The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a report finding that youth suicide in Utah is increasing nearly four times faster than the national average. In fact, Luke Ramseth from the Salt Lake Tribune reported that “the state’s suicide rate among young adults ages 10 to 17 had more than doubled from 2011 to 2015.” During that time period, 150 youths died by their own hand.
Some advocates often claim that much of Utah’s high youth suicide rate is attributable to gay and lesbian youths, especially those who are members of Utah’s prominent church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.