85% of transgender and nonbinary youth say that recent debates around anti-trans bills have negatively impacted their mental health. January 14, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, condemned the South Dakota Senate State Affairs Committee for passing SB 46, which would restrict transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that correspond with their gender identity.  “Fairness should never mean exclusion. We can promote girls’ sports and transgender inclusion at the same time. Blanket bans that block transgender students…

85% of transgender and nonbinary youth say that recent debates around anti-trans bills have negatively impacted their mental health.  For LGBTQ youth, racism is the “most important” issue impacting the world; more than 65% also say issues like anti-LGBTQ hate crimes, police brutality, gun violence, climate change, and efforts to restrict abortion access often give them stress and anxiety. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 63% of LGBTQ youth, including 71% of transgender and nonbinary youth, feel scared about the future. January 10, 2022—The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer…

Research shows that transgender and nonbinary youth who experienced discrimination based on their gender identity had more than double the odds of attempting suicide in the past year compared to those who did not. WASHINGTON, DC — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, denounced Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s signing of HB391, a bill that will now ban transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that correspond with their gender identity.  “It is astonishing that politicians have fabricated this problem at…

TODAY The Trevor Project announced that its research team has published a new peer-reviewed article in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) — the first study to look at associations between undergoing conversion therapy and suicide outcomes among LGBTQ youth. Conversion therapy is the discredited and dangerous practice of attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Entitled, “Self-Reported Conversion Efforts and Suicidality Among US LGBTQ Youths and Young Adults, 2018,” the study is included in the AJPH’s July 2020 issue. Key Findings: LGBTQ youth who underwent conversion therapy were more than twice as likely to report…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY About The Trevor Project About this Work Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among young people (Hedegaard, Curtin, & Warner, 2018), with LGBTQ youth being 4 times more likely to seriously consider suicide, to make a plan for suicide, and to attempt suicide than their peers (Kann et al., 2018; Johns et al., 2019). Understanding the number of LGBTQ youth who seriously considered killing themselves each year will aid in prevention strategies, improve our ability to advocate for LGBTQ supportive policies, and advance future research endeavors. Findings Overall, more than 1.8 million LGBTQ youth between the…