TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Anti-transgender rights legislation and internet searches pertaining to depression and suicide
JO  - PLoS one
A1  - Cunningham, George B.
A1  - Watanabe, Nicholas M.
A1  - Buzuvis, Erin
SP  - e0279420
EP  - e0279420
VL  - 17
IS  - 12
N2  - 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. <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-6203
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279420
ID  - ref1
ER  -