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Dying for Acceptance: Suicide Rates in the LGBTQ Community

John G. Taylor, MA on March 19, 2013

"Can you accept me as I am?" This is the question being asked by many in the LGBTQ community in the world today. The painful reality is that many in the LGBTQ community are being rejected and ridiculed for walking in the truth of who they are. I sit with my clients and hear the pain in their voices as they stand at the intersection of life or death.

"Can you accept me as I am?" This is the question being asked by many in the LGBTQ community in the world today. The painful reality is that many in the LGBTQ community are being rejected and ridiculed for walking in the truth of who they are. I sit with my clients and hear the pain in their voices as they stand at the intersection of life or death.