Anti-transgender rights legislation and internet searches pertaining to depression and suicide

被引:30
作者
Cunningham, George B. [1 ]
Watanabe, Nicholas M. [2 ]
Buzuvis, Erin [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Florida, Dept Sport Management, Lab Divers Sport, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[2] Univ South Carolina, Dept Sport & Entertainment Management, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[3] Western New England Univ, Sch Law, Springfield, MA USA
关键词
BISEXUAL POPULATIONS; GAY; HEALTH; RISK; PREJUDICE; POLICIES; STIGMA; STRESS;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0279420
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The purpose of this study was to examine whether anti-transgender rights legislation among state legislators is associated with increased suicide- and depression-related Internet searches. Employing a quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group design, we focused on bills that were introduced to state legislatures from July 2019 to July 2020. As our panel is constructed of 51 states/territories over a 52-week time frame, our final dataset is composed of 2,652 observations. Results showed that states' passing of anti-transgender rights bills were linked with suicide- and depression-related Internet searches. Second, introducing or debating the bills did not have an association with Internet searches. Third, the defeat of anti-transgender bills was linked with fewer depression-related searches. Finally, the LGBT context in the state affected the results: anti-transgender legislation had a particularly strong association with suicide-related Internet searches when the state had a high LGBT population density.
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