A survey about the local LGBT community shows that about 14 percent of LGBT people in Macau have contemplated suicide, Rainbow of Macau, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) which supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people, announced yesterday.
The survey also showed that 18.9 percent of the online survey’s gay respondents and 11.2 percent of its lesbian respondents said they had considered suicide.
LGBT is an acronym that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
Jason Chao Teng Hei, the co-founder of Rainbow of Macau, presents the findings of the group’s survey on the local LGBT community during a press conference at the Perfect Moment Café near Praça do Tap Seac yesterday. Photo: Kristy Chan
