Homosexuals become so stressed that it feels like they are carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. Whichever direction they go, nothing seems to go right in life. So much physical and mental pain that one simply can no longer bear to live a life where they will never be accepted by others. They simply decided it would be better if they died. An article titled “Male Sexual Orientation and Suicide: Evidence of Adolescent-Specific Risk in the United States” states that there is a strong consensus in the research literature that adolescent and adult men who report same-sex sexual orientations, identities, and behaviors experience a higher risk of suicide. Recent studies of general adolescent suicide risk have identified developmental trajectories that peak during adolescence. Because the adolescent years are characterized by development and heightened awareness of gender roles and sexual scripts closely tied to dominant cultural ideals of masculinity and heterosexuality, an adolescent-focused developmental trajectory for suicide risk may be particularly relevant for males with adolescents in homosexual relationships. guidelines (Russell,
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