Worrying figure!: 45% of gay and transgender youth attempt suicide, says LGBTQ activist

For Susanna Taddei, spokeswoman for Equality Florida —an entity that fights for the equal rights of the LGBTQ community— while it is important to keep issues such as same-sex marriage in the spotlight, there is a much more important one that is related to mental health .

She explained that 45% of gay and transgender youth attempt suicide at some point in their lives.

The figure, she maintained, is highly concerning when the suicide rate in the general population is 3%.