Behind the facts & figures are young LGBTQ lives we can help save
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Friend of Trevor:
Everyone on The Trevor Project’s research team loves data, but not for the reason you may think. By using our findings to show why, for example, LGBTQ young people are more than 4X more likely than their straight and cisgender peers to attempt suicide, we know we can make the world safer and more affirming for them.
Thanks!
MNP
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Myeshia N. Price, Ph.D. she/they
Director of Research Science
The Trevor Project
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From: JB Stark, The Trevor Project <[email protected]>
Date: Mon., April 10, 2023
Subject: Accepting adults save young LGBTQ lives …
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Hi
Friend of Trevor,
A lot of The Trevor Project’s research shines a light on the toll that anti-LGBTQ stigma and discrimination takes on LGBTQ young people. In the past year, we found that:
45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered suicide
36% of LGBTQ youth reported that they have been physically threatened or harmed due to either their sexual orientation or gender identity
20% of transgender and nonbinary youth attempted suicide
But our findings also show that affirming spaces and supportive parents and caregivers can improve an LGBTQ young person’s mental health and well-being — and save lives. Help Trevor use our research to advocate for a world in which LGBTQ young people can envision a bright future for themselves. Please make your best gift today.
We know acceptance from at least one adult can decrease the risk of an LGBTQ young person attempting suicide by 40%. Take Lyndon for example, whose family disowned him when he came out as trans. Lyndon shared what it meant when Danny, a pastor, and his family welcomed him into their home and their hearts:
Every Trevor research report includes this note: LGBTQ young people are not inherently prone to suicide risk because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. It’s the mistreatment and stigmatization they experience that increases the risk. So, we’re working toward the day when this is true: what causes a young person’s mental health challenges has nothing to do with their LGBTQ identities.
JB Stark they/them
Vice President of Philanthropy
The Trevor Project
Support Trevor’s mission to make LGBTQ young people in crisis feel loved and accepted for who they are. Your gift will help provide free, confidential suicide prevention and crisis intervention services via phone, text, and chat — 24/7/365.
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