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Findings from the RaRE Study for the HEAR Network Conference
Presented by Josetta Malcolm Head of Client Services
The RaRE StudyWhat is it?• It’s a research project funded by the Big Lottery; it started in
2010 and will be finishing in December 2015
What’s it about?• It’s trying to understand why LGB&T people suffer from more
mental health problems than heterosexual & cisgender people
Who is running it?• Led by PACE – Nuno Nodin Research Co-ordinator, in
partnership with three universities: Ian Rivers, Brunel University; Allan Tyler, London South Bank University and Elizabeth Peel, University of Worcester
Why are we doing it?Previous research indicates that compared to heterosexual people:
• LGB&T youth are more likely to attempt suicide • Lesbian and bisexual women are more likely to have
drinking problems • Gay and bisexual men are more likely to have body
image problems
Breakdown of survey sampleBy sexual orientation and gender identity
Hetero (n=700) GL (n=949) Bisexuals (n=302)
Female 75.7% (530) 36.9% (350) 60.6% (183)
Male 23.4% (164) 61.4% (583) 34.4% (104)
Other 0.9% (6) 1.7% (16) 5.0% (15)
Cis (n=1958) Trans* (n=120)Female 55.7% (1090) 30.0% (36)Male 43.4% (850) 25.0% (30)Other 0.9% (18) 45.0% (54)
Inclusion criteria: Age >17; living in England
Disability status
HETERO (n=700) GL (n=949) BISEXUALS (n=302)
YES 10.0% (70) 16.1% (153) 23.8% (72)
NO 90.0% (630) 83.9% (796) 76.2% (230)
Do you consider yourself to be disabled?
CIS (n=1958) TRANS (n=120)
YES 14.8% (1669) 33.3% (40)
NO 85.2% (289) 66.7% (80)
Comparative resultsSuicide and self-harm LGB vs hetero (ages ≤26)Indicator/SO Hetero (n=196) LGB* (n=289)
Suicide attempt at least once 17.9 % (35) 33.9 % (98)
Suicide thought at least once 48.0 % (94) 69.9 % (202)
Suicide thought last year 20.4 % (40) 34.6 % (100)
Self-harm done at least once 38.3 % (75) 57.1 % (165)
Self-harm done last year 17.9 % (35) 28.4 % (82)
Self-harm thought at least once 46.4 % (91) 73.0 % (211)
Self-harm thought last year 27.0 % (53) 41.9 % (121)
* Excludes participants identified as sexual Orientation “Other”All differences are statistically significant @ p≤.01
Comparative resultsSuicide and self-harm Cis vs Trans* (ages ≤26)
Indicator/SO Cis (n=458) Trans* (n=27)
Suicide attempt at least once 26.2 % (120) 48.1 % (13)
Suicide attempt last year 7.2 % (33) 29.8 % (8)
Suicide thought at least once 59.4% (272) 88.9 % (24)
Suicide thought last year 27.1 % (124) 59.3 % (16)
Self-harm done at least once 47.4 % (217) 85.2 % (23)
Self-harm done last year 22.1 % (101) 59.3 % (16)
Self-harm thought at least once 63.5 % (291) 92.6 % (25)
Self-harm thought last year 33.8 % (155) 70.4 % (19)
All differences are statistically significant @ p≤.01
Quote“It was difficult at school because people knew at school and I was like
the only person in the entire school that was kind of openly out and I
did get a certain amount of crap for that, so that was hard. But I mean
it wasn't, I think when people found out that I had tried to kill myself,
people were like "Oh is it because you're finding it really difficult being
a lesbian or something" and I was like no, it's really not about that. The
difficulties were more to do with people's responses rather than me
internalising.”
(Esther, 32, “gender queer”; suicide attempt at age 17)
What do we want to achieve?• To reduce mental health differences in LGBT people
by influencing local and national policy and practice
• We want to work collaboratively with local and national organisations and authorities in changing LGB&T people’s mental health service provision
• Contact Nuno on:– [email protected]
Registration: https://rareconference.eventbrite.co.ukContact: [email protected]
