More than 50% of the LGBTTTI community thought of suicide because of incessant discrimination in Mexico

The bad, gay, bibadual, transbadual, transgender, transbadual and interbad community (LGBTTTI) has been attacked and transgressed Throughout history in Mexico, a country where discrimination has been standardized to a degree that more than half of the people belonging to this community have think of suicide.

Given this social context of hostility and discrimination More than 50% of LGBTTTI people have confessed to having had suicidal thoughts at some point in their lives and one in five has already tried, according to the Investigation into discrimination based on badual orientation and gender identity.

This survey was conducted by National Council for the Prevention of Discriminationwhich also revealed that the trans men and women they are the most affected by this situation. It was stated that, for fear of being discriminated against, 76.6% of members of the LGBTTTI community, avoid expressions of affection his partner in public and a similar percentage does not freely demonstrate his badual orientation.

Although people with non-normative gender identity report more frequently suffer from discrimination during medical care, from among them, 48% are trans women or men.

Among the respondents, 76.7% reported feeling ill at ease during the medical care; Nearly half said they had to hide their orientation or their gender identity; 32% said they were victims of abuse or humiliation; and 4.6% prevented it from giving blood.

Also the 83% of respondents have noted that they face hostile contexts that manifest themselves through offensive jokes, popular expressions or beliefs that ridicule and mock, and 53.8% have experienced hate physical aggression and harbadment.

The situation most often reported by persons with non-normative gender identity, 50% is that they can not use public toilets according to your gender identityIn addition, 28.3% said they could not go to a movie theater or bar because of their condition.

But the figures of discrimination are not so far removed from those around the world, so the United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS), together with the private entity LGBT Foundation, launched the first global survey to measure the quality of life of LGBTI (bad, gay, bibadual, transgender and interbad) community members worldwide.

The survey, which can be completed online until July 31, asks participants about their emotional state, if they express openly his badual inclination, whether or not this is accepted by their families and friends, whether they have been verbally or physically abused and how healthy they are, among other details.

With information from Notimex