Why are transgender people more likely to commit suicide?

[Rev. Rye]

My guess is that it's damn hard to live in a body that feels foreign in some ways. It costs a lot of money to transition, and it's still not a "perfect" process. Families often disown trans members. It's hard to find a job when you don't necessarily "look" the gender you dress/identify as, etc. It's not an easy life on any level, whether you remain your birth gender or your transition. Given these hardships, I'm not at all surprised there is a high suicide rate among trans people. The better question is how do we fix it.

And puberty must be like a really fucked-up case of body horror. Imagine being a girl wanting to improve her bust and instead finding that, a penis is growing, and because puberty works that way for boys, you’re frequently pitching Tents at complete random with an organ you never wanted. Of course, this doesn’t apply if you transition later in life. Am I at least getting this accurate, Tara?