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]]> By: Christopher Banks /opinion/depression-and-gay-men/71080#comment-99399 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:04:15 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=71080#comment-99399 I’d have to respectfully disagree with you over the point that there’s “no research evidence showing gay men suffer depression any more than members of the general community” – there is in fact now four decades worth of accumulated evidence showing that GLBT people are at greater risk of depression, mental illness and suicide.

This extensive lit review was published in the Journal of Homosexuality back in 2010:

We need to be doing more as a community to look out for each other, as well as recognising the symptoms in ourselves.

I’ve written more about this here:

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