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#Discrimination against #transgender people — laws prohibiting the use of hormone therapy, access to bathrooms, or participation in sports — and a political and cultural environment that fuels outright hatred and violence combine to raise the risk of #depression and suicide.

Elizabeth Knight, who works in a college health clinic, delves into the topic as part of Wise & Well's special report on depression in America:

https://medium.com/wise-well/when-depression-turns-deadly-society-suicide-and-transgender-people-8c64ed161252