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Sherlockbones11 t1_j9tm2xi wrote

As an LGBTQ person who almost killed herself multiple times over what I later found out was just a complete and utter lack of representation and a feeling of safety in places I spent the most of my time as a child (i.e. school), and per countless peer reviewed research studies from prominent institutions - I will have to not only disagree with you but inform you with sources and facts that you or are dangerously wrong about this. Please lower your voice before you get someone killed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378595/

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/pride-flags-and-black-live-matters-signs-in-the-classroom-supportive-symbols-or-propaganda/2022/01

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gender-and-schooling/202210/5-reasons-why-we-need-symbols-lgbtq-support

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_j9tpdt2 wrote

>who almost killed herself multiple times over what I later found out was just a complete and utter lack of representation

When I was 19 I attempted suicide and was found bleeding out in a bath tub. I ended up in-patient for several months. It was a long road to recovery, and there were times I thought and believed "if only X was different this wouldn't have happened" but the reality is, while there were external pressures it was an internal struggle made up of many factors. Suicidal depression is not single faceted, and while you may contribute the lack of Pride Flags in your school classroom, it isn't why you almost killed yourself. That simplifies your situation, I wish you the best on the road of recovery.

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RuinTop1965 t1_j9twxm1 wrote

yikes you really are an incredibly awful person

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_j9txk4d wrote

19 year old me would have agreed with that, but I do not think I'm an awful person now that I've spent years on my recovery.

Why do you think I'm awful?

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