown, 13, Seth Walsh, 13, and Justin Aaberg all committed suicide in 2010 in the face of alleged anti-gay bullying |
Of course they're not. The whole media campaign was packed and ready to pop like a Jack in the Box . Magazine covers in the checkout lines, all- morning radio and TV talking head shows harping on it for two weeks.
One example of bullshit cases they're using as 'evidence' is a Seattle City Council meeting at which a gay guy showed up to ask that October be declared Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) history month.
The City even endorsed it, but the punk went home and killed himself because somebody on the Council 'hurt' his feelings. Now the parents are blaming the City Council for his suicide - and so is national media.
Expert says media dangerously ignore mental illness in coverage of gay teen suicides
But that story is a setup for results already manufactured by this British study:
"Results Of the 1285 gay, lesbian and bisexual respondents who took part, 556 (43%) had mental disorder as defined by the revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS - R). Out of the whole sample, 361 (31%) had attempted suicide. This was associated with markers of discrimination such as recent physical attack (OR=1.7, 95% CI 1.3-2.3) and school bullying (OR=1.4, 95% CI 1.1-2.0), but not with higher scores on the CIS-R.
Conclusion of the study?: "Gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women have high levels of mental disorder, possibly linked with discrimination."
Yes. They're saying that any mental disorder diagnosed in a homosexual or lesbian is a result of discrimination against them by a sexually repressive society and homophobes. Kinsey's laughing his ass off - in hell.
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