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Lesbian, gay and bisexual Australians are twice as likely to have a high or very high level of psychological distress as their heterosexual peers. Same-sex people have up to fourteen times higher rates of suicide attempts than heterosexual people and up to 50 per cent of transgender people have actually attempted suicide at least once in their lives. Across the LGBTI community the average age.