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Commemorating Bi Awareness Week

By: Gabriella Potter (they/them), Crisis Services Digital Supervisor In my work as a Crisis Services Digital Supervisor at The Trevor Project, I hear from young bi people everyday about the challenges and fears they face because of the stigma around bisexuality. That’s why we created, “How To Support Bisexual Youth: Ways to Care for Young People Who Are Attracted to More Than One Gender.” We know how important it is to provide resources for those who want to support the bi young people in their lives, as well as affirm and uplift bisexuality as a valid identity for bi young…
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Love Your Labels: Affirming LGBTQ+ Youth Through Fashion

The Trevor Project caught up with Joshua Croke (they/them), the President and Co-Founder of Love Your Labels. The organization is based in central Massachusetts, and its mission is to support LGBTQ+ youth through art, fashion, and design, while working with families and communities to create inclusive and loving space everywhere. Love Your Labels’s upcoming event, Queer AF, takes place on September 6, 2024, in Massachusetts.  Tell us about Love Your Labels and how you positively impact the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people in MA.  Thanks to the research of The Trevor Project, Love Your Labels knows the impact of…
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The Trevor Project and The Helmsley Charitable Trust Team Up to Support LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health

The Helmsley Charitable Trust awards first-of-its-kind $5 million grant to The Trevor Project to launch LGBTQ+ youth mental health awareness campaign across rural America September 3, 2024 – Today, The Trevor Project and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced that they’re joining forces to support the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people across rural America. Through a $5 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust, the two organizations will develop a targeted multimedia campaign to raise awareness of the public health crisis of LGBTQ+ youth suicide. It is estimated that every 45 seconds, at least one…
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A Back-to-School Message from Trevor’s CEO

Dear Trevor Community, Heading back to school can be an exciting time. As a parent, I know well the anticipation of new teachers, the joy of buying school supplies, and the prospect of new and old friends. I also know as an LGBTQ+ person that heading back to school can bring more than excitement — it can bring new and old anxieties.  At this time of year at The Trevor Project, our Crisis Counselors hear from LGBTQ+ young people who have challenging experiences at school. As a parent and LGBTQ+ person, I want nothing more than to support young people…
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A Mental Health Victory: Pennsylvania’s Historic Ban on Conversion Therapy

Tanner Mobley (he/him) Advocacy Associate, Conversion Therapy As Advocacy Campaigns Associate at The Trevor Project, I’m thrilled to share a major victory from our Advocacy Team’s efforts. Over the past several years, I’ve been part of an incredible team working tirelessly to get Pennsylvania’s regulatory boards to adopt statements-of-policy against conversion therapy — dangerous and discredited practices that attempt to change a person’s LGBTQ+ identity.  I want to take you behind the scenes and show you how we turned our vision into a powerful reality. The Urgent Need for Change Our drive to end conversion therapy in Pennsylvania was fueled…
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A Conversation With Inside Out 2 Writer Meg LeFauve

On the outside, Meg LeFauve may look like a calm, cool, and oh-so-professional screenwriter, but on the inside, she’s a world class worrier. From an early age, Meg learned to deal with her worries by telling stories, but the idea of becoming a screenwriter in Hollywood was too overwhelming, so she took a detour and became a film producer. Meg was lucky enough to start her career as an executive and producer at Jodie Foster’s Egg Pictures, where she spent 10 years learning from the best, and was nominated for an Emmy, a Golden Globe and won a Peabody Award…
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26 Miles to Save Lives Challenge

Allies need to show up for LGBTQ+ young people not just during Pride, but year-round. Pride means taking action and reminding all of us that we can make tangible actions to end suicide among LGBTQ+ young people – volunteering, building relationships, voting, getting involved in local schools and institutions. Every individual action moves the needle toward a brighter future for LGBTQ+ young people.  We’re asking our community to commit to logging 26 miles — however it feels best to move — all in effort of supporting our mission to end suicide among LGBTQ+ young people. You’ll also engage with the…
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10 Ways to Be More Inclusive and Learn About Diversity Within Disability

For Disability Pride Month, The Trevor Project is proud to partner with Easterseals, one of the nation’s leading providers of life-changing disability and community services for over 100 years. Easterseals actively lobbied for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, which expanded protections to people with disabilities to prohibit discrimination in everyday activities like employment, transportation, education, and recreation.   Disability Pride Month started in 1990 following this landmark legislation and continues to celebrate the milestones toward equity within the disability community — it’s also a month that challenges the outdated and harmful idea that people with disabilities…
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Nina West on Drag Race and Supporting The Trevor Project

Nina West is a veritable “every-queen” — an actor, singer/songwriter, producer, author, host, and activist who won the title of Miss Congeniality on the 11th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and is featured on the upcoming RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 9. Nina made history at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2019 as the first person to walk the carpet in full drag, in support of her season; that year, RuPaul’s Drag Race won five Primetime Emmy Awards, including Best Reality Competition Show. Nina  is also passionate about giving back, raising money for Trevor this year. 1. Hi Nina!…
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The Trevor Project Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

July 16, 2024 – The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people, released the following statement to acknowledge the two-year anniversary of the launch of The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, the three-digit code that connects people across the United States with free and confidential support for mental or behavioral health emergencies: Statement from Jaymes Black (they/she/he pronouns), CEO at The Trevor Project: “As our country continues to experience a mental health crisis that is especially pronounced among our young people, and even more so among those who are LGBTQ+, The 988 Suicide…