List of suicides of LGBT people

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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people whose suicides were deemed sufficiently notable to be reported by the media.

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NameLifetimeAgeLocation L, G, B, T
Anannyah1993 – 20 July 202128 Kerala, India T [1]
Justin Aaberg1995 – 9 July 201015 Minnesota, US G [2]
Leelah Alcorn 15 November 1997 – 28 December 201417 Kings Mills, Ohio, US T [3]
Arsen2005 – 20 October 202217 Yerevan, Armenia G [4]
Dante Austin1992 – 9 June 201927 Philadelphia, US G [5]
Zenon Bartlett2000 – 6 September 201616 Winchester, England G [6]
Cody J. Barker1993 – 13 September 201017 Wisconsin, US G [7]
Jadin Bell 4 June 1997 – 3 February 201315 La Grande, Oregon, US G [8]
Nex Benedict 2008 – 8 February 202416 Oklahoma, US T [9]
Brenda Benet 14 August 1945 – 7 April 198236 Los Angeles, California, US B [10]
Alexander Betts Jr.1997 – July 201316 Des Moines, Iowa, US G [11]
Bhavesh1996 – 21 January 202125 Surat, India G [12]
Boyd1964 – 1 February 198925 Washington, D.C., US G [13]
Eric James Borges1993 – 13 January 201219 California, US G [14]
Tristan Bustos2000 – 5 January 202424 Indianapolis, US T [15]
Blake Brockington 15 May 1996 – 23 March 201518 Charlotte, North Carolina, US T [16]
Asher Brown1997 – 21 September 201013 Houston, US G [17]
David Buckel June 13, 1957 – April 14, 2018 60 Batavia, New York, US G [18]
Eylül Cansın 1992 – 5 January 201523–24 Istanbul, Turkey T [19]
Dora Carrington 29 March 1893 – 11 March 193238 Ham, Wiltshire, England L [20]
Fred Caruso1975 – 15 June 201641 Las Vegas, US G [21]
Raymond Chase1991 – 2 October 201019 Rhode Island, US G [22]
Alana Chen1995 – 9 December 201924 Colorado, US L [23]
Leslie Cheung 12 September 1956 – 1 April 200346 Hong Kong B [24]
Tyler Clementi 19 December 1991 – 10 September 201018 Piscataway, New Jersey, US G [25]
Simon Cremen6 June 2021 Grimsby, England G [26]
Stephen Crohn1947 – 24 August 201366 New York City, US G [27]
Andrew Cunanan 31 August 1969 – 23 July 199727 Miami Beach, Florida, US G [28]
Brad Davis 6 November 1949 – 8 September 199141 Los Angeles, California, US B [29]
Armanih Lewis-Daniel1997 – 17 March 202124 London, England T [30]
Michał Demski1990 – 26 June 202030 Warsaw, Poland G [31]
Denice Denton 27 August 1959 – 24 June 200646 Santa Cruz, California, US L [32]
Stockton Deussen1999 – 27 June 201617 Utah, US G [33]
Thomas M. Disch 2 February 1940 – 4 July 200868 New York, New York, US G [34]
Daphne Dorman1975 – 11 October 201944 San Francisco, US T [35]
Nova Dunn2009 – 17 May 202314 Manchester, New Hampshire, US T [36]
Simon Dunn 27 July 1987 – 21 January 202335 Sydney, Australia G [37]
Bryan Michael Egnew1971 – 10 September 201140 Utah, US G [38]
Bernardo Elbaz1984 – 10 November 201531 Brasília, Brazil G [39]
Jack Ellis1995 – March 201419 Weston-super-Mare, England G [40]
Mpho Falithenjwa2008 – 29 June 202214 Johannesburg, South Africa G [41]
Justin Fashanu 19 February 1961 – 2 May 199837 Norfolk, England G [42]
Harry Fisher1988 – 12 February 201628 Utah, US G [43]
Fouad2003 – 18 December 202017 Lille, France T [44]
Elias Fritchley2009 – 28 November 202112 Shelbyville, Tennessee, US G [45]
Wilson Gavin1999 – 12 January 202021 Brisbane, Australia G [46]
William Toby Green1997 – 12 December 202126 Cardiff, Wales G [47]
Robert "Bobby" Griffith 24 June 1963 – 27 August 198320 Portland, Oregon, US G [48]
Ren Hang 30 March 1987 – 24 February 201729 Changchun, China G or B [49]
Riley Hadley2007 – 16 October 201912 Exeter, England G [50]
Corei Hall2009 – 12 October 202314 London, England T [51]
Anjana Hareesh1999 – 12 May 202021 Kerala, India B [52]
Zach Harrington1991 – 10 October 201019 Norman, Oklahoma, US G [53]
Sarah Hegazi 1989 – 14 June 202030 Toronto, Ontario, Canada L [54]
Aaron Hernandez 6 November 1989 – 19 April 201727 Lancaster, Massachusetts, US G or B [55]
Jaheem Herrera1998 – 16 April 200911 Atlanta, US G [56]
Quentin Hubbard 6 Jan 1954 – 12 November 1976 22 US G [57] [58]
Jamie Hubley1996 – 14 October 201115 Ottawa, Canada G [59]
Rebwar Ibrahimi2002 – 8 February 202220 Marivan, Iran T [60]
William Inge 3 May 1913 – 10 June 197360 New York, New York, US G [61]
Roger Irons1987 – 2 August 200821 Cornwall, England G [62]
Joseph Jefferson1984 – 25 October 201026 New York, US G [63]
Jay Jones1995 – 11 May 201217 Minnesota, US G [64]
Onyx John2010 – 16 July 202313 Queensland, Australia T [65]
Felis Joy2006 – 11 April 202216 Chișinău, Moldova T [66]
Ayden Keenan-Olson1999 – 14 March 201314 Essex, England G [67]
Zachary Kirchner2006 – 20 April 202115 York County, Pennsylvania, US G [68]
Adam Kizer1999 – 26 May 201516 Sonoma Valley, US B [69]
Eden Knight c. 2000– 12 March 202323 Saudi Arabia T [70]
Lizzie Lowe2004 – 23 September 201814 Didsbury, England L [71]
Lucas Vermard-Claude2010 – 07 January 202313 Vosges, France G [72]
Billy Lucas1995 – 9 September 201015 Indiana, US G [73]
Lance Lundsten1993 – 19 January 201118 Minnesota, US G [74]
Zander Nicholas Mahaffey2000 – 15 February 201515 Austell, Georgia, US T [75]
Nazim Mahmood1980 – 30 July 201434 London, England G [76]
Michael Maynes1984 – 1 November 201430 Victoria (Australia), Australia G [77]
Mikayla Miller2005 – 18 April 202116 Massachusetts, US L [78]
Sherin Celin Mathew1996 – 17 May 202226 Kochi, India T [79]
Henry Stuart Matis2 March 1967 – 25 February 200032 Los Altos, California, US G [80]
F. O. Matthiessen 19 February 1902 – 1 April 195048 Kittery, Maine, US G [81]
Milo Mazurkiewicz 27 January 1995 – 6 May 201924 Warsaw, Poland T [82]
Alexander McQueen 17 March 1969 – 11 February 201040 London, England G [83]
Lucy Meadows 1981 – 19 March 201332 Accrington, England T [84]
Tiro Moalusi2007 – 16 August 202215 Gauteng, South Africa G [85]
Eric Mohat1990 – 29 March 200717 Ohio, US G [86]
Jamel Myles2009 – 21 August 20189 Denver, US G [87]
Praveen Nath4 May 2023 Kerala, India T [88]
Alfredo Ormando 15 December 1958 – 23 January 199839 Vatican City G [89]
Pranshu1997 – 21 November 202316 Ujjain, India T [90]
Josh Pacheco24 October 1995 – 27 November 201217 Michigan, US G [91]
Tommy Page 24 May 1967 – 3 March 201746 Glen Ridge, New Jersey, US G or B [92]
Phillip Parker1998 – 23 January 201214 Tennessee, US G [93]
Lincoln Parkin1994 – 6 April 201622 Utah, US G [94]
Avinshu Patel2000 – 2 July 201919 Mumbai, India G [95]
Aniket Patil1994 – 27 June 201925 Mumbai, India G [96]
Arthur Pelham-Clinton 23 June 1840 – 18 June 187029 London, England G or B [97]
Mike Penner 10 October 1957 – 27 November 200952 Los Angeles, California, US T [98]
Tristan Peterson2005 – 3 December 201712 New Jersey, US G [99]
Shailesh Raval1988 – 11 October 200921 Ahmedabad, India G [100]
Jack Reese1995 – 23 April 201217 Utah, US G [101]
Salvador Rios2009 – 15 August 202314 San Diego, US G [102]
Jamey Rodemeyer 21 March 1997 – 18 September 201114 Buffalo, New York, US B [103]
Jacob Rogers1993 – 7 December 201118 Tennessee, US G [73]
Roshan2003 – 19 March 201815 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia G [104]
Neelotpol Sarkar1991 – 12 February 201827 Bhopal, India G [105]
Isa Shahmarli1994 – 23 January 201420 Baku, Azerbaijan G [106]
Nigel Shelby2004 – 18 April 201915 Alabama, US G [107]
Hershel Siegel1998 – 5 May 202325 Atlanta, US G [108]
Channing Smith2003 – 23 September 201916 Tennessee, US B [109]
Michael Smith1994 – 7 July 201622 Atlanta, US G [110]
Mahesh Soni1987 – 2 October 201124 Mumbai, India G [111]
Alan Stafford1961 – 29 January 201958 Portsmouth, England G [112]
Jeff Thomas1988 – 8 March 202335 Miami, US G [113]
Tigran2005 – 20 October 202217 Yerevan, Armenia G [4]
Tonino1975 – 9 July 201540 Foggia, Italy G [114]
Alan Turing 23 June 1912 – 7 June 195441 Cheshire, England G [115]
Tyrone Unsworth 16 August 2003 – 22 November 201613 Brisbane, Australia G [116]
Cherry Valentine 30 November 1993 – 18 September 202228 Darlington, England T [117]
Ashok Valmik1989 – 11 October 200920 Ahmedabad, India G [100]
Carl Joseph Walker1998 – 14 April 200911 Springfield, Massachusetts, US G [118]
Seth Walsh1997 – 19 September 201013 California, US G [119]
Will X. Walters1981 – 29 December 201635 San Diego, US G [120]
Kevin Ward1978 – 25 January 202244 Hyattsville, Maryland, US G [121]
Cameron Warwick2003 – 4 September 201916 Fareham, England G [122]
Kenneth Weishuhn 27 May 1997 – 15 April 201214 Paullina, Iowa, US G [123]
James Whale 22 July 1889 – 29 May 195767 Hollywood, California, US G [124]
Jim Wheeler 1978–199719 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, US G [125]
Robert White1941 – 29 May 198544 Northern California, US G [126]
Kyaw Zin Win1993 – 27 June 201926 Yangon, Myanmar G [127]
Kim Ji-who1985– 7 October 200823 Seoul, South Korea G [128]
Carlos Vigil1996 – 19 July 201317 New Mexico, US G [129]
Tyree Williams31 October 2019 Camden, New Jersey, US G [130]
Tobi Wong 10 June 1974 – 30 May 201035 New York, New York, US G [131]
Gao Yan2003 – 10 September 202219 Shandong, China G [132]

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