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Creating LGBTQ+-Affirming Schools: Practical Ways Educators Can Support LGBTQ+ Youth

For LGBTQ+ young people, feeling supported at school can make a meaningful difference in their mental health and well-being. According to The Trevor Project’s 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People, school is the second-most-affirming space identified by LGBTQ+ young people, with 57% describing it as a place where they experience affirmation. And that support matters: LGBTQ+ young people who reported having access to LGBTQ+ supportive spaces at school reported lower rates of suicide attempts than those without access to those spaces. Creating an LGBTQ+ affirming school environment doesn’t require educators to have all the…
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How Allies Can Support Young LGBTQ+ People During Pride and Beyond

Pride season is here! And it isn’t just for LGBTQ+ people to celebrate. Allyship is an important part of Pride Month, especially for LGBTQ+ young people. Research shows that having just one accepting adult in their lives can lower an LGBTQ+ young person’s risk for suicide. To demonstrate allyship, the most important thing you can do during Pride is show the young people you care about that they matter and trust their experience. In Trevor’s recent survey, LGBTQ+ young people reported their top ten actions adults can take to show support: “trusting that I know who I am” was number…
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Abercrombie & Fitch Proudly Supports The Trevor Project

For years, Abercrombie & Fitch has stood alongside The Trevor Project in support of LGBTQ+ young people, consistently uplifting and celebrating the community. The retailer’s 2026 gender-inclusive Pride Collection is a vibrant tribute to the joy, strength, and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community. The collection showcases Abercrombie’s ongoing dedication to uplifting and celebrating LGBTQ+ identities every day. With this year’s contribution, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and their incredible customers have helped raise more than $6.6 million in support of The Trevor Project throughout the history of our partnership. These funds directly support The Trevor Project’s life-saving work in crisis intervention…
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Remembering Summer: A Journey of Love, Advocacy, and Hope

“Summer lived more of a life in 17 years than most live in 100.” -Summer’s Classmate Summer Devi Mehta was a person of immense "light," a young woman whose presence was felt most vibrantly in the spaces where she could truly be herself. Whether she was acting in a theater production or serving as a Dungeon Master for a marathon family D&D session, Summer had a unique gift for delighting those around her. Summer’s father, Nick Mehta, remembers her as the child who would always find a way to make others laugh when they were sad, weaving a sense of…
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Across Borders, One Mission: Honoring Our Volunteers Showing Up for LGBTQ+ Youth

National Volunteer Weeks falls on the third week of April every year, it's a moment to highlight the strength, commitment, passion and care of Trevor volunteers across the US and Mexico. Our volunteers demonstrate what it means to show up in a real tangible way for LGBTQ+ young people, every single day. Some of our volunteers have been with us for over 10 years, and others have just started their journey,but what they all have in common, no matter their age, geography or the multitude of  identities they hold, is a common goal of showing up  for queer and trans…
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Suicide Prevention Isn’t Just About Answering Calls — It’s About Creating Safe Online Community

The first time I called a suicide hotline, I was laying on the floor of my childhood bedroom. Covered in rug burn and surrounded by empty food containers, I had nowhere else to turn. But this wasn’t an isolated moment of pain. By the time I called the hotline, the harm had been compounding for months.  Suicide prevention begins upstream — before the call comes in; before the darkness feels all-encompassing. It begins where many people spend their daily lives: online. The truth is, we cannot crisis-line our way out of an internet that is often actively harming the users…
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“What They’re Doing Is Not Therapy”: Conversion Therapy Survivors Speak Out

Jump to VideoWhen Andrew came out to his parents at fourteen, neither of them responded with acceptance. Instead, they arranged for Andrew to see a therapist who promised to “fix” his sexual orientation.  “If me being straight was how I got their love and acceptance, I was like okay, I guess I’ll go,” he remembers. What Andrew didn’t realize at the time was that he was about to be subjected to a dangerous practice called conversion therapy.  There, Andrew was told that “there was something wrong with me for having these thoughts,” and instructed to suppress them. “I call it…
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The Trevor Project Receives Historic $45 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott

A message from Jaymes Black (they/she/he pronouns), CEO of The Trevor Project The Trevor Project is honored to announce that philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has made a transformational $45 million gift, an investment to support the organization’s long-term sustainability and impact for LGBTQ+ young people. This extraordinary contribution — the single largest one-time donation in our 27-year history — comes at a pivotal moment for our organization and the LGBTQ+ young people we serve. Major gifts of this magnitude are backed by rigorous vetting and thoughtful approaches to philanthropy.  A $45 million investment in The Trevor Project reflects deep confidence in…