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Information for Caregivers and Professionals


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     Preventing Transgender Suicide 
         An Introduction for Providers

The incidence of suicide ideation and suicide attempts in the transgender population are significantly higher than the non-transgender population. Some studies of transgender population have shown rates of suicide ideation as high as 64% and suicide attempts as high as 38% as compared to non- transgender populations.  


Latest Transgender Suicide Study 2014
 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf

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Transgender kids:    Painful quest to be who they are.
Short clip from CNN explaining gender identity issues in young children.



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Gender Identity and Gender Confusion In Children


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