To an outsider, some of the results of the
GQ 30th anniversary reader survey may sound shocking. The study showed 45% of gay, bi, and trans men have, in the last year, thought life was not worth living, while 34% have considered taking their own lives in that same period, with 5% actually attempting it – dwarfing the stats of each age group. But according to
Meg-John Barker, senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University, this is no surprise – other research shows
LGBT+ people have worse mental health than straight and cisgender people.