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The Trevor Project Honored by the Elton John Impact Awards to Celebrate Pride Month

We are proud to announce that The Trevor Project has been selected as a beneficiary of the Elton John Impact Awards — a unique digital program created in collaboration with P&G, iHeartMedia, and The Looking Out Foundation. The Elton John Impact Awards (EJIA) celebrate and honor the icons, legends and trailblazers who have made a meaningful cultural impact on the LGBTQ+ community through their bodies of work, while providing critical support to a series of nonprofit organizations that support the LGBTQ+ community day in and day out. The Elton John Impact Awards were established to inspire a new generation of…
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Vision and Visibility When It Matters Most

CEO Jaymes Black Named to the Inaugural TIME Visionaries List June is always a sacred time for our community — a moment dedicated to honoring the history, resilience, and joy of LGBTQ+ people. But Pride Month is also a critical reminder of the ongoing work required to ensure every LGBTQ+ young person can grow up safe, affirmed, and loved. Each year we celebrate the progress we’ve made, as well as the mountainous work still ahead. It is against this backdrop of reflection that we share some news. Today, TIME announced its inaugural TIME Visionaries list, recognizing a select group of…
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Reflecting on the Anniversary of Stonewall

LGBTQ+ history is American history. Our community deserves a bright future in this country, too. By: Jaymes Black (they/she/he), CEO of The Trevor ProjectToday, we honor the 57th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, an infamous moment in American LGBTQ+ history. On June 28, 1969, police raided The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and our community – led by LGBTQ+ people of color and transgender women – fought back.  While this wasn’t the first time that LGBTQ+ people fought back against injustice (and it would be far from the last), this incident served as a catalyst for…
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LGBTQ+ Young People of Color: Breaking down the data.

What does the 2025 U.S. National Survey say about LGBTQ+ young people of color? The Trevor Project’s 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People analyzed the experiences of more than 16,000 LGBTQ+ young people ages 13 to 24 across the United States.1 Our findings show that, compared to White LGBTQ+ young people, those of all other race/ethnicities were more likely to attempt suicide in the past year. Nearly 1 in 5 (19%) Black/African American and Middle Eastern/Northern African LGBTQ+ young people attempted suicide in the past year. What does suicide risk for LGBTQ+ young people…
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How has the 2026 state legislative session impacted LGBTQ+ youth?

As Pride Month comes to a close, the majority of state legislatures are adjourning for their summer recess. With the closing of legislative sessions comes a wave of newly enacted laws impacting the way LGBTQ+ young people navigate their daily life. Some of these laws positively impact LGBTQ+ young people, making their communities safer and more welcoming, while others have been enacted to undermine the needs of LGBTQ+ young people and create barriers for transgender and nonbinary young people to access essential services and gendered spaces.  Many states’ discriminatory efforts mirror the federal government’s continued attacks on LGBTQ+ youth, as…