Tw: Suicide, Nex. Folks are sharing hot takes about Nex’s death without truly understanding why people die by suicide. Dr. Joiner’s interpersonal theory of suicide explains how these anti-trans policies and the relentless bullying have resulted in Nex’s death.

Joiner’s theory argues that sucide risks become a reality when one perceives they are a burden and lacks connectedness- it's what these anti-trans policies aim to do: isolate trans, intersex, and queer kids. Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...