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Research shows that transgender and nonbinary youth who experienced discrimination based on their gender identity had more than double the odds of attempting suicide in the past year compared to those who did not. WASHINGTON, DC — The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, denounced Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s signing of HB391, a bill that will now ban transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams that correspond with their gender identity.  “It is astonishing that politicians have fabricated this problem at…

TODAY The Trevor Project announced that its research team has published a new peer-reviewed article in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) — the first study to look at associations between undergoing conversion therapy and suicide outcomes among LGBTQ youth. Conversion therapy is the discredited and dangerous practice of attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Entitled, “Self-Reported Conversion Efforts and Suicidality Among US LGBTQ Youths and Young Adults, 2018,” the study is included in the AJPH’s July 2020 issue. Key Findings: LGBTQ youth who underwent conversion therapy were more than twice as likely to report…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY About The Trevor Project About this Work Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among young people (Hedegaard, Curtin, & Warner, 2018), with LGBTQ youth being 4 times more likely to seriously consider suicide, to make a plan for suicide, and to attempt suicide than their peers (Kann et al., 2018; Johns et al., 2019). Understanding the number of LGBTQ youth who seriously considered killing themselves each year will aid in prevention strategies, improve our ability to advocate for LGBTQ supportive policies, and advance future research endeavors. Findings Overall, more than 1.8 million LGBTQ youth between the…