Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies Have a Direct Impact on Youth Mental Health. So Does Support.

Findings from a recent survey by the Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth, show transgender, gay and nonbinary teens have worse mental health than their peers—and school policies targeting them contribute to their mental health struggles.Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.The data comes from the Trevor Project's 2024 national survey on mental health, gathered from more than 28,500 LGBTQ+ young people in the United States. Now in its sixth year, the survey gives researchers a comprehensive look at the experiences of LGBTQ+ youth. One bright spot: there is strong evidence that supportive actions by the... [Read more...]