Xander Moricz

It's a medical fact.

You could say that, but if you're really going to go to realization-

when they do transform to LGBTQ, their anxiety actually goes up because... That's not what's happening.

So let's break it down because I understand that this would be horrible and it's very scary and the talking point gets out there a lot and it's very confusing.

What's happening is that LGBTQ plus young people experience higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality because of the way they're treated in society.

And that's a medical fact that's been studied for years.

What we see is that when there is more queer and trans representation, more queer and trans discussion, more queer and trans affirmation, that those suicide rates, depression rates, and anxiety rates go down.

And so if it was innate within the queer and trans identity to be depressed and anxious, the more queer and trans discussion there were, the more queer trans people there were, the more that we would see anxiety, depression, and suicidality.

Instead, what we see is that it is only when we accept, affirm, and educate about LGBTQ plus identities

that these rates go down because it's not a symptom of being queer and trans.

It's a symptom of hatred.

It's a symptom of anti-LGBTQ plus policy, which is harming young Americans.

Explain about the plus, the LGBTQ plus.

What do you think about what I just said?

Yeah, no, I agree.

I agree.

Fantastic.

But explain about the plus though with the LGBTQ plus, right?

LGBTQ plus stands for the fact that, for example, intersex people, they don't have a letter in LGBTQ.

Asexual people, they don't have a letter in LGBTQ.