Source: Huffington Post     Each year, one out of every three gay or lesbian students in the San Francisco Unified School District reportedly attempts suicide. For transgender students, that number jumps to nearly one in two.   These statistics were captured in a 2011 survey ...

by Conner Habib Why do porn actors kill themselves?  Who is responsible? Whenever a porn star – especially a gay porn star – commits suicide, theories show up, and people act very, very certain about them.  Arpad Miklos, who was as much ...

Suicide has become a major source of concern for LGBT communities over the last several years. In the new 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, the Surgeon General and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention highlight the disproportionately heavy impact ...

A guide for talking about suicide more safely, while advancing vital public discussions about preventing suicide. This will be the most important topic that we will and could ever post on Accidental Bear website. We have personally lost a dozen ...

A new study presented this week at the European Symposium of Suicide and Suicidal Behavior examines the suicide attempt rate among Israeli youth, finding that it was much higher than reported in official statistics. Among LGBT youth, 20 percent reported suicide attempts, ...

Where were the adults! freep.com reports: Peering through the keyhole of a locked door in her family's home near Detroit's New Center, a 14-year-old girl saw the unthinkable: her 7-year-old brother hanging from a bunk bed with a belt around his neck, a ...

Researchers at the Family Acceptance Project have produced a new series of resources aimed at identifying best practices for preventing LGBT young people from committing suicide. The first of the multi-lingual guides, “Supportive Families, Healthy Children,” helps families understand how reactions to ...

Chuck Gomez Playwright, former Emmy Award-winning television news journalis Nothing prepares you for the shock of learning that the person you thought had all the answers in life didn't really have them at all. My therapist committed suicide, checking out of a ...

  This is some powerful food for thought. Human  have many layers, many that never reach the surface. As in the case of gay therapist Bob Bergeron, as some darker layers of himself surfaced that were hidden beyond his mask of ...

The film Bully which exposes bullying in its raw form has caught the attention of the world in it's struggle get a PG-13 rating and dropping its R rating in order have film to be viewed by by youth. Watch below ...

Personally I don't watch Glee for no real reason besides it has never sucked me in. With that said, I stand up out of my chair and applaud them for tackling current, real life situations LGBT youth, their friends and ...

Being bullied is a permanent scar that remain with you for the rest of your life. Here is the latest Press release for documentary "Bully". Please like and subscribe for more new 2012 HD trailers updated asap after Press release. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5114WHxofzU&feature=player_embedded#! The ...

Mayor Lee & Chief Suhr Unveil First of its Kind LGBT Youth Video. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) along with Mayor Ed Lee is proud to announce the debut of the "SFPD It Gets Better" video project as part of ...

Fresh into the New Year, 2012, and the death toll of bullied teenagers rise fast. CASHMERE, Wash. -- Family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil on Friday evening to remember 14-year-old Rafael Morelos, who hanged himself on Sunday, Jan. 29. ...

Ok, Ok, I am not usually one to even notice the Kardashians. I mean, they seem like nice girls and some good T&A. They are, what they are, nothing more, nothing less. The one with the big butt, Kim Kardashian, just donated $50K ...

We are living in a time where there is plenty of information out there on bullying, homophobia and tolerance, but it is still not enough. Imperfect world, another special young man took his life because of bullying. This information on ...

An emotional confessional of a young mans struggle with coming out which lead to a suicide attempt in his dorm room. After the acceptance of himself as gay,  and getting the much-needed attention of family and professionals, he is doing ...

A letter written to Marlo Thomas, Award-winning actress, author, and activist: Hi Marlo - Our son Kameron was bullied relentlessly and committed suicide on January 18th. He was 14 years old. In lieu of flowers we asked for donations be made to St ...

Knowing the outcome and tragedy almost makes this video unbearable to view. Friends say EricJames Borges, 19, killed himself Wednesday after having endured a traumatic coming-out experience. This should not still be happening in 2012. Ericjames was near and involved with resources helping other ...

Facebook is stepping up to the plate and creating a resource that gives users who have expressed suicidal thoughts the option to connect directly with a crisis counselor via Facebook chat. Don't worry you bitchy comments, tasteless party pics and angry ...

Bullied to death. Devastating does not begin to  scratch the surface. I ask you to take a minute and think back at what you were doing when you were 10 years old. Put yourself in the mind state that you ...

The hair cut in which caused this lovely young lady to be call a boy, was a bob.  She'd often been called fat or ugly, her family said. So, remember that parents that parents, this applies to you as well. ...

Yesterday I had posted the tear jerking story of 15-year-old Ottawa teen Jamie Hubley, who took his own life after being bullied one to many times, but  that wasn't the only reason he did it.. Released today by his father, Kanata ...

No, not again! Someones needs to be held accountable and a finger needs to pointed at someone. I point my finger right, smack dab in the middle of the foreheads of the parents of these bullies. This is beyond disgusting ...

Pope Calls for Unity Against Same-Sex Marriage Pope Benedict XVI called for Christians to unite behind the idea that marriage is between one man and one woman during a visit to Germany. He described the Catholic Church's beliefs as facing a number ...