This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people who notably committed suicide for reasons related to their sexuality, usually involving discrimination therefore.
Name | Lifetime | Age | Nationality | L, G, B, T |
---|---|---|---|---|
Justin Aaberg | 1995 – 9 July 2010 | 15 | Andover, Minnesota, US | G[1] |
Leelah Alcorn | 15 November 1997 – 28 December 2014 | 17 | Kings Mills, Ohio, US | T[2] |
Taylor Alesana | 16 May 1998 – 2 April 2015 | 16 | Fallbrook, California, US | T[3] |
Lui Aquino Aquino | 1999 – 2015 | 16 | Poá, São Paulo, Brazil | G[4] |
Jadin Bell | 4 June 1997 – 3 February 2013 | 15 | La Grande, Oregon, US | G[5] |
Brenda Benet | 14 August 1945 – 7 April 1982 | 36 | Los Angeles, California, US | B[6] |
Blake Brockington | 15 May 1996 – 23 March 2015 | 18 | Charlotte, North Carolina, US | T[7] |
Eylül Cansın | 1992 – 5 January 2015 | 23–24 | Istanbul, Turkey | T[8] |
Wiktor | 2004 – 19 April 2019 | 14 | Warsaw, Poland | T[9] |
Dora Carrington | 29 March 1893 – 11 March 1932 | 38 | Ham, Wiltshire, England | L[10] |
Leslie Cheung | 12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003 | 46 | Hong Kong | B[11] |
Tyler Clementi | 19 December 1991 – 10 September 2010 | 18 | Piscataway, New Jersey, US | G[12] |
Hart Crane | 21 July 1899 – 27 April 1932 | 32 | New York, New York, US | G[13] |
Brad Davis | 6 November 1949 – 8 September 1991 | 41 | Los Angeles, California, US | B[14] |
Denice Denton | 27 August 1959 – 24 June 2006 | 46 | Santa Cruz, California, US | L[15] |
Thomas M. Disch | 2 February 1940 – 4 July 2008 | 68 | New York, New York, US | G[16] |
Justin Fashanu | 19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998 | 37 | Norfolk, England | G[17] |
Robert "Bobby" Wayne Griffith | 24 June 1963 – 27 August 1983 | 20 | Portland, Oregon, US | G[18] |
Ash Haffner | 28 December 1998 – 26 February 2015 | 16 | Charlotte, North Carolina, US | T[19][20] |
Sarah Hegazi | 1989 – 14 June 2020 | 30 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | L[21] |
Quentin Hubbard | 6 Jan
1954 – 12 November 1976 |
22 | United States | G[22][23] |
Jamie Hubley | 23 November 1995 – 14 October 2011 | 15 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | G[24] |
William Inge | 3 May 1913 – 10 June 1973 | 60 | New York, New York, US | G[25] |
Kim Ji-hoo | 5 April 1985 – 6 October 2008 | 23 | Seoul, South Korea | G[26] |
Adam Kizer | 3 November 1998 – 30 May 2015 | 16 | Sonoma, California, US | B[27][28] |
Zuzia Kobałka | 2008 – 28 September 2020 | 12 | Kozienice, Poland | L[29] |
Michał Koch | 20 June 1990 – 1 June 2020 | 29 | Malbork, Poland | G[30] |
Cameron Langrell | 2000 – 1 May 2015 | 15 | Racine, Wisconsin, US | T[31] |
Andrew Leach | 13 September 2005 – 6 March 2018 | 12 | DeSoto, Mississippi, US | B[32] |
Elizabeth Lowe | 10 September 2014 | 14 | Didsbury, Manchester, England | L[33] |
Billy Lucas | 1995 – September 2010 | 15 | Greensburg, Indiana, US | G[34] |
Zander Mahaffey | 7 March 1999 – 15 February 2015 | 15 | Austell, Georgia, United States | T[35] |
F. O. Matthiessen | 19 February 1902 – 1 April 1950 | 48 | Kittery, Maine, US | G[36] |
Milo Mazurkiewicz | 28 January 1995 – 6 May 2019 | 24 | Warsaw, Poland | T[37] |
Alexander McQueen | 17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010 | 40 | London, England | G[38] |
Markus Middleton | 14 June 1994 – 4 October 2017 | 23 | Albion, Indiana, US | G[39][40] |
Jamel Myles | 13 December 2008 – 23 August 2018 | 9 | Denver, Colorado, US | G[41] |
Kent North | 27 December 1971 – 4 July 2007 | 35 | London, England | G[42] |
Avinshu Patel | 1999/2000 – 2 July 2019 | 19 | Chennai, India | G[43] |
Arthur Pelham-Clinton | 23 June 1840 – 18 June 1870 | 29 | London, England | G or B[44] |
Mike Penner | 10 October 1957 – 27 November 2009 | 52 | Los Angeles, California, US | T[45] |
Kyler Prescott | 7 July 2000 – 18 May 2015 | 14 | San Diego, California, US | T[46] |
Jamey Rodmeyer | 21 March 1997 – 18 September 2011 | 14 | Buffalo, New York, US | B[47] |
Melonie Rose | 7 August 1995 – 11 February 2015 | 19 | Laurel, Maryland, US | T[48] |
Nigel Shelby | 1 February 2004 – 18 April 2019 | 15 | Huntsville, Alabama, US | G[49] |
Channing Smith | – 22 September 2019 | 16 | Coffee County, Tennessee, US | B[50] |
Bobby Steele | 1975 – 4 July 1994 | 19 | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | G[51] |
Dominik Szymański | 2000/2001 – 7 May 2015 | 14 | Masovian Voivodeship, Poland | G or B[52] |
Braxton Taylor | 13 August 1997 – 23 September 2016 | 19 | Kaysville, Utah, US | G[53][54] |
Alan Turing | 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954 | 41 | Cheshire, England | G[55] |
Tyrone Unsworth | 16 August 2003 – 22 November 2016 | 13 | Brisbane, Australia | G[56] |
Sergio Urrego | 25 November 1997 – 4 August 2014 | 16 | Bogota, Colombia | G[57] |
Carlos Vigil | – 16 July 2013 | 17 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, US | G[58] |
Seth Walsh | – 27 September 2010 | 13 | Tehachapi, California, US | G[59] |
William Walters | 1981 – December 2016 | 35 | Hillcrest, San Diego, California, US | G[60] |
Kenneth Weishuhn | 27 May 1997 – 15 April 2012 | 14 | Paullina, Iowa, US | G[61] |
James Whale | 22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957 | 67 | Hollywood, California, US | G[62] |
Jim Wheeler | 1978–1997 | 19 | Lebanon, Pennsylvania, US | G[63] |
Tobi Wong | 10 June 1974 – 30 May 2010 | 35 | New York, New York, US | G[64] |
Ya-Hui Yang | 16 October 1963 – 21 May 2008 | 45 | Taiwan | B[65] |
Kacperek Zasada | 2002 – 7 September 2017 | 15 | Gorczyn, Poland | G[66] |
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