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Economic insecurity linked to LGBTQ+ youth mental health issues: Trevor Project report

Most research on economic factors has focused on adults, but the new report shows how they affect young people.

Club Q Announces Plans to Reopen, Honor the 5 People Killed

The club's management said it was working with several groups to rebuild.

In Search of a Safe Space, Club Q Shooting Survivors Look for Ways to Push Forward Without Fear

A shooter killed five people at a Colorado gay bar just before midnight on November 19, 2022. More than a dozen were injured. Here some share their thoughts on what's happened in the last year.

LGBTQ+ youth with firearms in their homes are more likely to consider suicide: report

As mass shootings weigh on LGBTQ+ young people, those who have a firearm in their home reported higher rates of considering and attempting suicide.

See Me: Derrick Cobb

One of the subjects of See Me: Picturing New York's Homeless Youth, Derrick Cobb, lets us watch as he slowly lets down the mask he has created to protect a shattered life.

'Eastsiders' Ends as a Love Letter to Long-Term Queer Couples

Kit Williamson reflects on the legacy of his Netflix series about queer couples on the east side of Los Angeles.

Black trans, nonbinary youth have higher suicide risk than cisgender queer peers (exclusive)

A new Trevor Project report details the challenges faced by Black LGBTQ+ young people and how they differ within this population.

Black LGBTQ+ youth need spaces that embrace them fully, researchers say

Two recent reports detail the challenges they face and provide a roadmap for services that acknowledge their intersecting identities.

Florida Board of Education OK's Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies, Sanitized View of Slavery

The board expanded restrictions on lessons about LGBTQ+ identity and called for teaching that slavery benefited some African Americans.

The Advocate ranked the 25 most important queer history moments of the century so far

From the good and the bad, from marriage equality, decriminalization of queer sex, and groundbreaking electoral victories to the Pulse massacre and the unfortunate election of Donald Trump to the presidency — twice — here are the biggest queer news events of the first quarter of the 21st century.