By Shannon Minter, Jeff Krehely — 2011
New Research Calls for a Revolution in Public Policy for LGBT Children and Youth
Read on americanprogress.org
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Research shows that people in LGBTQIA+ communities experience trauma at higher rates than straight, cisgender people. “The effects of trauma can be seen in higher rates of suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and self-injurious behavior.
The wisdom that Alice Miller shares with us in her famous book, The Drama of the Gifted Child, is something that every therapist who works with children revisits more often than we would like.