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Why more needs to be done to help LGBTQ youth
Studies show they are at greater risk of poorer mental well-being and suicides
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Research has shown that LGBTQ youth are more susceptible than the general population to suicide.
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Anthea Ong and Rayner Tan
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News broke recently about a Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) counsellor who presented anti-LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) content to students and was subsequently reprimanded and suspended from sexuality education at the school.
HCI said the staff member had "incorporated content outside the scope of the Ministry of Education's sexuality education curriculum into his slides".
