Bare_Truth wrote:Maverick wrote:A note: suicide attempts among transgenders averages 40% of their demographic. That's 2 in 5 transgender people attempting to commit suicide.
There is a contradiction inherent here. Attempting suicide is not the same as committing suicide.
My mistake. Statement amended.
I encourage you all to check out the executive summary of the report I linked. Here it is again for reference:
http://cnvillage.org/posting.php?mode=quote&f=10&p=62996A summary of the executive summary:
Overall, the most striking finding of our analysis was the exceptionally high prevalence of lifetime suicide attempts reported by NTDS respondents across all demographics and experiences. Based on prior research and the findings of this report, we find that mental health factors and experiences of harassment, discrimination, violence and rejection may interact to produce a marked vulnerability to suicidal behavior in transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. More research on suicidal behavior among transgender and gender non-conforming people is needed.
No facts to back this up as far as I know, but I imagine that the deep depression and suicidal tendencies associated with transgenderism begin with a disconnect between the transgender individual's perception and reality (i.e. a biological man believing he is actually a woman). From there, if the transgender individual seeks "treatment" to make the outside conform to the inside, the experiences harassment, discrimination, violence, rejection, etc. come in. If not, the inside/outside disconnect itself might be enough to drive them into deeper depression. The McHugh article I originally posted mentioned something about how many transgender people still feel battle depression even after hormone treatment and surgery to "become" the other sex. They got (or think they got) what they wanted but realize it is not satisfying. Perhaps they realize that, no matter how hard they try, they will never be the person that thought they should have been. I think the inner struggle is always great, but because they often are not affirmed (that's an understatement) by others, the perception!=reality paradigm is reinforced.
I believe at the root of all of this is the search for something that fulfills. People who view porn are never satisfied because porn will never provide the ultimate satisfaction the people want it to. Same with transgenderism, as with anything else. The only thing that satisfied is a relationship with Jesus Christ, and I think that's what transgenders (and the world) need to hear.
And I don't think God makes mistakes when he makes people. You were born a man/woman/intersex because that's how He created you, and you are loved and special in His eyes.
Also, I think this is a great response to the issue, from Brian "Head" Welch of Korn:
http://loudwire.com/korn-brian-head-welch-urges-christian-fans-open-hearts-transgender-community/And for full disclosure, I'm not a Korn fan, but I like Welch.
