Unicorn March is all about pride for the most forgotten and endangered parts of the community.
Sometimes, pride means knowing more about the struggles that people like you face. Pride from within, from knowing what you’re surviving. Pride from other community members and outsiders, supporting you and loving you for what you are, not just what you overcome.
This infographic collects all the current data on ace-spec oppression into one thread. (It exceeds Tumblr’s image limit, so if you’re only seeing the first post, check the notes for the rest.) Feel free to save any of these images to share. Tag @unicorn-march if you can, when you use these in a reply or your own posts; it would be great to see how this info helps people. Image descriptions are in the alt tags.
Links to all the sources, in the order that they appear:
The Williams Institute. (2016) LGB Within the T. This paper crunches the data from the 2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey, which did in-depth interviews of 6,450 trans people of all orientations.
Bauer et al (2018). The 2016 Asexual Community Survey Summary Report. This is an ongoing annual online survey of major asexual communities; the 2016 survey received a total of 9,869 responses (Ace = 9331 and Non-Ace= 538). As it’s not a peer-reviewed published study, it’s used even more sparingly here; the only data used here from this report is the percentage of cis aces who had considered suicide.
Hey guys! Today I was talking to some of my friends and the subject came up about coming out. My one friend came out as bi to me and I never realized she was bi! Then a chain of my friends started coming out to me. I never realized I had a bi friend, three gay friends, and a demi friend! Afterwards I came out to them as pan and we all laughed together. We feel closer than ever.
You guys who haven’t come out to anyone yet, you aren’t alone, and you should try to come out! Coming out is an amazing feeling, you’ll feel like a new, better person. Love you guys! <3
a while ago i saw some panphobic posts/articles focusing only on pan being defined in a bad way to frame it as if that’s all there is to pan history. so i put together the pan history panphobes don’t want you to know about.
there are different aspects to this; the pan timeline, a look into the bi community including alternative mspec labels, and a list of pan-inclusive queer research.
the carrd only has the pan timeline and the bi community including mspec labels, because there’s a limit on how much you can add to one carrd
i want to be clear that this specifically serves to be the other side of panphobes’ version of pan history. if you want to see all the times pan hasn’t been defined great, there are plenty of sources for that.
keep in mind that pan’s positive/neutral history is older and more extensive than its negative history. a lot of the negative comes from non-pan people, and what does come from pan people is not proof that pan is “bad” or “needs to be done away with”, because if that were how it worked, we wouldn’t have any labels.
so yeah. i hope you find this interesting or informative or helpful in some way! if a link doesn’t work or i can make the carrd more accessible, let me know!
If any of you ‘not-straight’ darlings ever cringe about how hard you pretended to be #straight, just remember that my friends and I (none of whom are straight) brainstormed the straightest thing we could do, and came up with the brilliant idea making a science fair project looking into why certain men are thought of as hot. Because this would make us seem super straight.
It basically consisted of us showing pictures of dudes to other girls asking who they thought was hotter and being all like ‘hmm, good choice’, then making graphs and writing up psychological reasons for these men being picked.
Naturally, we came first place - and proved that no amount of science can make you straight!
I usually don’t want to do things like this because I’m irrelevant but I’m just so tired of being invalidated and attacked for just existing and Im already having a hard time with my homophobic parents and the countless times I’ve been almost thrown out from home and having to stop seeing my therapist because of money and I’m just so tired of acting all “"strong”“ but I’m not strong and I’m gonna admit that everytime I try to reply I just can’t, I haven’t been able to officially come out because I’m just so afraid of things like this happening and it’s happening, my biggest fear is happening. I try to defend myself but I just can’t because I just fall into a panic attack again and again each one worse than the last and I don’t know how to pick myself up from this. How can a community that’s supposed to make me feel safe, make me even more scared of who I am? Im already alone in my real life surrounded with nothing but negativity and being unaccepted and even here? In what I used to call my safe place?
Are there any like pansexual support groups or discord groups because my panic attacks and depression have been getting really bad ever since I started really getting into the LGBT side of Tumblr, on Twitter I’ve never encountered “"anti-pansexuals”“ but when it comes to tumblr, everywhere I look I see people invalidating me and making me feel just horrible for being true to my own sexuality…I’m not….I’m not even hurting anyone with this decision and even when I try to avoid that side of Tumblr it just comes up on my tl
“New labels damage the community. It doesn’t matter if a label is valid, it matters if it’s useful, materially different, and serves a political purpose.” And other anti self-identification/individualism statements.
What damages the community is creating an environment where any kind of difference in identity/language/expression or rebellion against norms/status quo/rules is met with hostility, fostering fear and distrust of the people who are supposed to support and nurture that self-discovery and expression.
“All genders/regardless of gender has always been the definition of bi.”
Putting pan in quotes when it isn’t necessary is often a way of disrespecting its legitimacy, casting doubt/judgement, especially if pan is the only one in quotes.
“Mspec labels overlap but the distinction matters to some and that’s okay.”
I’ve seen this said so many times in response to people asking what bi and pan mean and how they relate to and differ from each other. What good is it to tell people the distinction matters while avoiding explaining what that distinction is? Ultimately this statement discourages any dialogue about mspec labels.
“Bi is an umbrella term that includes pan.”
The bi umbrella was once genuine inclusion of all mspec people, and activists/orgs use it, so most people don’t see it as anything else. But when bi only content has “bi+” slapped onto it, it becomes meaningless and performative. Panphobes also use it to argue pan doesn’t need its own, specific visibility.
“When a character ‘just likes people’ or is ‘attracted to all genders or regardless of gender’ they aren’t automatically pan instead of bi.”
I’ve experienced this from panphobes who simply assume pan interpretations of pan definitions/common pan explanations must be because of biphobia. But it’s a big, false, and purposely bad faith leap of logic to fuel the panphobic narrative that pan people are always misrepresenting bi.
“Pan people need to let bi people have something and stop making everything about themselves.”
This might seem like advocating for bi only content/events for the sake of bi visibility/community, but it’s often malicious exclusion of pan people who’ve always been included. We aren’t “invading” or “derailing” anythingbybeing in spaceswe’vealways been in, or by sharing a bi post because we relate to it.
“All pan people are bi, but not all bi people are pan.”
This appears to be an easy explanation of bi/pan, borrowing from “all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares”. But queerness isn’t geometry and doesn’t work like that. The only pan people who are bi are the ones who also identify as bi. We can’t box queerness into simple, universal categories.
“Analyze why you’re uncomfortable with being associated with bi people or being called bi.”
Of course, pan and bi are associated, but it’s never mere association these people are referring to. Pan people are vilified and wrongly painted as biphobic for criticizing the erasure and mislabeling of our identity.
“Bi and pan people need to stop fighting each other, both are valid and neither is -phobic.”
This implies the “fighting” is equal. But there are popular bi accounts dedicated to panphobia, “battleaxe bi” was coopted for panphobia, a major bi org spreads panphobia, panphobic bi authors/activists are praised, and researchers subsume pan data into bi data. Biphobia from pan people just is not on the same scale as panphobia from bi people.
This is not to disregard/downplay biphobia from pan people. It’s just important to acknowledge the reality, severity, and disparity of the situation. Erasing that by saying or implying it’s just a silly mutual argument about which word is better is disingenuous at best, and malicious misrepresentation at worst.
“I’ve never seen a definition of pan that isn’t biphobic/transphobic.”
Panphobes involved in bi/pan “discourse” saying this aren’t hoping to learn the actual (read: non bigoted) definitions of pan, they’re saying there aren’t any definitions of pan that aren’t biphobic or transphobic, because they believe pan is inherently biphobic and transphobic.
So. I’m sure there are plenty more examples I’ve missed, and if you have any please send them my way! (I tried to make this as short as possible, so if you’d like me to elaborate on any of these, let me know and I’ll happily do so!)
But I hope this will encourage you to think a bit deeper about the things people say and the possible intent behind it before sharing, as well as be more invested in supporting pan people and trusting us when we tell you something is being said to spread panphobia.
here’s a little infographic i made for pan visibility day!!!!! hope y’all are having a pleasant day, i’m baking y’all virtual cookies of your preferred flavor
[ID: A light grey background with pan flag colors in the corner. The top reads, “Happy Pan Visibility Day” in all caps, party emojis on both sides of it. Black text in the center reads:
What/Who: Pan Visibility Day, on May 24, is to celebrate and encourage acceptance and understanding of pan people and identity (such as pansexual, panromantic, pansensual, panalterous, panaesthetic, and panplatonic).
Brief History: In the 1960s-1980s, pansexual was often used to describe musicians, icons, styles, lyrics, movements, etc. in particularly the glitter/glam rock scene, to indicate androgyny, fluidity, and universal appeal.
In the 1980s-1990s, pansexual was often used in kink communities to indicate that an event, party, club, person, sex, etc. was open to people of all genders, sexes, and sexualities.
Evolving with and from that, pansexual now widely represents an attraction to people of all genders, or more specifically, attraction to people regardless of gender.
Flag: The pan flag was created in 2010 by Jasper (@shrikeabyssals); “pink and blue, because of their gendered traditions, and yellow, a generally non-gendered colour, to represent nonbinary folks etc.”
Statistics: Pansexuals experience high rates of depression, suicidality, anxiety, and physical and sexual harassment and violence, as well as low rates of happiness, self-esteem, optimism, being out, safety, inclusion, sense of belonging and community, and accessing health care.
Celebrities: Yungblud, Janelle Monáe, Sandra Mae Frank, Jake Choi, Bob the Drag Queen, Tess Holliday, Talia Hibbert, Rina Sawayama, Asia Kate Dillon.
TV/Film/Podcast: What We Do in the Shadows, Lucifer, Gossip Girl, Schitt’s Creek, The Thing About Harry, Sex Education, Single Parents, The Umbrella Academy, Otherwhere.
Comics/Books/Games: Deadpool, We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen, Red Sonja, Vampirella, Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly, Mae Borowski, Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan, Cute Mutants by S.J. Whitby. End ID.]
I laughed so hard at this I accidentally exited the Tumblr app and when I reopened, Tumblr had bolted back to the top of the feed, so I just rage scrolled through every single thing both posted in the last hour and that I scrolled past in the last hour to find to present this incredible tiktok to you, my dear followers. Esp @ritterssport
i saw that post this morning and it cheered me up for the entire day. i would totally love a cute sitcom about two roomies like this! like the pan one bringing home a string of guys, girls, nonbinary folk, anyone who’s down for the sexytimes, and the ace one being a morning person and just kind of making waffles for everyone once they wake up. the ace one going on a date for the first time in years because they’re never sure they’ll meet someone who won’t be rude about wanting sex afterward. both of them sharing clothes and painting nails and just being best buds. cohabitation. friendship. everything. ; v ;
“you just want all the female characters you like to be lesbians” yes?
Bi or Pan wouldn’t go amiss either… Even for the guys… Hell, can we just make those the default for everyone? We can still have Het and Homo, but just… tip the ratio a bit…?
The study checked how bisexual, pansexual and queer women define bisexuality.
Pansexuals and queer women said that bisexuality is binary and means attraction to cis men and women and they also “felt that claiming a bisexual identity indicated an outdated, offensive belief that there are only two genders”.
whereas actual bisexuals defined bisexuality as broad and inclusive of all genders.
It’s also interesting that all the people claiming bisexuality was transphobic were cis whereas the trans people interviewed didn’t have a problem with the bisexual label.
In addition, bisexuals expressed that they found the debates around whether bisexuality is inclusive very upsetting and it made them consider hiding their bisexuality or changing their label.
“While experiencing one’s chosen identity as personal and meaningful was not unique to the bisexual women in our sample, bisexual women often described an added layer of psychological distress upon learning that others define bisexuality in ways that reinforce a traditional gender binary, which contradicts their own definitions and lived experiences of bisexuality.“
i am losing my mind at the people trying to “debunk” this with scientific sounding arguments such as “the sample size is too small to mean anything” - literally the most anti-science thing you can say
1. it displays that you have no understanding of basic research concepts such as the difference between quantitative and qualitative research, what they’re used for and what kind of sample sizes are viable for them
2. trying to dunk on peer reviewed research with a snappy one liner because the findings make you feel bad or clash with your pre-existing beliefs
As a former PhD level social scientist, I need you all to know that a good sample size for a social science study is 30-50 people. In my extensive experience, it’s really only valid to consider the implications of sample size when the study is <20 people (and as OP noted, this doesn’t apply to qualitative research!!! At all!!!!! No numbers, pals!) There is not infrastructure, funding, or other resources to create the kind of massive sample studies you see in medicine. That doesn’t mean you can’t do good research with <10,000 people. Also, if your stats are good enough to make it through peer review, your sample size has likely been taken into consideration properly. If you don’t know much about scientific papers, you can learn, or you can sit down when people talk about peer-reviewed research.
Edit: I’m sorry I’m just REALLY mad about this, the cited study had 25 participants who did interviews. Do you have any IDEA how much labor goes into transcribing and coding that much interview data to analyze? No, you don’t. You don’t even know what coding is if you are sniping about 25 participants. 25 is a lot of people for an interview-based study, JFCCCcccc
Most Americans, and most other people, are familiar with Abraham Lincoln. He was the 16th president of the United States and was known for freeing slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation before his assassination.
What most people are not familiar with, however, is Lincoln’s sexuality. Lincoln was married to Mary Todd from 1842 up until his death. However, it is thought that Lincoln had some male lovers both before and during his marriage to Todd.
From these relationships, it is thought that Lincoln was at the very least fluid with his sexuality, if not bisexual or pansexual.
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![[Dark purple background with large white text that says 'First, a few quick definitions.' Smaller white text below it says, 'The 'unicorns' of the LGBTQIPA+ community are groups that are rarely seen, and rarely supported. Asexuals, or 'aces,' aren't sexually attracted to men. Or women. Or any other genders. Some aces can get turned on by the idea of enjoyable sex; some just don't enjoy it, or are repulsed by it. But they don't get turned on by people. The ace spectrum also includes people who are demisexual and grey-ace. Demis don't experience sexual attraction without deep emotional intimacy. Most people go on first dates to see if they feel attraction; demis don't know if they'll ever feel it for a given person.']](https://64.media.tumblr.com/a403a10ecdf86296c292986911491320/3a248b3cb03605cb-2a/s540x810/9d3e987953ca8ccc1d90476c8aa5809abd0177de.png)
![[White text here continues from the previous image: 'Like many grey areas, 'grey-ace' covers a lot of territory. Grey-aces identify with the experiences shared overall by the ace community. But they might feel unsure about whether they sometimes experience sexual attraction. They may experience it only vaguely, conditionally, or, like many demis, very, very rarely. Or they may experience some sort of sexual attraction, but not any particular drive or interest in sex. The beauty of the grey-ace label is that people can connect to the ace-spec community without having to put their reasons into words. If that sounds confusing, try assuming you're experiencing attraction, when really you just want, very much, to date someone. Or thinking you must be bi or pan, because you experience the same amount of (or lack of) attraction to all genders. Or distinguishing between sexual attraction to people, and free-floating sexual arousal in general. Most of us assume that if we have any sex drive at all, it must mean we're attracted to people. But there's a difference... and even when we don't notice the difference, it has an impact on our lives.']](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6923e1c64acf73d7297ccb5ca2d90b21/3a248b3cb03605cb-10/s540x810/695d3172f0037b654892192c5744ccd55209f607.png)
![[Black text on a grey background says In The WorkplACE. The letters ACE are in the rest of the ace pride flag colors: white, grey, and purple. Below this header is an explanation of the bar graph following it: 'The white columns show the percent of each group, at work, that experiences verbal harassment, exclusion from activities, being nonconsensually outed, the threat or act of physical or sexual harassment or violence, or other inappropriate comments or conduct. In order to avoid counting sexual minorities who are harassed for being trans, these numbers are only for cis sexual minorities. Transgender responses were consistently higher: a full third of heterosexual trans people reported similar experiences.' The chart shows that 19.3% of gay people were harassed at work, 23.3% of bisexuals, 28.6% of pansexuals, 29% of aces, and 27.1% of queer people. Additional dark and light purple bars alongside the white bars show stats for cis and trans people living in poverty. Among cis people, 37.7% of gay people in the UK are living in poverty; 59% of bisexuals; 65.2% of pansexuals; 64% of aces; and 57.3% of queer people. Among trans people, 57.9% of gay people live in poverty; 60.5% of bisexuals; 66.2% of pansexuals; 64.8% of aces; and 64.7% of queer people. Black text below this chart gives the source of the data as 'Government Equalities Office, 2017, National LGBT Survey.']](https://64.media.tumblr.com/f6dafec3a32d0792d6972309bac6e820/3a248b3cb03605cb-b8/s540x810/300f9969ec625fa78b49525e7ad1a0892e855bba.png)
![[This page features a purple background and a central white square with the text, 'Barriers To Education: In 2015, the Association of American Universities surveyed more than 150,000 students nationwide about some of the challenges they might have been experiencing. These statistics are from their time in college and graduate school only.' Around this are four sections, with greyscale squares in different sizes showing the statistics for each group. From the top of the page, proceeding clockwise around it: 60.4% of gay/lesbians, 64% of aces, and 69.1% of bisexuals experience harassment during college and graduate school. 10.8% of straight students, 13.7% of gay/lesbian, 18.3% of ace, and 25.6% of bi students experience violent assault. 3.7% of straight, 5.9% of gay, 9.5% of ace, and 9.9% of bi students experience stalking. and 5.2% of straight, 8.7% of gay, 13.5% of ace, and 14.4% of bi students experience nonconsensual touch. The bottom of the page gives the following source: Cantor, David, et al. 2015. AAU Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/614860c9b928478aa751de18582f0c85/3a248b3cb03605cb-8c/s540x810/d0312046aa67bb4a9494062888d66d6b64cddafd.png)
![[A light grey background, decorated with dots and circles in purple and white, with a white bar graph. Purple text reads, 'HOME SWEET HOME: The white columns show the percent of each group that at home, in the past year, experienced verbal harassment, insults, or other hurtful comments; coercive or controlling behavior; being nonconsensually outed; the threat or act of physical or sexual harassment or violence; or other inappropriate comments or conduct. In order to avoid counting sexual minorities who are abused for being trans, these numbers are only for cis sexual minorities. Transgender responses were consistently higher, but followed a similar pattern, ranging from 36.8% for heterosexuals to 58.9% for pansexuals.' Below this, the bar chart shows the percentages: 22.5% of gay people, 34.8% of bisexuals, 39.3% of pansexuals, 32.1% of queer people, 35.6% of aces, and 36.6% of people identifying in some other way. These stats are once again from the UK's national LGBT Survey in 2017.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c9bff5a3836fd8461023a7d57c908cbe/3a248b3cb03605cb-55/s540x810/0a6b941669c70ee639a27cac6ba47dab621075cc.png)
![[A large, purple-edged, white speech bubble against a black background says, 'So-called conversion therapies, sometimes also referred to as cure, aversion or reparative therapies, are techniques intended to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity... commonly ranging from pseudo-psychological treatments to spiritual counselling. In extreme cases, they may also include surgical and hormonal interventions, or so-called ‘corrective’ rape.' The quote is attributed to 'The Rt. Hon. Penny Mordaunt and the Government Equalities Office. (2017) National LGBT Survey: Research Report.']](https://64.media.tumblr.com/4d4a835706fbb8e026d6c73d9d8f2501/3a248b3cb03605cb-5e/s540x810/6333fbcadc8d9c239c4d46d57fcf897447468aad.png)
![[A cherry-red megaphone against a purple background illustrates the stats for 'CONVERSION THERAPY.' A smaller subheader says, 'The least- studied asexual experience by far is also one of the most damaging -- and most common.' The page goes on to explain, 'In 2017, the UK's Government Equalities Office conducted the National LGBT Survey, which included more than 108,000 LGBTQIPA+ people. Their findings finally validated what aces had been saying for years: a wide swath of the world treats their sexual orientation as a disease to be 'cured.' By force, if necessary.' The megaphone is lined with bold black statistics: Bi, 5.2%. Pan, 6.6%. Gay, 7.6%. Ace, 10.2%. At the bottom, a smaller note says that 'Percentages are of cis people who have had, or been directed to, conversion therapy for their orientation. Trans responses are omitted here for clarity, as they could have been targeted for gender, orientation, or both.']](https://64.media.tumblr.com/bfcaf8680bc24d8be2fbc089453d0c59/3a248b3cb03605cb-89/s540x810/8eb05239120a9db69e37de31e16a607c2edea8de.png)
![[White text on a black background says, 'HOMELESSNESS IS NOT AN EVENT: '...For LGBTQA youth, while disclosures of stigmatized sexual or gender identities typically did not instantly result in getting kicked out, it often arrived in the context of already stressed parent-child relationships and other parental and family struggles that were years in the making. 'Many of these youth eventually left in order to escape the stigma and discrimination they had endured within their families for quite some time. [They reported] some of the highest rates of adversity scores in our survey, often while stably housed.' Samuels, Gina E. Miranda, et al. (2019) Voices of Youth Count In-Depth Interviews: Technical Report.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c435bb7d5ec7627313d18a080be06960/e1a0de38c01b1afa-73/s540x810/64266ef0a5ea43eb36c28ebe99ef26a839bb4df4.png)
![[White text on a purple background says, 'HOMELESSNESS: A higher likelihood of becoming homeless is one of the most socially visible effects of oppression. According to the national 2016-17 Voices Of Youth Count survey, 114% more homeless youth are on the ace spectrum than youth in the general population. 41% more are gay/lesbian; 50% more are bi; and 83% more are trans.' Below that, a grey bar chart on a white background shows these statistics, as well as showing that cis hetero youth are disproportionately less likely to become homeless.' Source: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. (2017) Youth Homelessness in San Diego County, California: Findings from the youth count, brief youth survey, and provider survey.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/35d414ba931da4f566224c613619f51d/e1a0de38c01b1afa-1f/s540x810/86733d985bc84a975cb7d4223a1a463b4f3c023d.png)
![[White text on a purple background says, 'In 2011, the National Transgender Discrimination Survey spoke with 6,450 trans people, creating a detailed portrait of transgender life. We all know the trans community struggles with very high homelessness rates. So high that even heterosexual trans people have the same likelihood of having been homeless at some point as their gay and bi transgender peers: around 19%. But if you're trans and ace? 27%.' Source: 'LGB Within the T,' The Williams Institute A grey bar chart on the right, against a white background, illustrates the statistics: 19% each for straight and gay trans people, 17% for bi trans people, and 27% for ace trans people.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/db83d75b585d3e8edba444c0dd78abe1/e1a0de38c01b1afa-22/s540x810/95f3f4ff57966f61bd104cbba82cda8f21ab32a3.png)
![[Large white text on a black background says, 'If asexual people feel similar pressure to other sexual minorities to conform to heterosexual norms, then it is possible that they too may have elevated rates of mental health problems.' From Morag A. Yulea, Lori A. Brottob and Boris B. Gorzalkaa's 2011 paper, 'Mental Health and Interpersonal Functioning in Self-Identified Asexual Men and Women.']](https://64.media.tumblr.com/3171c7159d0623cfe041798fbfab519f/e1a0de38c01b1afa-b3/s540x810/6a94dd192d15145ae0fd8e85320e8ab776bb7d2c.png)
![[The header says, 'MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS: These are each group's mean scores on clinical assessments for depression and generalized anxiety disorder. GAD is diagnosed at scores of 10 or higher. Scores of 10-14 on the PHQ-9 indicate moderate depression.' Below this are greyscale stripes going from off-white to black. Each stripe has the name of a sexual orientation, followed by two emoji illustrating their average scores for clinical depression and anxiety disorders. Heterosexuals are illustrated with two smiley faces and the scores 6.15 anxiety, 6.99 depression. Gay Men and Lesbians have upside-down smiley faces, in the classic 'ha ha I'm screwed' emoji, and the scores 7.50 anxiety, 8.83 depression. The other four orientations have sad faces, illustrating scores approaching or above the clinical cutoff for these mood disorders: Bisexuals, 9.92 anxiety, 10.73 depression. Asexuals, 9.24 anxiety, 11.80 depression. Pansexuals, 10.13 anxiety, 12.37 depression. And demisexuals, 11.56 anxiety, 13.47 depression. A purple circle on the right contains the text 'Source: Borgogna, N. C., et al. 2018. Anxiety and Depression Across Gender and Sexual Minorities: Implications for Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, Pansexual, Demisexual, Asexual, Queer, and Questioning Individuals.']](https://64.media.tumblr.com/b8678cc090567d1b203f96f5b87420e5/e1a0de38c01b1afa-59/s540x810/b7adc310a0ba30504674f899c05b758296acca5a.png)
![[A black header against a broad purple background says, 'SUICIDALITY'. Below, in large white text, the number '26% of cis aces' stands out. It continues in smaller text, 'in a 2011 study had suicidal thoughts/feelings in the two weeks prior to the study, compared to 24% of cis LGB and 12% of cis straight subjects.' Source: 'Mental Health and Interpersonal Functioning in Self-Identified Asexual Men and Women,' Yulea, Brotto, & Gorzalska, 2011.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/5e21684f66d0e7c811764665c60bdf80/e1a0de38c01b1afa-15/s540x810/e0dfca294d31ed1ce7a6d50de8dd1121606bca45.png)
![[White text on a gray background says, 'Have you ever seriously considered suicide? 11% of cis straight people have thought about it at some point in their lives. So have 34% of cis gay and lesbian people, and 38% of cis bisexuals. 'In the cis ace community, that number jumps to 43.4%.' A purple bar graph to the right illustrates these numbers. Sources: Salway et al (2019). A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis of Disparities in the Prevalence of Suicide Ideation and Attempts Among Bisexual Populations, and Bauer et al (2016). The 2016 Asexual Community Survey Summary Report.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e9502a46142b8d34bb4e4fefc189ab79/e1a0de38c01b1afa-f4/s540x810/91d65df7b540d17019e1c5944c540d4214db9583.png)
![[White text on a black background says, 'Asexual trans people have the highest rate of attempted suicide of all sexual orientations: a shocking 46%.' The number 46% is in large italic purple text. Smaller white italics continue, 'Remember, that statistic only measures those who attempted it. In one study of nearly 2,000 trans people aged 14-30, 95.5% of subjects reported having had suicidal thoughts and feelings at some point in their lives.' A purple bar chart to the right illustrates the statistics: 36% of hetero trans people, 40% of gay/lesbian trans people, 40% of bi+ trans people, and 46% of aces.' Sources: Grant, Jaime M. et al (2011). Injustice at every turn: A report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey; and Kuper et al (2018). Exploring Cross-Sectional Predictors of Suicide Ideation, Attempt, and Risk in a Large Online Sample of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth and Young Adults.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/458e664c74511ba2ab97d4a5d3a7f530/e1a0de38c01b1afa-82/s540x810/0e978572e4734ce5f76806488d1451fa12edb3bb.png)
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