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The Trevor Project’s latest study highlights increased rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality among LGBTQ+ youth with disabilities, emphasizing the need for inclusive mental health support and affirming environments.
Those with a parent in the military report higher rates of mental health challenges, but family support makes a difference, says the Trevor Project.
Attending schools with anti-LGBTQ+ policies is associated with "poorer mental health and higher suicide risk" among LGBTQ+ youth.
This is likely due to the stress caused by discrimination, bullying, and lack of family support, researchers say.
Acceptance at school and home makes a big difference, says a new Trevor Project report.
The groups point to the issues that escalate mental health concerns for LGBTQ+ people, especially queer youth.
Anti-trans legislation is having a severe impact on the mental health of trans youth.
Their legislation would revive the crisis line the Trump administration shut down.
Three members of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus proposed the new bill.
Depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation rates have risen significantly among LGBTQ+ youth.
"The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and relentless political attacks during this time period cannot be understated," said Amit Paley, CEO and executive director of The Trevor Project.
Many are forced to shelter in place with unsupportive families.
But support in families and schools reduces this risk as does pride in one's identity, the Trevor Project's new report says.
Karine Jean-Pierre and others have called out Trump’s proposed cuts to LGBTQ+ suicide prevention services, which health experts and advocates alike say could devastate the 988 lifeline for queer youth.
The data from UCLA Law School’s Williams Institute study showed that more than 80 percent of trans adults have considered suicide.
"If our goal is to improve adolescent mental health for all youth, expanding access to sports makes sense,” says a study coauthor.
The Trevor Project has released a new research brief for Native American Heritage Month.
The CDC has released the "first nationally representative data on transgender and questioning students," and its findings are revealing.
The Trump administration rewrote the Prison Rape Elimination Act's guidelines to allow for housing of trans people based on "biological sex."
“While we strongly disagree with the many actions taken by the Trump Administration targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, we believe that suicide prevention should be a nonpartisan issue," the Democratic senators wrote.
