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This is a list of notable lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people who have committed suicide. This includes people who were, and whose peers suspected to be, part of the LGBT community.


This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
























































































































































































































































































































































Name
 Lifetime[1]
 Age
 Location and/or Nationality
 Notes[2]

Justin Aaberg
1995 – 9 July 2010
 15
Andover, Minnesota, US
 G[3]

Leelah Alcorn
15 November 1997 – 28 December 2014
 17
Kings Mills, Ohio, United States
 T[4]

Taylor Alesana
16 May 1998 – 2 April 2015
 16
Fallbrook, California, US
 T[5]

Lui Aquino Aquino
1999 – 2015
 16
 Poá, São Paulo, Brazil
 G[6]

James Robert Baker

18 October 1947 – 5 November 1997
 50
Pacific Palisades, California, US
 G[7]

Jadin Bell
4 June 1997 – 3 February 2013
 15
La Grande, Oregon, United States
 G[8]

Brenda Benet

14 August 1945 – 7 April 1982
 36
Los Angeles, California, US
 B[9]

Blake Brockington

15 May 1996 – 23 March 2015
 18
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
 T[10]

Eylül Cansın
1992 – 5 January 2015
 23 - 24
Istanbul, Turkey
 T[11]

Dora Carrington

29 March 1893 – 11 March 1932
 38
Ham, Wiltshire, England
 L[12]

Leslie Cheung

12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003
 46
Hong Kong
 B[13]

Tyler Clementi

19 December 1991 – 10 September 2010
 18
Piscataway, New Jersey, US
 G[14]

Hart Crane

21 July 1899 – 27 April 1932
 32
New York, New York, US
 G[15]

Brad Davis

6 November 1949 – 8 September 1991
 41
Los Angeles, California, US
 B[16]

Denice Denton

27 August 1959 – 24 June 2006
 46
Santa Cruz, California, US
 L[17]

Thomas M. Disch

2 February 1940 – 4 July 2008
 68
New York, New York, US
 G[18]

Justin Fashanu

19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998
 37
Norfolk, England
 G[19]

Robert "Bobby" Wayne Griffith

24 June 1963 – 27 August 1983
 20
Portland, Oregon, US
 G[20]

Ash Haffner
28 December 1998 – 26 February 2015
 16
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
 T[21]

Jamie Hubley

23 November 1995 – 14 October 2011
 15
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
 G[22]

William Inge

3 May 1913 – 10 June 1973
 60
New York, New York, US
 G[23]

Kim Ji-hoo

5 April 1985 – 6 October 2008
 23
Seoul, South Korea
 G[24]

Adam Kizer
3 November 1998 – 30 May 2015
 16
Sonoma, California, US
 B[25][26]

Cameron Langrell
2000 – 01 May 2015
 15
Racine, Wisconsin, US
 T[27]

Billy Lucas
1995 – September 2010
 15
Greensburg, Indiana, US
 G[28]

Zander Mahaffey
7 March 1999 – 15 February 2015
 15
Austell, Georgia, United States
 T[29]

F. O. Matthiessen

19 February 1902 – 1 April 1950
 48
Kittery, Maine, US
 G[30]

Alexander McQueen

17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010
 40
London, England
 G[31]

Eric Mohat
1990 – March 2007
 17
Mentor, Ohio, US
 G[32]

Kent North

27 December 1971 – 4 July 2007
 35
London, England
 G[33]

Arthur Pelham-Clinton

23 June 1840 – 18 June 1870
 29
London, England
 G or B[34]

Mike Penner

10 October 1957 – 27 November 2009
 52
Los Angeles, California, US
 T[35]

Kyler Prescott
07 July 2000 – 18 May 2015
 14
San Diego, California, US
 T[36]

Jamey Rodmeyer

21 March 1997 – 18 September 2011
 14
Buffalo, New York, US
 B[37]

Melonie Rose
7 August 1995 – 11 February 2015
 19
Laurel, Maryland, United States
 T[38]

Dominik Szymański
 2000/2001 – 7 May 2015
 14
Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
 G or B[39]

Braxton Taylor
13 August 1997 – 23 September 2016
 19
Kaysville, Utah, US
 G[40][41]

Alan Turing

23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954
 41
Cheshire, England
 G[42]

Tyrone Unsworth
16 August 2003 – 22 November 2016
 13
Brisbane, Australia
 G[43]

Sergio Urrego
25 November 1997 – 4 August 2014
 16
Bogota, Colombia
 G[44]

William Walters
1981 – December 2016
 35
Hillcrest, San Diego, California, US
 G[45]

Kenneth Weishuhn
27 May 1997 – 15 April 2012
 14
Paullina, Iowa, United States
 G[46]

James Whale

22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957
 67
Hollywood, California, US
 G[47]

Jim Wheeler

1978–1997
 19
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, US
 G[48]

Tobi Wong

10 June 1974 – 30 May 2010
 35
New York, New York, US
 G[49]

Ya-Hui Yang

16 October 1963 – 21 May 2008
 45
Taiwan
 B[50]

Pytor Ilych Tchaikovsky
 7 May 1840 - 6 November 1893
 53
 Moscow, Russia
 G







See also[edit]



  • Suicide among LGBT youth


  • Suicide prevention

    • It Gets Better Project

    • Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line

    • The Trevor Project





References[edit]





  1. ^ Entries with no sourced year of birth available are marked with a "?".


  2. ^ All entries contain a reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender.


  3. ^ "Suicide surge: Schools confront anti-gay bullying". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2015-11-13..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ Reports, Staff (29 December 2014). "Transgender teen struck and killed on Ohio interstate in apparent suicide". Lgbtqnation.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  5. ^ "Subjected to 'Constant' Bullying, California Trans Teen Dies by Suicide". Advocate.com. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  6. ^ Parrode, Alexandre (5 November 2015). "Rejeitado pela família, jovem gay de 16 anos se mata em SP - Jornal Opção". Jornal Opção (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 October 2017.


  7. ^ "Obituaries:Robert Baker, Satirical Novelist, 50". The New York Times. 24 November 1997. p. Section B; Page 7; Column 2. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  8. ^ "Jadin Bell, Gay Oregon Teen, Taken Off Life Support After Hanging Himself". Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 March 2014.


  9. ^ Bruce, Tammy (2004). The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values. Three Rivers Press. p. 2. ISBN 1-4000-5294-7.


  10. ^ Garloch, Karen (March 28, 2015). "Charlotte-area transgender teens' suicides rock community". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 2015-04-02.


  11. ^ "Trans woman ends her life in Istanbul: I couldn't, they didn't let me". Lgbtinewsturkey.com. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  12. ^ Haycock, David Boyd (2009). A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War. Old Street Publishing. ISBN 1-905847-84-X.


  13. ^ Corliss, Richard (3 April 2003). "That old feeling: Days of being Leslie". Time Asia. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  14. ^ Parker, Ian (6 February 2012). "The Story of a Suicide". The New Yorker. Retrieved 5 February 2012.


  15. ^ Fisher, Clive (2002). Hart Crane: a life. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09061-7. Retrieved 5 February 2012.


  16. ^ Davis, Susan Davis with Hilary Vries. After Midnight: The Life and Death of Brad Davis. Pocket Books, 1997, pp. 283-299;
    ISBN 0-671-79672-0


  17. ^ Glatter, Jonathan D. (30 June 2006). "Stunned Campus Mourns Its Chief, an Apparent Suicide". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  18. ^ Martin, Douglas (8 July 2008). "Thomas Disch, Novelist, Dies at 68". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  19. ^ Fashanu, Amal (26 January 2012). "The silence over gay footballers". BBC News. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  20. ^ Aarons, Leroy (1995). Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-251123-2. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  21. ^ "Transgender boy, 16, commits suicide after years of bullying". Gaystarnews.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  22. ^ "Jamie Hubley, Gay 15-Year-Old Ottawa, Canada Teen Commits Suicide, Cites Depression, School Troubles". The Huffington Post. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  23. ^ Belcher, David (6 August 2009). "Out of Kansas, Into the World: A Trove of Inge Plays". The New York Times. p. C3. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  24. ^ Park Si-soo (8 October 2008). "Gay Actor Found Dead in Apparent Suicide". The Korea Times. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  25. ^ Buncombe, Andrew (3 June 2015). "Adam Kizer: California bisexual teenager takes his own life after enduring years of bullying". The Independent. Retrieved 24 October 2017.


  26. ^ Payne, Paul (1 June 2015). "Suicide of Sonoma teen sparks discussion about bullying". The Press Democrat. Retrieved 24 October 2017.


  27. ^ "Wisconsin Trans Teen Bullied for Femininity Dies by Suicide". Advocate.com. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  28. ^ "Bullying may have pushed 15-year-old to suicide". Wthr.com. Retrieved 2015-11-13.


  29. ^ "Suicide Note". (ง°ل͜°)ง. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  30. ^ Smith, Dinitia (29 May 2003). "American Culture's Debt To Gay Sons of Harvard". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  31. ^ "Alexander McQueen, UK fashion designer, found dead". BBC News. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  32. ^ "Taunted Teen Takes Own Life: Bully-Cide?". ABC News. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2015-11-13.


  33. ^ Provenzano, Jim (12 July 2007). "Porn star Kent North dies at 35". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  34. ^ Laurence Senelick, "The changing room: sex, drag and theatre", Gender in performance, Routledge, 2000,
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  35. ^ "Mike Penner dies at 52; Los Angeles Times sportswriter". Los Angeles Times. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  36. ^ "San Diego Mourns Third Trans Teen to Die by Suicide". Advocate.com. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  37. ^ Anahad O'Connor (21 September 2011). "Suicide Draws Attention to Gay Bullying". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  38. ^ "Her Name was Melonie - Another Trans WOC has Committed Suicide -". Dominickevans.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  39. ^ "„Jednego w rurkach mniej". Szydercze profile i agresja wobec 14-latka, który popełnił samobójstwo". Tvp.info. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  40. ^ "Utah candidate says LGBT teen who died by suicide 'committed sin of homosexuality and sin of murder'". Gephardtdaily.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.


  41. ^ Cemeteries, Lindquist Mortuaries and. "Obituary for Braxton David Taylor - Lindquist Mortuaries and Cemeteries, Kaysville, UT". Obituary for Braxton David Taylor. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  42. ^ Hodges, Andrew (1992) [1983]. Alan Turing: The Enigma. London: Burnett Books. ISBN 0-04-510060-8.


  43. ^ "Fly High Tyrone you will live on in all of us, we will never forget your name!". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.


  44. ^ "Young Colombian man commits suicide after relationship is uncovered by school". Glaad.org. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


  45. ^ "Man who lost gay pride lawsuit dead from apparent suicide". Nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.


  46. ^ "Kenneth Weishuhn, Gay Iowa Teen, Commits Suicide After Allegedly Receiving Death Threats". Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 March 2014.


  47. ^ Benshoff, Harry M. (1997). Monsters in the closet: homosexuality and the horror film. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-4472-3. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  48. ^ Neff, Lisa (2 March 2004). "A Portrait of Pain". The Advocate. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  49. ^ Williams, Alex (25 June 2010). "The Mysteries of Tobias Wong". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  50. ^ "性別人權協會：新聞". Gsrat.net. Retrieved 21 June 2018.













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