What common factors contribute to LGBTQ+ suicide?

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All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

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🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Charlie are joined by Dr. Quintin Hunt (he/him) to discuss factors that contribute to LGBTQ+ suicide, common warning signs, and how loved ones can help.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Questions from the Closet, I'm Ben Shalatti.
0:06.2	And I'm Charlie Bird.
0:07.6	Each episode we discuss a question we commonly get asked as LGBTQ plus Latter-day Saints.
0:12.6	We're not trying to answer this question or kind of consensus, but simply sharing our
0:15.8	perspectives.
0:16.8	Today's question is, what common factors contribute to LGBTQ plus suicide?
0:21.6	Ben and I are not terribly diverse and we share many opinions in life experiences.
0:25.5	For example, we have both been targeted by social media ads.
0:28.8	However, there are some pretty big differences.
0:30.6	For example, I have fallen victim while Charlie has not.
0:33.5	Tell us your story, Ben.
0:34.7	Confess.
0:35.7	Well, for like a year, I got these ads about these like rainbow sneakers.
0:39.9	And then I bought them after like a year because they were on sale.
0:42.8	And then they came in the mail and these ones without laces.
0:45.2	Yes, they're called pseudo-snickers.
0:47.2	And so I got them like, oh, they're not real laces.
0:49.6	They're like printed on.
0:50.6	I was like, everything's printed.
0:51.9	Yeah, I was like, that's dumb.
0:52.9	And I was going to send them back, but then I'm lazy.
0:55.2	And I didn't for like a month and I was like, oh, shoot.
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