LGB+ community more than twice as likely to self-harm or take their own lives, new data shows

People who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or other non-heterosexual sexualities are over twice as likely to self-harm or take their own lives by suicide, new figures show.

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals a crisis of self-harm among the young LGB+ population, and a suicide rate which is highest among gay men.