Thank you again for a great first meeting. If you couldn't attend then stay tuned, for the powerpoint slides covering our presentation shall follow shortly!
UPDATES:
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20th at 8PM I wanted to get all of those who are interested in the QSA Subcommittees together to discuss how they will run, be organized, and also to allow everyone to get to know each other a little better. Remember the topics will be: Competitive Insurance Benefits ( previously Domestic Partnership Benefits) and Gender-Inclusive Housing (GIH). We will be meeting in the SAC (right outside the SG office 2.102) and find a place to sit down, talk, and discuss aspects of the semester.
SATURDAY: Austin Pride 2012
Check out our FB event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/366535096757400/
Join QSA as we venture downtown for the parade Saturday night. There will be a lot of other organizations (GBSA, AMSA, etc etc) which will be going down as well,but if you do not have a group yet we would love for you to join us. Updates on that will be mainly seen on the FB group and event so please stay up to date there. If you have any further questions, contact me directly.
NEXT WEEK: 9/24-9/28 is Suicide Prevention Week
I am very happy to announce Suicide Prevention Week which is a combined effort of The Center of Mental and Health Services, Tejas Club, Student Government, and a plethora of other great organization and sponsors. To give you some statistics of why this is relevant issue:
- Suicide attempts by LGB youth and questioning youth are 4 to 6 times more likely to result in injury, poisoning, or overdose that requires treatment from a doctor or nurse, compared to their straight peers. (2011, CDC, “Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance”)
- LGB youth are 4 times more likely, and questioning youth are 3 times more likely, to attempt suicide as their straight peers. (2011, CDC, “Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance”
- LGB youth who come from highly rejecting families are up to 8 times as likely to have attempted suicide as LGB peers who reported no or low levels of family rejection. (2010, Family Acceptance Project™ “Family Acceptance in Adolescence and the Health of LGBT Young Adults”)
- Nearly half of young transgender people have seriously thought about taking their lives and one quarter report having made a suicide attempt (2007 , The American Association of Suicidology, Grossman, D’Augelli, “Transgender Youth and Life-Threatening Behaviors”)
- Overall 36.5% of LGB and 33.2% of Transgender youth have attempted suicide.
Full list of events at: https://www.facebook.com/events/239432242845532/
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