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Finding Support & Building Community After the 2024 Elections

A Guide for LGBTQ+ Young People Following the election, The Trevor Project has heard from many LGBTQ+ young people across the country via our crisis services, social media, and TrevorSpace. LGBTQ+ youth have expressed a wide range of emotions — including anxiety and stress to worry and sadness.   To help support LGBTQ+ young people process the outcome of the election, as well as find support and build community, we’re sharing a number of tips to consider and explore.  1. Take a moment for yourself It’s easy for any of us to get wrapped up in negative political commentary and feel…
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Close 2024 with 40 Meaningful Miles

Our community is a part of making the world a better and safer place for LGBTQ+ young people. Over the past year, you have walked tens of miles with your pet, shared community rides with your friends for Pride month, and contributed directly to our life-saving mission. We commit to being the supportive adults LGBTQ+ young people can turn to, 24/7 and invite you to end 2024 with the same commitment by joining our 40 Meaningful Miles Facebook Challenge! This virtual fundraising opportunity is meant to be a choose-your-own-adventure challenge! During this time, you’ll commit to 40 Meaningful Miles —…
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On Influencing, Mental Health, and Being LGBTQ+ with Jake Shane (Octopusslover8)

Jake Shane (Octopusslover8) is an influencer and comedian who went viral for his hilarious reenactments of historical events on TikTok. He was nominated for a Streamy Award in 2023 and included in TikTok’s inaugural LGBTQ+ Pride Visionary Voices List. Jake consistently posts about his mental health on social media, and has publicly shared with his followers about his anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. In January 2024, Jake launched his Therapuss podcast, a talk show that puts Jake in the proverbial therapist's chair. He recently interviewed with Charli XCX, Joe Jonas, Saweetie, Lizzy McAlpine, Glen Powell, and many more. The Trevor Project…
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Nonfiction  “American Teenager” Meets Trans Young People Where They Live

Nico Lang(they/them) is a journalist, editor, culture critic, and essayist. Lang is the founder of Queer News Daily and has previously worked as the deputy editor of Out magazine, an LGBTQ+ correspondent for VICE, the news editor at Them, and a contributing editor at Xtra magazine. Their work has been published in Rolling Stone, Esquire, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, and BuzzFeed News, among others. Lang was named the 2023 Online Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club Association and is the recipient of 10 awards from the National Association of LGBTQ+ Journalist, a GLAAD Award, and the…
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Commemorating Bi Awareness Week

By: Gabriella Potter (they/them), Crisis Services Digital Supervisor In my work as a Crisis Services Digital Supervisor at The Trevor Project, I hear from young bi people everyday about the challenges and fears they face because of the stigma around bisexuality. That’s why we created, “How To Support Bisexual Youth: Ways to Care for Young People Who Are Attracted to More Than One Gender.” We know how important it is to provide resources for those who want to support the bi young people in their lives, as well as affirm and uplift bisexuality as a valid identity for bi young…
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Love Your Labels: Affirming LGBTQ+ Youth Through Fashion

The Trevor Project caught up with Joshua Croke (they/them), the President and Co-Founder of Love Your Labels. The organization is based in central Massachusetts, and its mission is to support LGBTQ+ youth through art, fashion, and design, while working with families and communities to create inclusive and loving space everywhere. Love Your Labels’s upcoming event, Queer AF, takes place on September 6, 2024, in Massachusetts.  Tell us about Love Your Labels and how you positively impact the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people in MA.  Thanks to the research of The Trevor Project, Love Your Labels knows the impact of…

Harry’s Proudly Supports The Trevor Project

This year, we’ve partnered with Harry’s on an inspiring campaign that spotlights the protective factors that positively impact mental health in the LGBTQ+ community. Throughout the month of June, Harry’s will share stories written by individuals as letters to their younger selves that reflect on an experience related to their mental health. Supporting each narrative will be insights and resources that encourage people to take action in their community and their own mental health journeys. As part of supporting this campaign, Harry’s is donating $400,000 to The Trevor Project in 2024, bringing their total contributions to over $2.1 million. This…
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Styles of Pride: Express Yourself

Finding yourself is a multi-faceted journey, whether that means trying on a wig for the first time, seeing a queer-affirming movie, or picking out the pronoun pin that feels right. Adults who affirm that journey help LGBTQ+ young people feel free to be authentic without fear of rejection.  Watching young people use their style to explore themselves ultimately helps us realize that self-expression is just a way to show the world who we are on the inside.  Alongside our partners at Macy’s, who have supported The Trevor Project’s mission by raising over $6 million dollars to date, we invited five…
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Meet Alexis

“The change I'm just hoping to see in the world is equality and equity… I think that we should all show for the trans community in allyship and honor each other because we're better in community, and anything against us is against all of us.” - Alexis (she/her), Deputy Director for The Queer Trans Project Alexis was fortunate to have a mom who would always have open and affirming conversations about her sexuality. This openness taught her what allyship looked like. So when Alexis met a girl she couldn’t stop thinking about, she felt safe knowing that her family was…
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Abercrombie & Fitch Proudly Supports The Trevor Project

This year, we are proud to celebrate our fourteenth year of partnership with our friends at Abercrombie & Fitch, a brand that has made a point of celebrating Pride and honoring the LGBTQ+ community all year long. Abercrombie’s 2024 gender-inclusive Pride Collection was designed to celebrate the joy and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community. Available all year long, A&F’s 2024 Pride Collection is yet another example of how Abercrombie invites their customers to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community 24/7, 365. Including this year’s donation, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has partnered with their customers to raise more than $5 million for The…