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Statement from Kasey Suffredini (he/him), Senior Vice President of Prevention at The Trevor Project: “For most young people, marriage equality is a settled societal norm, something they’ve simply grown up with. However, as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. today, it’s important to remember that marriage equality didn’t happen by magic. It’s the product of decades of hard work and perseverance – organizing, educating, sharing our stories and showing people who we are. We’ve made tremendous progress as a community. And just as importantly, we will continue to make progress.  It’s no…

If signed by the governor, two bills would ban transgender and nonbinary youth from receiving best-practice medical care, and from participating in school sports May 10, 2023 — The Trevor Project, the world’s leading suicide prevention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, condemned the passage of two bills SB 39 and SB 49 by the Missouri state legislature. If signed into law by the governor, these bills would prohibit transgender and nonbinary young people from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identity, and ban doctors from providing best-practice medical care to…

New national survey found 2 in 3 LGBTQ young people said hearing about laws banning people from discussing LGBTQ people at school made their mental health ‘a lot worse.’ May, 3, 2023 — The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ young people, condemned the passage of HB 1069, an extension of Florida’s pre-existing “Don’t Say Gay/Trans” law, by the Florida Senate. If enacted, this bill would ban classroom instruction on LGBTQ topics in schools, effectively erasing LGBTQ history and culture from curriculums, and includes provisions to allow the misgendering of transgender and nonbinary students and school staff.…

An estimated 16% of LGBTQ+ young people in Pennsylvania reported being threatened with or subjected to conversion therapy in the past year May 2, 2024 — The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ+) young people, released the following statement in response to news that five Pennsylvania state boards adopted new policies related to conversion therapy:  Statement from Troy Stevenson (he/him), Director of State Advocacy Campaigns at The Trevor Project  “Today, we are pleased to share that Pennsylvania has joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia…