List of suicides of LGBTQ people
This is a list of LGBTQ people whose suicides were deemed sufficiently notable to be reported by the media.
| Name | Lifetime | Age | Location | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anannyah | 1993 – 20 July 2021 | 28 | Kerala, India | Trans woman |
| Justin Aaberg | 1995 – 9 July 2010 | 15 | Minnesota, US | Gay |
| Leelah Alcorn | 15 November 1997 – 28 December 2014 | 17 | Kings Mills, Ohio, US | Trans girl |
| Arsen | 2005 – 20 October 2022 | 17 | Yerevan, Armenia | Gay |
| Dante Austin | 1992 – 9 June 2019 | 27 | Philadelphia, US | Gay |
| Zenon Bartlett | 2000 – 6 September 2016 | 16 | Winchester, England | Gay |
| Cody J. Barker | 1993 – 13 September 2010 | 17 | Wisconsin, US | Gay |
| Jadin Bell | 4 June 1997 – 3 February 2013 | 15 | La Grande, Oregon, US | Gay |
| Nex Benedict | 2008 – 8 February 2024 | 16 | Oklahoma, US | Transmasculine |
| Alexander Betts Jr. | 1997 – July 2013 | 16 | Des Moines, Iowa, US | Gay |
| Bhavesh | 1996 – 21 January 2021 | 25 | Surat, India | Gay |
| Boyd | 1964 – 1 February 1989 | 25 | Washington, D.C., US | Gay |
| Eric James Borges | 1993 – 13 January 2012 | 19 | California, US | Gay |
| Blake Brockington | 15 May 1996 – 23 March 2015 | 18 | Charlotte, North Carolina, US | Trans man |
| Asher Brown | 1997 – 21 September 2010 | 13 | Houston, US | Gay |
| David Buckel | June 13, 1957 – April 14, 2018 | 60 | Batavia, New York, US | Gay |
| Loren Cameron | 13 March 1959 – 18 November 2022 | 63 | California, US | Trans man |
| Eylül Cansın | 1992 – 5 January 2015 | 23–24 | Istanbul, Turkey | Trans woman |
| Dora Carrington | 29 March 1893 – 11 March 1932 | 38 | Ham, Wiltshire, England | Bisexual or lesbian |
| Fred Caruso | 1975 – 15 June 2016 | 41 | Las Vegas, US | Gay |
| Raymond Chase | 1991 – 2 October 2010 | 19 | Rhode Island, US | Gay |
| Alana Chen | 1995 – 9 December 2019 | 24 | Colorado, US | Lesbian |
| Leslie Cheung | 12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003 | 46 | Hong Kong | Bisexual |
| Tyler Clementi | 19 December 1991 – 10 September 2010 | 18 | Piscataway, New Jersey, US | Gay |
| Simon Cremen | 6 June 2021 | Grimsby, England | Gay | |
| Stephen Crohn | 1947 – 24 August 2013 | 66 | New York City, US | Gay |
| Andrew Cunanan | 31 August 1969 – 23 July 1997 | 27 | Miami Beach, Florida, US | Gay |
| Brad Davis | 6 November 1949 – 8 September 1991 | 41 | Los Angeles, California, US | Bisexual |
| Armanih Lewis-Daniel | 1997 – 17 March 2021 | 24 | London, England | Trans woman |
| Michał Demski | 1990 – 26 June 2020 | 30 | Warsaw, Poland | Gay |
| Denice Denton | 27 August 1959 – 24 June 2006 | 46 | Santa Cruz, California, US | Lesbian |
| Stockton Deussen | 1999 – 27 June 2016 | 17 | Utah, US | Gay |
| Thomas M. Disch | 2 February 1940 – 4 July 2008 | 68 | New York, New York, US | Gay |
| Daphne Dorman | 1975 – 11 October 2019 | 44 | San Francisco, US | Trans woman |
| Nova Dunn | 2009 – 17 May 2023 | 14 | Manchester, New Hampshire, US | Transgender |
| Simon Dunn | 27 July 1987 – 21 January 2023 | 35 | Sydney, Australia | Gay |
| Bryan Michael Egnew | 1971 – 10 September 2011 | 40 | Utah, US | Gay |
| Bernardo Elbaz | 1984 – 10 November 2015 | 31 | Brasília, Brazil | Gay |
| Jack Ellis | 1995 – March 2014 | 19 | Weston-super-Mare, England | Gay |
| Mpho Falithenjwa | 2008 – 29 June 2022 | 14 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Gay |
| Justin Fashanu | 19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998 | 37 | Norfolk, England | Gay |
| Harry Fisher | 1988 – 12 February 2016 | 28 | Utah, US | Gay |
| Avril Mabchour | 2003 – 18 December 2020 | 17 | Lille, France | Transgender |
| Elias Fritchley | 2009 – 28 November 2021 | 12 | Shelbyville, Tennessee, US | Gay |
| Wilson Gavin | 1999 – 12 January 2020 | 21 | Brisbane, Australia | Gay |
| William Toby Green | 1997 – 12 December 2021 | 26 | Cardiff, Wales | Gay |
| Robert "Bobby" Griffith | 24 June 1963 – 27 August 1983 | 20 | Portland, Oregon, US | Gay |
| Ren Hang | 30 March 1987 – 24 February 2017 | 29 | Changchun, China | Gay or Bisexual |
| Riley Hadley | 2007 – 16 October 2019 | 12 | Exeter, England | Gay |
| Ash Haffner | 1998 – 26 February 2015 | 16 | Charlotte, North Carolina, US | Transgender |
| Corei Hall | 2009 – 12 October 2023 | 14 | London, England | Trans boy |
| Kenneth Halliwell | 1926 – 9 August 1967 | 41 | London, England | Gay |
| Anjana Hareesh | 1999 – 12 May 2020 | 21 | Kerala, India | Bisexual |
| Zach Harrington | 1991 – 10 October 2010 | 19 | Norman, Oklahoma, US | Gay |
| Sarah Hegazi | 1989 – 14 June 2020 | 30 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Lesbian |
| Jaheem Herrera | 1998 – 16 April 2009 | 11 | Atlanta, US | Gay |
| Quentin Hubbard | 6 Jan 1954 – 12 November 1976 | 22 | US | Gay |
| Jamie Hubley | 1996 – 14 October 2011 | 15 | Ottawa, Canada | Gay |
| Rebwar Ibrahimi | 2002 – 8 February 2022 | 20 | Marivan, Iran | Trans woman |
| William Inge | 3 May 1913 – 10 June 1973 | 60 | New York, New York, US | Gay |
| Roger Irons | 1987 – 2 August 2008 | 21 | Cornwall, England | Gay |
| Joseph Jefferson | 1984 – 25 October 2010 | 26 | New York, US | Gay |
| Jay Jones | 1995 – 11 May 2012 | 17 | Minnesota, US | Gay |
| Onyx John | 2010 – 16 July 2023 | 13 | Queensland, Australia | Trans boy |
| Felis Joy | 2006 – 11 April 2022 | 16 | Chișinău, Moldova | Trans girl |
| Ayden Keenan-Olson | 1999 – 14 March 2013 | 14 | Essex, England | Gay |
| Zachary Kirchner | 2006 – 20 April 2021 | 15 | York County, Pennsylvania, US | Gay |
| Adam Kizer | 1999 – 26 May 2015 | 16 | Sonoma Valley, US | Bisexual |
| Eden Knight | c. 2000– 12 March 2023 | 23 | Saudi Arabia | Trans woman |
| Lizzie Lowe | 2004 – 23 September 2018 | 14 | Didsbury, England | Lesbian |
| Lucas Vermard-Claude | 2010 – 07 January 2023 | 13 | Vosges, France | Gay |
| Billy Lucas | 1995 – 9 September 2010 | 15 | Indiana, US | Gay |
| Lance Lundsten | 1993 – 19 January 2011 | 18 | Minnesota, US | Gay |
| Zander Nicholas Mahaffey | 2000 – 15 February 2015 | 15 | Austell, Georgia, US | Trans boy |
| Nazim Mahmood | 1980 – 30 July 2014 | 34 | London, England | Gay |
| Michael Maynes | 1984 – 1 November 2014 | 30 | Victoria (Australia), Australia | Gay |
| Mikayla Miller | 2005 – 18 April 2021 | 16 | Massachusetts, US | Lesbian |
| Sherin Celin Mathew | 1996 – 17 May 2022 | 26 | Kochi, India | Trans woman |
| Henry Stuart Matis | 2 March 1967 – 25 February 2000 | 32 | Los Altos, California, US | Gay |
| F. O. Matthiessen | 19 February 1902 – 1 April 1950 | 48 | Kittery, Maine, US | Gay |
| Milo Mazurkiewicz | 27 January 1995 – 6 May 2019 | 24 | Warsaw, Poland | Non-binary |
| Alexander McQueen | 17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010 | 40 | London, England | Gay |
| Lucy Meadows | 1981 – 19 March 2013 | 32 | Accrington, England | Trans woman |
| Tiro Moalusi | 2007 – 16 August 2022 | 15 | Gauteng, South Africa | Gay |
| Eric Mohat | 1990 – 29 March 2007 | 17 | Ohio, US | Gay |
| Jamel Myles | 2009 – 21 August 2018 | 9 | Denver, US | Gay |
| Praveen Nath | 4 May 2023 | Kerala, India | Trans man | |
| Alfredo Ormando | 15 December 1958 – 23 January 1998 | 39 | Vatican City | Gay |
| Pranshu | 1997 – 21 November 2023 | 16 | Ujjain, India | Queer |
| Josh Pacheco | 24 October 1995 – 27 November 2012 | 17 | Michigan, US | Gay |
| Tommy Page | 24 May 1967 – 3 March 2017 | 46 | Glen Ridge, New Jersey, US | Gay or Bisexual |
| Phillip Parker | 1998 – 23 January 2012 | 14 | Tennessee, US | Gay |
| Lincoln Parkin | 1994 – 6 April 2016 | 22 | Utah, US | Gay |
| Avinshu Patel | 2000 – 2 July 2019 | 19 | Mumbai, India | Gay |
| Aniket Patil | 1994 – 27 June 2019 | 25 | Mumbai, India | Gay |
| Arthur Pelham-Clinton | 23 June 1840 – 18 June 1870 | 29 | London, England | Gay or Bisexual |
| Mike Penner | 10 October 1957 – 27 November 2009 | 52 | Los Angeles, California, US | Transsexual |
| Tristan Peterson | 2005 – 3 December 2017 | 12 | New Jersey, US | Gay |
| Shailesh Raval | 1988 – 11 October 2009 | 21 | Ahmedabad, India | Gay |
| Jack Reese | 1995 – 23 April 2012 | 17 | Utah, US | Gay |
| Salvador Rios | 2009 – 15 August 2023 | 14 | San Diego, US | Gay |
| Jamey Rodemeyer | 21 March 1997 – 18 September 2011 | 14 | Buffalo, New York, US | Bisexual |
| Jacob Rogers | 1993 – 7 December 2011 | 18 | Tennessee, US | Gay |
| Roshan | 2003 – 19 March 2018 | 15 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Gay |
| Neelotpol Sarkar | 1991 – 12 February 2018 | 27 | Bhopal, India | Gay |
| İsa Şahmarlı | ca. 1993 – 22 January 2014 | 20 | Baku, Azerbaijan | Gay |
| Nigel Shelby | 2004 – 18 April 2019 | 15 | Alabama, US | Gay |
| Hershel Siegel | 1998 – 5 May 2023 | 25 | Atlanta, US | Gay |
| Channing Smith | 2003 – 23 September 2019 | 16 | Tennessee, US | Bisexual |
| Michael Smith | 1994 – 7 July 2016 | 22 | Atlanta, US | Gay |
| Mahesh Soni | 1987 – 2 October 2011 | 24 | Mumbai, India | Gay |
| Alan Stafford | 1961 – 29 January 2019 | 58 | Portsmouth, England | Gay |
| Jeff Thomas | 1988 – 8 March 2023 | 35 | Miami, US | Gay |
| Tigran | 2005 – 20 October 2022 | 17 | Yerevan, Armenia | Gay |
| Tonino | 1975 – 9 July 2015 | 40 | Foggia, Italy | Gay |
| Alan Turing | 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954 | 41 | Cheshire, England | Gay |
| Tyrone Unsworth | 16 August 2003 – 22 November 2016 | 13 | Brisbane, Australia | Gay |
| Cherry Valentine | 30 November 1993 – 18 September 2022 | 28 | Darlington, England | Genderfluid |
| Ashok Valmik | 1989 – 11 October 2009 | 20 | Ahmedabad, India | Gay |
| Carl Joseph Walker | 1998 – 14 April 2009 | 11 | Springfield, Massachusetts, US | Gay |
| Seth Walsh | 1997 – 19 September 2010 | 13 | California, US | Gay |
| Will X. Walters | 1981 – 29 December 2016 | 35 | San Diego, US | Gay |
| Kevin Ward | 1978 – 25 January 2022 | 44 | Hyattsville, Maryland, US | Gay |
| Cameron Warwick | 2003 – 4 September 2019 | 16 | Fareham, England | Gay |
| Kenneth Weishuhn | 27 May 1997 – 15 April 2012 | 14 | Paullina, Iowa, US | Gay |
| James Whale | 22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957 | 67 | Hollywood, California, US | Gay |
| Jim Wheeler | 1978–1997 | 19 | Lebanon, Pennsylvania, US | Gay |
| Robert White | 1941 – 29 May 1985 | 44 | Northern California, US | Gay |
| Kyaw Zin Win | 1993 – 27 June 2019 | 26 | Yangon, Myanmar | Gay |
| Kim Ji-who | 1985– 7 October 2008 | 23 | Seoul, South Korea | Gay |
| Carlos Vigil | 1996 – 19 July 2013 | 17 | New Mexico, US | Gay |
| Tyree Williams | 31 October 2019 | Camden, New Jersey, US | Gay | |
| Tobi Wong | 10 June 1974 – 30 May 2010 | 35 | New York, New York, US | Gay |
| Gao Yan | 2003 – 10 September 2022 | 19 | Shandong, China | Gay |