Advocacy

The Trevor Project Condemns AR State Legislature for Banning Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

WASHINGTON, DC — April 6, 2021 — 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 Arkansas state legislature for overriding Governor Asa Hutchinson’s veto to pass HB 1570, which will criminalize the provision of best-practice, gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary youth in Arkansas.
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Research

The Trevor Project Applauds the Education Dept. for Protecting Trans Students Under Title IX

This guidance signifies further implementation of President Biden’s day one executive order to combat LGBTQ-based discrimination. WASHINGTON, DC — The Trevor Project today applauded Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s announcement that the Department of Education would “double down” on affirming transgender and nonbinary students’ rights under Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in public schools. A peer-reviewed study by researchers at The Trevor Project found that transgender and nonbinary youth who reported experiencing discrimination based on their gender identity had more than double the odds of attempting suicide in the past year compared…
Programs

The Trevor Project Honored as a 2021 Classy Award Winner

We are thrilled that The Trevor Project has been honored as a 2021 Classy Award Winner in the Social Innovation category! Hosted by Classy, a giving experience platform that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about, the Classy Awards honor today’s most innovative nonprofit organizations and social enterprises. Now in its 8th year, the Classy Awards is one of the largest social impact awards in the country, celebrating the world-changing work of the social sector.  Of the 1,400 organizations that participated this year, we’re proud to share that The Trevor Project has been recognized for our…