I watched your video and I couldn't agree with you more about the serious nature of this epidemic in the trans community. I split with my trans support group over this same issue. I put forth a motion that we add suicide prevention to our platform of causes we support in the community. I was really shocked when the moderator refused to get involved because she said we shouldn't make waves or rock the boat. One of the saddest stories here locally dealt with a 15 year old young person whose parents thought he was just Gay. They told their father at five years old that they were really a girl, played with Barbie dolls and designed dresses with a sketch pad. The mother rejected her child so he/she went to live with the father. They were so full of anger that they were lashing out against kids at school and becoming a real discipline problem. One night in 2006, the young girl got in an argument with her father and stormed off to her room. The father came into her bedroom a short time later and found her hanging from her closet rod. It makes me wonder how different that young woman's life might have been if the parents had taken the time to educate themselves about what their child was really dealing with. It struck me that she was so clearly Trans that I showed the story to my therapist. She agreed that the symptoms were classic. If we can save one life and spare someone else a life of pain, shouldn't we try? Some of the girls in my group need a lesson in compassion, apparently.

Hugs,

Jen