PS: Sure.
MPF: And that's a lot. Every single one of them is a young Black trans nonbinary person who's considering suicide. And so I think for me it was just sort of experiencing and sitting with these numbers and thinking okay, now that we have this, what is the next step? What can we do? What are some things that we can recommend to address some of these issues that we're seeing with these youth?
"And that's one of the messages I would like to send with this report: that support can go a very long way for these youth."
PS: It's just such a staggering number, and I feel like some of the most startling numbers to come out of here are in the intersections of — and the same with the Latinx study — being Black, and being trans, and being nonbinary. As it pertains to suicide, those intersections are quite grim.
MPF: I will say, while that was the downside of everything, the most uplifting part was seeing what support can do for these youth: just sort of seeing the numbers change. When you see the one in four compared to one in 10 in terms of suicide attempts, and that protective nature of support for these youth — particularly Black trans and nonbinary youth — that was amazing for me. And that's one of the messages I would like to send with this report: that support can go a very long way for these youth.
