Hetrick-Martin Institute Brings in Big Names to Help Marginalized Queer Youth
The organization is holding a special fundraiser in the Hamptons on July 15.
July 10, 2023
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Study: Gay Youth of Color Lack Support, Resources
A new study shows that gay youth of color also face homelessness, and racial discrimination.
August 8, 2013
Meet the activist teaching LGBTQ+ youth of color the value of their art
Colby King seeks to teach young queer POC about the financial possibilities of their culture and art.
November 1, 2025
WATCH: Trans Youth of Color Talk Homelessness, HIV
With rates of LGBT youth homelessness and HIV on the upswing, and with trans youth of color particularly vulnerable, it's time to ignite a conversation.
August 13, 2014
LGBT Youth Theater Group Honored at White House
Boston-based True Colors: Out Youth Theater is the first LGBT organization to receive the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award.
November 15, 2016
LGBTQ+ youth of color predict shorter lives than their white peers: report
While the majority of LGBTQ+ youth expect to live to age 35, a new report from the Trevor Project reveals alarming similarities among those who don't.
January 17, 2024
Why a D.C. Gay Gang Took Matters Into Its Own Hands
A new documentary, Check It, questions if LGBT organizations are partly to blame for the rise in imperiled queer youth of color in Washington.
May 13, 2016
LOOK: This Billboard Makes 400K Aware of Transphobic Violence
BreakOUT!, an LGBT youth of color activist group in New Orleans, has put up a new billboard commuters can't ignore.
May 13, 2015
Cyndi Lauper hailed as a pioneering activist for queer people in a new documentary
The documentary Let the Canary Sing outlines Cyndi Lauper's rise to fame in the 1980s along with her early activism for LGBTQ+ people, reproductive freedom, and more.
May 11, 2024
The LGBTQ+ Mental Health Crisis, Explained
The Trevor Project's most recent national survey found an increased suicide risk for LGBTQ+ young people.
July 6, 2022
A Queer Black Educator on the Shortcomings of 'It Gets Better'
Award-winning author and professor Dr. Bettina Love explains the importance of intersectional theory regarding queer and racial identities.
February 15, 2019
Helping Queer Youth in the School-to-Prison Pipeline
LGBT youth make up only 6 percent of the general population but represent 15 percent of people currently in juvenile detention.
September 18, 2015
New Study Shows Upward Trend in Suicide Risk for 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.
May 6, 2022
Equalpride's community partnership program aims to amplify LGBTQ+ advocacy
Equalpride announces its pioneering Community Partnership Program, joining forces with SMYAL and The Theater Offensive to empower and celebrate the diverse voices and talents within the LGBTQ+ community.
February 20, 2024
Study: Disadvantages for LGBT Workers of Color Start in Childhood
A new report details the obstacles to good jobs and equal pay, with implications for both parents and children.
November 20, 2013
Democrats in Congress Introduce Transgender Day of Remembrance Resolution
"This resolution honors the lives of the trans people we have lost to senseless violence and stands as a symbol of their resilience," says U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
November 20, 2023
STUDY: What Factors Besides Sexuality Contribute to LGBT Suicide Rates?
A new study teases out certain striking complexities within the broad group of teens commonly 'lumped' into the same 'LGBT youth' category.
August 6, 2014
Study: Hormone Therapy Connected to Lower Suicide Risk in Trans Youth
The research was conducted by the Trevor Project and published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Adolescent Health.
December 14, 2021
Black Trans Homeless Youth Emanates Strength in Clip From 'Pier Kids'
The documentary about Black queer youth at the Christopher Street Pier plays at the Bentonville Film Festival next week.
August 6, 2020
This Is Our Plan to End Youth Homelessness
It's time to try something new to get young people off the streets, writes the president of a new organization devoted to eradicating the problem.
May 17, 2016
Devery Jacobs didn't have the 'option to be in the closet' — and she didn't want it
The Reservation Dogs and American Gods actor has a message for queer Indigenous youth.
July 2, 2024