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** 🤩 Words from a TrevorText user
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“There are plenty of moments when I’ve needed to send a message to your text line. But every time I’ve come out of those lows much more confident and comfortable with myself. Thank you.”

—Amanda


** 📊 American Indian/Alaskan Native Youth Suicide Risk
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We released new research during Native American Heritage Month that examines suicide risk among American Indian/Alaskan Native Youth. We found that American Indian/Alaskan Native LGBTQ youth were 2.5 times more likely to report a suicide attempt in the past year compared to their LGBTQ peers. We also found that family support and LGBTQ-affirming schools reduced suicide risk by nearly 60% among American Indian/Alaskan Native LGBTQ youth.

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** 🖥 Using AI to help LGBTQ youth and train our counselors
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Our technology team spoke to VentureBeat about using a natural language processing model to assess a young person’s clinical suicide risk level before connecting youth to a counselor.

“Given The Trevor Project’s vulnerable clientele, it was gravely important for the organization to ensure fairness in its AI. ‘In many instances, that includes the reduction of systemic racial and gender bias, and for organizations like The Trevor Project, it also means saving more lives than we ever thought possible.’”

—Kendra Gaunt (she/they), Data & AI Product Owner

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** ⚖️ Otto v. City of Boca Raton decision ignores extensive conversion therapy research
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit incorrectly decided in the case of Otto v. City of Boca Raton that bans on LGBTQ conversion therapy violate the First Amendment, while disregarding the real and present danger that these practices have on LGBTQ youth.

“Conversion therapy is fraud. No matter how hard you try, you cannot change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This so-called therapy has only ever proven to produce negative mental health outcomes and increase the risk of suicide.”

—Amit Paley, CEO & Executive Director, The Trevor Project

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** 💟 Transgender Awareness Week
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Last week, we worked with Refinery29 to commemorate Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance. Together, we highlighted the resilience of our transgender and nonbinary team members. We know that support systems and affirming gender identity among transgender and nonbinary youth is consistently associated with lower rates of suicide attempts.

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** 🎬 50 new volunteer counselors powered by Amazon Studios
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To commemorate the release of its new film "Uncle Frank," Amazon Studios donated to help us train 50 new volunteer crisis counselors. Just in their first year, the volunteers will devote more than 3,500 hours to supporting thousands of LGBTQ young people in crisis.

Out Nov. 25, "Uncle Frank” is a heartwarming 1970s-era film that explores the gay life of its lead character, Uncle Frank (played by Paul Bettany), from the perspective of his family (Margo Martindale, Judy Greer, Sophia Lillis, and Steve Zahn).

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