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Following the announcement that the teenager’s death was suicide through the combined toxicity of two common medications, The Advocate spoke with experts about the risks of these drugs.
The Pride in Mental Health Act, introduced Thursday by U.S. Sens. Laphonza Butler and Tina Smith, comes at a time of crisis for LGBTQ+ young people..
President Joe Biden issued called attention to the teenager’s death and called for an end to bullying.
In the wake of the medical examiner's report, queer Oklahomans have called out the bullying Nex Benedict endured. “Even if it is a suicide, it’s still by bullying,” one person said.
The coroner’s report indicates that Benedict died from a toxic mix of diphenhydramine and fluoxetine.
GOP lawmakers in West Virginia are pushing to overturn an exception that allows transgender youth at risk of self-harm or suicide to receive gender-affirming care.
A new Trevor Project report details the challenges faced by Black LGBTQ+ young people and how they differ within this population.
The former first lady's advocacy a lifetime ago has proven her to be consequential in helping the marginalized.
The Alabama media outlet that outed Mayor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, a Baptist preacher who died by suicide afterward, has come under harsh criticism.
The suicide of an Alabama mayor and pastor shows the cruelty of being outed and raises the question if outing someone is ever appropriate even as retribution for hypocrites.
Amid an increasingly vitriolic anti-LGBTQ movement and internal challenges, we have been tested like never before. But nothing will stop our mission of ending suicide among LGBTQ youth, writes Gina Muñoz.
The ruling came too late for one of the plaintiffs, whose husband continued the battle when he died by suicide before the courts could rule in their favor.
But support in families and schools reduces this risk as does pride in one's identity, the Trevor Project's new report says.
The groups point to the issues that escalate mental health concerns for LGBTQ+ people, especially queer youth.
She said kids relentlessly teased her son because of his sexual orientation.
Camdyn Rider, 21, of Winter Haven, died after being shot several times.
The data from UCLA Law School’s Williams Institute study showed that more than 80 percent of trans adults have considered suicide.
Transgender people are at an alarmingly high risk of suicide in comparison to other groups, according to a first-of-its-kind study.
The contracted employees who are out of a job say they’re upset about the timing and the way the layoffs were announced.
The findings are part of a research brief by the Trevor Project.
