The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) youth, released a new poll today that underscores the impacts of politics and current events on the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ young people. The poll was conducted by Morning Consult between September 14-November 5, 2021 among a national sample of 820 LGBTQ youth ages 13–24, including 318 transgender and nonbinary youth and 340 LGBTQ youth of color, 56% of whom are Black. The full polling data can be found here.
"These results underscore how recent politics and ongoing crises facing the globe can have a real, negative impact on LGBTQ young people, a group consistently found to be at significantly increased risk for depression, anxiety, and attempting suicide because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society," said Amit Paley, CEO & Executive Director of The Trevor Project. "It’s clear that lawmakers should be taking an intersectional approach to public policy, not working overtime to target the most marginalized young…

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