State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA

State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA, in Nature: Human Behavior

key takeaway: "However, starting in the first year after anti-transgender laws were enacted, there were statistically significant increases in rates of past-year suicide attempts among TGNB young people ages 13–17 in states that enacted anti-transgender laws, relative to states that did not, and for all TGNB young people beginning in the second year. Enacting state-level anti-transgender laws increased incidents of past-year suicide attempts among TGNB young people by 7–72%. Our findings highlight the need to consider the mental health impact of recent anti-transgender laws and to advance protective policies."