A call for LGBTQ tolerance in Belgium!

Recent studies have shown that a quarter of the LGBTQ community in Belgium has tried to commit suicide at least once in their life. These numbers are shocking. The fact that these numbers are true anno 2016 is truly appalling. Nowadays our government introduced the people to many anti-discrimination  laws, gay marriage has become legal, gay partners can adopt a child, yet still a quarter tried to kill him/herself. This means that there's still something wrong with our attitude towards this community.Violence towards them and simply the fact that they are still misunderstood by a (too) large group is one of the reason why they feel this way.

It's mainly the transgender community though that suffers from this the most; at least 80% tried to commit suicide. 75% of this group has had to deal with violence at least once in their life, but also social support from family or friends is way less than with the gay community. In the article they address the fact that talking about this can be a huge mental and psychological support, for example the 'holebifoon'.

If you want to read more about this topic or watch a little extract from the Belgian newschannel about this go to http://m.deredactie.be/#!/snippet/5812e16ec9976f06001c29dd