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85% of transgender and nonbinary youth say that recent debates around anti-trans bills have negatively impacted their mental health. February 14, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, condemned the Iowa House Education Committee for passing HF 2309, which would restrict transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identity. “This bill is not about fairness in sports, nor has it even been. This is an effort to further isolate transgender youth in Iowa by lawmakers…

85% of transgender and nonbinary youth say that recent debates around anti-trans bills have negatively impacted their mental health. February 10, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, condemned the Kentucky Senate Education Committee for passing SB 83, which would restrict transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that match their gender identity. The bill will now move to the full Senate for consideration. “This bill has nothing to do with fairness in sports or transgender youth in Kentucky.…

85% of transgender and nonbinary youth say that recent debates around anti-trans bills have negatively impacted their mental health February 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, condemned the Georgia Senate Education and Youth Committee for passing SB 435, which would restrict transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that correspond with their gender identity. “Fairness and exclusion cannot coexist. There is nothing fair about powerful Georgia lawmakers’ working to exclude transgender students, who are already marginalized,” said…

The bill would prohibit doctors from prescribing best-practice, gender-affirming medical care to transgender and nonbinary youth February 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, condemned the Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee for passing SB 184, which would ban doctors from providing best-practice, gender-affirming care to transgender and nonbinary youth. The bill includes provisions that would criminalize providing this care and medical providers would face a Class C felony if passed. “A growing body of evidence, healthcare professionals, and every major medical and…

LGBTQ youth who underwent conversion therapy were more than twice as likely to report having attempted suicide in the past year February 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, condemned the Oklahoma House State Powers Committee for passing HB 2973, a bill that enshrines protections for the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy. “We are disheartened to see Oklahoma lawmakers open this legislative session by endorsing the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion ‘therapy’,” said Troy Stevenson (he/him pronouns), Senior…

The bill would effectively erase LGBTQ students and history by banning classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. February 8, 2022 — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, condemned the Florida Senate Education Committee for passing SB 1834, also known as the “Don't Say Gay” bill, which would ban classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, erasing LGBTQ identity, history, and culture — as well as LGBTQ students themselves. The bill also has provisions that appear to…