Yes, there are high rates of suicide among transgender people. This is due to social stigma, lack of acceptance, shunning by family, and general discrimination — NOT because of being transgender.

So Gorka claims that Trump’s solution is to discriminate against them. Yeah — THAT will surely solve the problem of suicidal tendencies, won’t it?

    Victoria Lamb Hatch

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    Pacific Coaster transplanted to North Carolina

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