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Creating LGBTQ+-Affirming Schools: Practical Ways Educators Can Support LGBTQ+ Youth

Download the Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health in Schools guide here. For LGBTQ+ young people, feeling supported at school can make a meaningful difference in their mental health and well-being. According to The Trevor Project’s 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People, school is the second-most-affirming space identified by LGBTQ+ young people, with 57% describing it as a place where they experience affirmation. And that support matters: LGBTQ+ young people who reported having access to LGBTQ+ supportive spaces at school reported lower rates of suicide attempts than those without access to those spaces. Creating an…
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Welcoming Spaces Spotlight: Sam Leicht 

The Trevor Project interviewed Sam Leicht, the visionary founder behind Pridefit. Launched in 2020, Pridefit has rapidly grown into the world’s largest LGBTQ+ fitness community, offering the on-demand Pridefit App and the live, interactive Pridefit LIVE Zoom classes. Pridefit intentionally shifts the focus toward a supportive, sustainable journey and prioritizes safety, expert coaching, and a welcoming community.  Leicht is redefining what it means to move our bodies with joy and confidence. He opens up about his own challenging experiences in athletics, passes on a powerful anecdote from his mother, and shares an inspiring message for LGBTQ+ young people who might…
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Ways Young Folks Can Celebrate Pride Month

Whether you live somewhere that goes all out with a parade or you aren’t able to go to Pride in person, there are many different ways to celebrate Pride Month. In fact, you don’t even have to be out or 100% certain how you identify to celebrate! Pride can be a protest, a big party, a small get-together, or just finding a quiet moment to reflect throughout the month. At the end of the day, Pride Month is a catalyst to  empowering yourself, showing strength in community, spending time with the people you love, and honoring those folks who have…
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Remembering Summer: A Journey of Love, Advocacy, and Hope

“Summer lived more of a life in 17 years than most live in 100.” -Summer’s Classmate Summer Devi Mehta was a person of immense "light," a young woman whose presence was felt most vibrantly in the spaces where she could truly be herself. Whether she was acting in a theater production or serving as a Dungeon Master for a marathon family D&D session, Summer had a unique gift for delighting those around her. Summer’s father, Nick Mehta, remembers her as the child who would always find a way to make others laugh when they were sad, weaving a sense of…
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How Queer Young People Are Finding Community Both In Person and Online

Community has the power to save and change lives. In fact, LGBTQ+ young people who reported living in very accepting communities attempted suicide at less than half the rate of those who did not. But finding your people can be easier said than done. If you’re wondering where to find a supportive group of young LGBTQ+ people like you, the answer is that they might be closer than you think. From online communities dedicated to connecting young queer people — like TrevorSpace — to social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram, more and more LGBTQ+ young people are finding each…
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Suicide Prevention Isn’t Just About Answering Calls — It’s About Creating Safe Online Community

The first time I called a suicide hotline, I was laying on the floor of my childhood bedroom. Covered in rug burn and surrounded by empty food containers, I had nowhere else to turn. But this wasn’t an isolated moment of pain. By the time I called the hotline, the harm had been compounding for months.  Suicide prevention begins upstream — before the call comes in; before the darkness feels all-encompassing. It begins where many people spend their daily lives: online. The truth is, we cannot crisis-line our way out of an internet that is often actively harming the users…
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The Trevor Project Receives Historic $45 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott

A message from Jaymes Black (they/she/he pronouns), CEO of The Trevor Project The Trevor Project is honored to announce that philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has made a transformational $45 million gift, an investment to support the organization’s long-term sustainability and impact for LGBTQ+ young people. This extraordinary contribution — the single largest one-time donation in our 27-year history — comes at a pivotal moment for our organization and the LGBTQ+ young people we serve. Major gifts of this magnitude are backed by rigorous vetting and thoughtful approaches to philanthropy.  A $45 million investment in The Trevor Project reflects deep confidence in…
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Honoring Asher: A Family’s 25-Year Commitment to LGBTQ+ Youth

Lisa Kleinman and her family are generous supporters of The Trevor Project’s mission. Lisa experienced the tragic loss of her nephew, Asher, who would be turning 24 this year on August 12.  Following Asher’s passing, Lisa and her family made a 25-year commitment to honor Asher’s memory through their peer-to-peer campaign to help The Trevor Project support LGBTQ+ youth in crisis. Each year, the funds raised will support a different program: Crisis Intervention, Research, Public Education, Peer Support, and Advocacy & Government Affairs.  We spoke to Lisa about Asher’s life, her wonderful memories of him, her family’s commitment to The Trevor…