The Trevor Project – whose mission is to end suicide among LGBTQ young people – is engaged in five key programs: crisis services, peer support, research, public education, and advocacy. It has just released its fifth-annual National Survey on LGBTQ Mental Health. The survey captures the experiences of more than 28,000 youth ages 13 to 24 across the United States.

The following information is pulled directly from the report:

• 41% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year.
• Young people who are transgender, non-binary, and/or people of color reported higher rates than their peers.
• 56% of LGBTQ youth who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it.
• Transgender and nonbinary young people who reported that the people they live with respect their pronouns reported lower rates of attempting suicide.
• Fewer than 40% of LGBTQ young people found their home to be LGBTQ-affirming.
• Roughly half of transgender and nonbinary young people found their school to be gender-affirming, and those who did reported lower rates of attempting suicide.
• A majority of LGBTQ young people reported being verbally harrassed at school because people thought they were LGBTQ.
• 67% of LGBTQ young people reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety.
• 54% of LGBTQ young people reported experiencing symptoms of depression.
• 24% of LGBTQ young people reported that they have been physically threatened or harmed due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
• 27% of transgender and nonbinary young people reported that they have been physically threatened or harmed due to their gender identity.
• Nearly 1 in 3 LGBTQ young people said their mental health was poor almost or all the time due to anti-LGBTQ policies or legislation.
• Nearly 2 in 3 LGBTQ young people said that hearing about state or local laws banning people from discussing LGBTQ people at school made their mental health a lot worse.
• LGBTQ young people who had access to affirming homes, schools, community events, and online spaces reported lower rates of attempting suicide than those who did not.

You can read the 2023 National Survey on LGBTQ Mental Health in its entirety here.

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