And a recent CDC survey found that 42% of high school students reported experiencing persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness. Now, the findings were even more alarming for teenage girls and our LGBTQ students. With Nearly 60% of female students and nearly 70% of LGBTQ students reported experiencing these feelings [of sadness or hopelessness]. As someone testified last week and very accurately stated, it's not that transgender youth are more prone to suicide because of being transgender. (06:13–06:21)
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Asserts that nearly 60% of female students and 70% of LGBTQ students report feelings of sadness or hopelessness.
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