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An Actionable Anti-bullying Guide for LGBTQ+ Youth and Allies

Every day, LGBTQ+ young people face bullying at school, online, and even within their own friend groups and family units — often being told by adults to “ignore them” or “hold on, they’ll stop eventually.” But what if we stopped teaching queer youth how to endure bullying, and started teaching communities how to intervene and prevent bullying in the first place? Much of the conversation around bullying centers on teaching those who experience bullying how to survive it. This National Bullying Prevention Month, our anti-bullying guide explores what bullying looks like and how it affects LGBTQ+ youth; what it takes…
Mental Health

10 Ways to Be More Inclusive and Learn About Diversity Within Disability

For Disability Pride Month, The Trevor Project is proud to partner with Easterseals, one of the nation’s leading providers of life-changing disability and community services for over 100 years. Easterseals actively lobbied for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, which expanded protections to people with disabilities to prohibit discrimination in everyday activities like employment, transportation, education, and recreation.   Disability Pride Month started in 1990 following this landmark legislation and continues to celebrate the milestones toward equity within the disability community — it’s also a month that challenges the outdated and harmful idea that people with disabilities…