evidence: In the debate that preceded the vote on the amendment, Councilor Gavin Walker (Alliance Party), who seconded Muir’s motion, made the claim that "within the LGBT community … 25% have actually attempted to commit suicide". [...] Asked "Have you ever attempted suicide?", 25.7% responded that they "had at least one attempt at suicide". However, by disseminating the questionnaire through LGBT centres and online networks, versus a general population survey, the results are possibly biased. [...] In 2017, the Youth Council for Northern Ireland published a research report on the mental health of LGBT persons, called "Still Shouting". Although their survey focused on young LGBT people, aged from 13 to 25, their results are in line with the Rainbow Project’s report: 25% of the 270 respondents reported having attempted suicide. There is no information available of suicide attempts in the past 12 months.