Studies of LGBTQ people show they have high rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts. But because most death investigators do not collect data on sexuality or gender identity, no one knows how many gay and transgender people die by suicide in the U.S.
Michael Staley, a sociologist who works in the Salt Lake City Medical Examiner’s Office, April 18, 2023.
She recalled the recent suicide of a young man who died in the house of older adults. During her interviews, Russo learned that the man had been living with them for a year, ever since his family had kicked him out of their house because he was gay. He had struggled with emotional upheaval and addiction.
The lawmakers were “frustrated with being asked to respond to the suicide crisis in our state with a blindfold on,” said Michael Staley, a sociologist who was hired to lead the data collection effort in the Utah medical examiner’s office. “It’s a five-alarm fire.” These conversations can be exceedingly difficult. John Blosnich, head of a research initiative called the LGBT Mortality Project at the University of Southern California, has done ride-alongs to observe and train death investigators on the importance of collecting data on gender and sexuality. His training also helps investigators navigate distress or stigma about the questions from the deceased’s friends and relatives.
Another agency in the health department, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, is trying to set new standards that would require any hospital that receives federal money to ask its patients about their sexuality and gender identity.
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