The bill contains robust funding for mental health and crisis care, including $7.2 million to implement specialized services for LGBTQ youth in connection with the upcoming activation of 988 in July. March 15, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, applauded the passage of the FY22 omnibus appropriations bill, which was signed into law by President Biden today. The $1.5 trillion federal spending package included robust funding for suicide prevention and mental health resources, including language that would allocate $7.2 million to…

New research shows the U.S. spends an estimated $9.23 billion annually on conversion therapy and its associated harms March 14, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, condemned the consideration of HB 1077 by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. If passed, this bill would make New Hampshire the first state to repeal a law that protects LGBTQ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy. Casey Pick (she/her), Senior Fellow, and Troy Stevenson (he/him), Senior Campaign Manager, for The…

Trans youth and families across Texas have been reaching out to the organization’s crisis services expressing fear and anxiety. March 11, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, released the following statement on today’s meeting of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). During the meeting, members of the public, including Sam Ames (they/them pronouns), Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs at The Trevor Project, testified in opposition to DFPS’ enforcement of the governor’s unlawful directive to investigate parents and…

Earlier today, dozens of trans youth, families, and LGBTQ organizations and activists testified before DFPS in opposition to the ‘child abuse’ investigations. March 11, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, released the following statement today in response to the District Court of Travis County’s issuing a statewide injunction banning the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating families who support their transgender and nonbinary children with gender-affirming medical care. Earlier today, Sam Ames (they/them pronouns), Director of Advocacy…

For The First Time, The Leading LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention Organization Will Offer Its Crisis Services Beyond The U.S., With Plans to Serve LGBTQ Youth Across Several Countries In The Future The Trevor Project Also Today Announces A New Global Estimate That Over 40 Million LGBTQ Young People Seriously Consider Suicide Each Year Around The World March 9, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, today announced plans to launch its digital crisis services – including TrevorChat and TrevorText – in Mexico…

LGBTQ youth who learned about LGBTQ issues or people in classes at school had 23% lower odds of reporting a suicide attempt in the past year. March 8, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, condemned the passage of HB 1557, also known as the “Don't Say Gay” bill, by the Florida Senate. This bill would ban classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, erasing LGBTQ identity, history, and culture — as well as LGBTQ students themselves. The bill…

This is the first known study to apply a comprehensive model to assess the socioeconomic impacts of conversion therapy. March 7, 2022 — Research scientists at The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ young people, in partnership with health economists at Cytel, ​​a multinational research organization, published a new peer-reviewed study today in JAMA Pediatrics that found the practice of conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth, and its associated harms, cost the United States an estimated $9.23 billion annually. The full article, “Humanistic and Economic Burden of Conversion Therapy on LGBTQ Youth in the…

The bill would prohibit doctors from prescribing best-practice, gender-affirming medical care to transgender and nonbinary youth. March 4, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, condemned the passage of HB 675 by the Idaho House State Affairs Committee, which would make the provision of best-practice, gender-affirming care to transgender and nonbinary youth a felony. “Amid a wave of dangerous bills targeting transgender youth, this bill is among the most dangerous – forcing doctors to choose between providing best-practice care to their patients…

Trans youth and families across Texas have already begun reaching out to the organization’s crisis services amid unlawful investigations. March 2, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, released the following statement today in response to the District Court of Travis County’s issuing of a temporary restraining order preventing Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from enforcing the governor's unlawful directive to investigate families who support their transgender and nonbinary children with gender-affirming medical care. While the court’s order applies specifically…

85% of transgender and nonbinary youth say that recent debates around anti-trans bills have negatively impacted their mental health. March 3, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, condemned the signage of a law by the governor of Iowa that will ban transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identity. This bill marks the second anti-trans bill enacted in 2022, and the 11th state to pass an anti-trans sports ban. “A blanket ban on transgender…