Anyone interested in learning more about non-suicidal self-injury (referred to here as “self- injury”) and how it presents within the LGBTQ community. Self-injury has been shown to be a relatively common coping skill for LGBTQ individuals, particularly LGBTQ adolescents. The following information brief will expand upon the relationship between LGBTQ identit(ies) and self-injurious behaviors and help to explain why a relationship exists in the first place.
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