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Yes and no Roland00 Send a noteboard - 13/10/2010 06:53:26 PM
While their is data on people that attempted suicide and the connection with bullying, to my knowledge their is no rigorous scientific study that asked a person before they committed suicide if they are gay/bi/queer/questioning/whatever and whether they were bullied. I bet you can understand why the later is hard to prove ;)

As for studies right in front of me, do I have the studies and links in front of me that I can add to the discussion, no I do not. I ain't going to waste my time looking for them, for while they do exist, I don't believe they really add to the discussion. There are multiple problems with these social science studies, for example on the wikipedia link different studies had the gay male suicide rates with different results by a factor six. Furthermore as the wikipedia link I posted in response to nossy showed what is applicable to the general population is not applicable to specific groups for black gay men have a suicide rate that increases when they get older instead of decreases (in other words culture matters.) Finally there is no definite answer on how much the population is gay, bi, trans, etc.

Thus in sum these social science studies prove nothing. They may introduce what is possible a casual link, but they prove nothing. That said I think it is safe to say both sides of the discussion probably assume bullying of gay people or people perceived as different leads to a greater risk of suicide.

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Another thing most young teenagers aren't a 100% sure of their sexuality and how to define it, even if they are 100% sure about all the details doesn't mean they want to communicate it to the survey taker (or even know how to translate the thoughts into words) and most social science studies address this.
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Love the Sinner - 13/10/2010 04:07:28 PM 1178 Views
I have to think about that for a while. - 13/10/2010 04:30:56 PM 710 Views
Suicide is significantly higher in young gay populations - 13/10/2010 05:36:01 PM 649 Views
That is not what I think requires thought - 13/10/2010 05:56:06 PM 656 Views
Nossy I ain't a mind reader, no matter how I try or how much I would do Jean Grey - 13/10/2010 06:06:42 PM 782 Views
for ze record - 14/10/2010 02:54:07 AM 673 Views
ok now show that it caused by what Christian beliefs *NM* - 13/10/2010 06:50:32 PM 339 Views
I don't think it's the belief's themselves - 14/10/2010 12:20:01 AM 694 Views
The churches who encourage people to bully gays should be condemned - 14/10/2010 06:43:06 PM 686 Views
Re: I have to think about that for a while. - 13/10/2010 06:29:09 PM 677 Views
He was very frank but completely founded - 13/10/2010 04:34:46 PM 746 Views
Ah, that Ghandi quote sure does get around. (which is funny, since he wasn't a Christian) - 13/10/2010 05:07:42 PM 772 Views
I'm not sure that is true - 13/10/2010 05:16:30 PM 656 Views
I think you are missing his point - 13/10/2010 05:45:45 PM 737 Views
Question (and this one actually is asking for information )... - 13/10/2010 06:42:17 PM 569 Views
Yes and no - 13/10/2010 06:53:26 PM 831 Views
Okay, fair enough. *NM* - 13/10/2010 07:48:21 PM 302 Views
I would think... - 14/10/2010 04:35:31 AM 725 Views
I have seen gays be bullied before - 13/10/2010 07:02:35 PM 763 Views
You just didn't listen to a thing I said *NM* - 13/10/2010 07:09:29 PM 301 Views
I think there's truth in this as well. - 13/10/2010 07:55:00 PM 706 Views
churches tend to refelect society as much if not more then they influence it - 14/10/2010 07:15:35 PM 677 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point - 13/10/2010 08:30:42 PM 740 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point - 13/10/2010 09:55:52 PM 745 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point - 14/10/2010 03:49:14 PM 731 Views
Actually you can very much debate whether homosexuality is a sin on a textual level - 14/10/2010 05:49:22 PM 764 Views
Re: Actually you can very much debate whether homosexuality is a sin on a textual level - 14/10/2010 08:52:24 PM 775 Views
Do you know greek or hebrew? - 14/10/2010 08:57:32 PM 632 Views
I know a few words here and there, but not really. Do you? - 14/10/2010 10:46:36 PM 759 Views
I don't look to Christianity for my answers - 15/10/2010 03:02:16 PM 737 Views
Re: I don't look to Christianity for my answers - 15/10/2010 04:27:25 PM 776 Views
You're kind of sidestepping a large part of his point - 13/10/2010 05:51:53 PM 782 Views
so should Christians abandon other religious conviction to stop bullying? - 13/10/2010 07:39:54 PM 682 Views
Re: You're kind of sidestepping a large part of his point - 13/10/2010 08:23:07 PM 704 Views
That seems a little myopic to me. - 14/10/2010 09:16:27 AM 692 Views
I think he is jackass that does not believe other's can have apoint of view - 13/10/2010 06:48:12 PM 674 Views
That's right, bullying would go away if we didn't have Christians to make moral judgements on things - 13/10/2010 08:11:27 PM 764 Views
I mostly agree - 13/10/2010 08:19:00 PM 831 Views
most of the bullies I remember from school were not known for their regular church attendance - 14/10/2010 07:24:06 PM 645 Views
I thought I pretty much agreed with you on that point - 14/10/2010 07:44:07 PM 704 Views
Interesting - 13/10/2010 08:56:46 PM 995 Views
Sometime rants do work and change people's mind - 13/10/2010 09:23:39 PM 591 Views
and sometoimes they are just rants *NM* - 13/10/2010 10:01:55 PM 280 Views
Okay my response now - 14/10/2010 06:04:02 PM 728 Views
He becomes what he hates. - 14/10/2010 02:40:19 AM 855 Views
Good stuff. *NM* - 14/10/2010 02:56:44 AM 302 Views
Re: - 14/10/2010 03:06:36 AM 749 Views
I think Chora has dibs on that bumper sticker. - 14/10/2010 09:35:02 AM 812 Views
Re: - 14/10/2010 11:50:04 PM 754 Views
It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. - 15/10/2010 01:16:10 AM 658 Views
Re: It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. - 16/10/2010 05:20:56 AM 775 Views
Re: It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. - 16/10/2010 07:16:21 AM 689 Views
I don't think there is any question... - 14/10/2010 04:42:45 AM 708 Views
If I may quibble: - 14/10/2010 05:22:22 AM 535 Views
He's bullying Christians - 14/10/2010 04:47:13 AM 688 Views
I agree - 14/10/2010 04:09:23 PM 787 Views
Two seperate things are mingled here - 14/10/2010 09:50:42 AM 890 Views

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