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" Massimo Gandolfini, director of neuroscience and head of neurosurgery at the Poliambulanza Foundation in Brescia, made the comments while speaking at a meeting organized by Comitato Articolo 26, which campaigns against teaching children about gender and sexuality.
He pointed to the suicide rate in gay-friendly countries among homosexuals being high, despite those countries being more welcoming.
"It's said that suicides are higher because society isn't welcoming," he added.
"To debunk this lie, go and look at data from Belgium and Scandinavia. The incidence of suicide in these countries, which are gay-friendly, remains very high because beneath all of this is identity discomfort,” Gandolfini was quoted in L’Espresso as saying."
Yes, Suicide Is a Gay Issue
"I remember my first identity crisis. I hated being me practically my entire life. I hated being Italian-American practically my entire life.
...
I remember my second identity crisis. Later in life I would come to realize that my ethnicity is not the only aspect of my life that marginalizes me and makes me not “fit in.”"
San Francisco is arguably the most LGBT-accepting city in the US:
"The number of LGBT students in San Francisco middle and high schools who have attempted suicide — rates that for some groups near 50 percent — could grow unless intervention and early acceptance programs are increased, advocates say." - https://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfranc...id=2461846
Even in some of the most LGBT-friendly countries in the world:
"Background: A growing body of research claims that sexual minority individuals have nearly twice the suicidal ideation rate of heterosexual individuals.
Method: The main objective of the current study was to test a model wherein internalized sexual stigma (ISS) mediates the association between some gay-related stressors and suicidal ideation. The present cross-sectional survey involved two samples of lesbian and gay young adults from Spain (N = 209) and Italy (N = 345). The total sample included 316 gay men and 228 lesbian women. Path analysis was used to test the direct and indirect (mediated) effects of the variables from different domains on repulsion by life.
Results: In both the Spanish and Italian samples, past victimization experiences and ISS had a significant direct effect on repulsion by life."
- http://www.psicothema.com/pdf/4219.pdf
" Massimo Gandolfini, director of neuroscience and head of neurosurgery at the Poliambulanza Foundation in Brescia, made the comments while speaking at a meeting organized by Comitato Articolo 26, which campaigns against teaching children about gender and sexuality.
He pointed to the suicide rate in gay-friendly countries among homosexuals being high, despite those countries being more welcoming.
"It's said that suicides are higher because society isn't welcoming," he added.
"To debunk this lie, go and look at data from Belgium and Scandinavia. The incidence of suicide in these countries, which are gay-friendly, remains very high because beneath all of this is identity discomfort,” Gandolfini was quoted in L’Espresso as saying."
Yes, Suicide Is a Gay Issue
"I remember my first identity crisis. I hated being me practically my entire life. I hated being Italian-American practically my entire life.
...
I remember my second identity crisis. Later in life I would come to realize that my ethnicity is not the only aspect of my life that marginalizes me and makes me not “fit in.”"
San Francisco is arguably the most LGBT-accepting city in the US:
"The number of LGBT students in San Francisco middle and high schools who have attempted suicide — rates that for some groups near 50 percent — could grow unless intervention and early acceptance programs are increased, advocates say." - https://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfranc...id=2461846
Even in some of the most LGBT-friendly countries in the world:
"Background: A growing body of research claims that sexual minority individuals have nearly twice the suicidal ideation rate of heterosexual individuals.
Method: The main objective of the current study was to test a model wherein internalized sexual stigma (ISS) mediates the association between some gay-related stressors and suicidal ideation. The present cross-sectional survey involved two samples of lesbian and gay young adults from Spain (N = 209) and Italy (N = 345). The total sample included 316 gay men and 228 lesbian women. Path analysis was used to test the direct and indirect (mediated) effects of the variables from different domains on repulsion by life.
Results: In both the Spanish and Italian samples, past victimization experiences and ISS had a significant direct effect on repulsion by life."
- http://www.psicothema.com/pdf/4219.pdf