Measuring Youth Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
JUL. 28, 2021 — Despite the tremendous legal and social progress that the LGBTQ movement has achieved in recent decades, LGBTQ people continue to face discrimination, victimization, and disparities in mental health and suicide risk. To confront those disparities, quality data that accurately captures the identities and experiences of LGBTQ people is needed.
LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention in Schools
AUG. 19, 2021 — One way schools can support LGBTQ youth is by including positive content about LGBTQ people and issues in classroom curriculums.
New Data Further Highlights Suicide Risk Disparity Among Queer Youth
AUG. 31, 2021 — The unique challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have the potential to exacerbate the existing mental health problems made apparent by the YRBS data.
Suicidality Disparities by Sexual Identity Persist from Adolescence into Young Adulthood
AUG. 31, 2021 — Increased knowledge about populations at highest risk for suicide can assist prevention efforts aimed at ending suicide and enhancing well-being for those individuals.
School-Related Conversations Across The Trevor Project’s Crisis Services
SEP. 10, 2021 — The Trevor Project reflects on the LGBTQ youth who reached out to talk about the 2020-21 academic year.
LGBTQ Youth Sports Participation
SEP. 15, 2021 — Although nearly one in three LGBTQ young people reported participating in sports, a number of LGBTQ youth reported choosing not to participate in sports due to reasons related to discrimination or fear of LGBTQ-based discrimination.