Why more needs to be done to help LGBTQ youth

Studies show they are at greater risk of poorer mental well-being and suicides

Research has shown that LGBTQ youth are more susceptible than the general population to suicide. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
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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".

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