Why Transgender People Experience More Mental Health Issues

It has nearly everything to do with the way they are treated. By Katherine Schreiber Individuals who identify as transgender tend to experience higher rates of mental healthissues than the general population. While approximately 6.7 percent of the general United States population suffers from depressionand 18 percent grapple with some iteration of an anxiety disorder, nearly half of all individuals who identify as Read more…

Ending LGBTI discrimination is key to achieving SDGs

29 Sep 2015 by Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP The recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)embody a powerful commitment to achieving a life of dignity for all. This includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. That’s why we at UNDP are pleased to join in the UN statement on Read more…