The Trevor Project

Show your pride in action beyond June 🙌🌈 Your support is needed year-round! 🧡 LGBTQ+ young people are counting on us to continue to create a world where they have access to safe spaces, affirming homes, and a welcoming world.🌎 With your help, here at The Trevor Project we will continue to tirelessly work towards this reality. Together we will ensure that LGBTQ+ young people get the support they need and deserve 24/7 🙏 If you make a gift today it will be TRIPLED! To make a gift and find out more information about how you can show your pride in action 365 days a year visit: https://bit.ly/3Y1Vc1K

We’re wishing pure gender euphoria to our nonbinary siblings this International Nonbinary People’s Day 🏳️⚧️ Whether it’s rocking your favorite skirt or chest binder, using your affirming chosen name, or hearing your gender pronouns accurately reflected — the way you show up in the world is beautiful and we are so dang proud of you. Our nonbinary family: you are beautiful, handsome, gorgeous, and vibrantly you. This day is for you. This life is for you. Keep going. Keep bringing your beautiful light to every single dark place. The world is better for it 🧡🦋 #TheTrevorProject #NonbinaryPeoplesDay #Nonbinary #Enby #GenderEuphoria

Why does intersectionality matter when it relates to supporting Black LGBTQ+ young people? 🌈 When we don’t take into account the intersectionality that this community experiences on a day-to-day basis, we neglect a major facet of providing adequate support and resources. Our guide outlines that Black LGBTQ+ young people are not inherently prone to suicide risk because of their race, sexual orientation, or gender identity, but rather, they are placed at higher risk because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. This could be because of several reasons, including but not limited to: 📢Current events 📢Being exposed to Anti-Black & Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric 📢Compounded grief over time 📢Direct or indirect experience of Anti-Black Violence All of this being said, supporting Black LGBTQ+ young people is crucial to ensuring a world where they can thrive and not just survive. Intersectionality is beautiful and deserves to be acknowledged, celebrated, and considered when providing life-saving resources and mental health support.🧡 If you or someone you know could use tips on how to support Black LGBTQ+ young people, check out the full guide here: https://bit.ly/3BZAovI #BIPOCMHAM #LGBTQ #Intersectionality #TheTrevorProject

Queer justice is disability justice. Our movements, identities, and lived experiences are all intersectional and interconnected. That’s why this Disability Pride Month, we wanted to share our Guide for Supporting LGBTQ+ Young People with Disabilities 🌈 Our guide includes ⬇️ 🌈 Education on the various identities within the disability community 🌈 More on the intersectionality of being LGBTQ+ and disabled 🌈 The significance of person-first and identity-first language 🌈 Tackling ableism and internalized-ableism The best way to show up as an individual and as an ally is with all the information to be the best human possible. We know that learning is an ongoing experience, and remind you that it’s okay to acknowledge that there are things that you might not know, even after reading this guide. Allyship is an evolving and lifelong education, and we’re happy to be part of that journey with you. Check out the full guide here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gp37Bzxn #DisabilityPrideMonth #LGBTQ #Intersectionality #TheTrevorProject

Our hearts are in Sharon, Pennsylvania today as we mourn the unfathomable loss of Pauly Likens, a fourteen-year-old trans teen who had been missing from her family since June. Pauly is remembered as a “selfless, loving child who loved nature, getting her nails done, and shopping.” She aspired to be a park ranger. As we mourn the loss of Pauly Likens, and all trans children taken too soon at the hands of violence, we funnel our outrage into action. We will always, always show up for queer and trans youth — they need our allyship and love more than ever. Trans and nonbinary young people deserve to become trans and nonbinary adults. Trans and nonbinary adults deserve to become trans elders. Trans lives matter. We will never stop working to protect, preserve, and uplift the trans community. Remember: You deserve to feel safe and affirmed wherever you go, wherever you are. Our lifelines are open 24/7/365 to help you through anything and everything. You can text START to 678-678, call us anytime at 1-866-488-7386, or go to trvr.org/get-help 🧡🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #TheTrevorProject #ProtectTransKids #TransLivesMatter #HonorThemWithAction

To our Trevor community: we are beyond thrilled to introduce you to The Trevor Project’s new CEO, Jaymes Black (they/she/he) 🧡 Jaymes is deeply committed to Trevor’s mission to end suicide among LGBTQ+ young people, and brings a diverse leadership background across both nonprofit and corporate sectors that aligns seamlessly with our values of Heart, Integrity, Community, Belonging, and Progress. In addition to their extensive professional accomplishments, Jaymes is making history as Trevor’s first Black, nonbinary, lesbian CEO. Growing up as a queer young person in South Texas, Jaymes’ unique lived experiences provide her with a nuanced understanding of the challenges that LGBTQ+ young people face today. Prior to joining The Trevor Project, Jaymes was the President & CEO of Family Equality, the leading national organization working to ensure that everyone has the freedom to find, form, and sustain their families by advancing LGBTQ+ equality through advocacy, support, storytelling, and education. We are overjoyed to have Jaymes at the helm as we enter this new chapter for The Trevor Project and continue to create a safer, more welcoming world for LGBTQ+ young people to thrive 🧡

It’s Nonbinary Awareness Week — a time to honor our beautiful community outside of the binary 💛🤍💜🖤Too often, nonbinary folks experience transphobia and stigma simply for existing. To all of our nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, polygender, bigender, demigender, and agender friends (and everyone in between): 💛 It is not ‘too hard’ or ‘too much’ to understand your identity. 🤍 People who love you unconditionally will learn to gender you properly. 💜 Your gender expression is gorgeous. 🖤 Femininity and masculinity aren’t linear — and everything looks good on you! 💛 Your pronouns are allowed to change and shift when you do. 🤍 Figuring out who you are is tough, and we are so proud of you. 💜 Masc and femme nonbinary folks are still nonbinary! 🖤 You are not at all alone, even when you feel the most lonely. 💛 Community is out there. Community is here 🏳️⚧️ If you’re experiencing some gender feelings today, or just need to talk, you can text START to 678-678, call us 1-866-488-7386, or visit trvr.org/get-help to talk to one of our counselors any day, anytime 📲 #NonbinaryAwarenessWeek #Nonbinary #ProtectTransKids #LGBTQ #TheTrevorProject

Your $25 gift becomes $50 thanks to our Board of Directors’ $1 for $1 match! By supporting The Trevor Project you are helping us create a brighter future for LGBTQ+ young people. 🌈🧡 When you donate, you directly impact the lives of LGBTQ+ young people and the 24/7 services we provide them year-round. 🙌 Together, let's show up and advocate for a world where all LGBTQ+ young people can thrive as their true selves. 📢 To make your donation visit: https://bit.ly/3S0e4KV

July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month — an important time to center the mental health and lived experiences of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) LGBTQ+ young people. Of course, one month of recognition will never be enough. For decades, BIPOC communities have faced systemic inequalities, structural racism, discrimination, and social injustices — all of which have profound impacts on mental health and livelihood. Injustice is a heavy and unnecessary burden to bear. This BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, it is essential to highlight the disparities that exist in access to mental health services among BIPOC communities. Research from our 2024 U.S. National Survey shows that Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ young people had higher rates of considering or attempting suicide in the last year than their white peers. That’s why we must continue to advocate for equitable resources and destigmatize both asking for and receiving help. As we also recognize Disability Pride Month this July, we uplift BIPOC folks with disabilities living beautiful, full lives — and acknowledge the additional barriers faced by folks with layers of marginalization. To help further these conversations and continue breaking down boundaries to mental health care, we wanted to provide a few resources that cater specifically to the needs of BIPOC and queer and trans BIPOC folks: 🧡 The LoveLand Foundation 🧡 National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network 🧡 Therapy for Latinx 🧡 Therapy for Queer People of Color 🧡 Black Trans Men, Inc. 🧡 Trans Lifeline 🧡 Black Line To read our full guide on navigating stigma: trvr.org/BIPOC-MHAM As always, The Trevor Project is here to support you 24/7/365, free and secure, to deal with anything and everything you’re experiencing today and everyday. Text ‘START’ to 678-678 or visit trvr.org/get-help to get started 🧡 #TheTrevorProject #BIPOCMHAM #LGBTQ #MentalHealth

This Disability Pride Month, we’re celebrating the diverse identities and lived experiences of LGBTQ+ young people with disabilities 🌈 As June leads into July, we are reminded that there is no Pride without recognition of all bodies and all minds. We all show up in different ways — it’s critical our Pride is accessible and intersectional. Yet, we know that not all spaces are accessible or queer-affirming, which adds unnecessary burdens to LGBTQ+ young people with disabilities. Too often, folks with disabilities (both ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’!) experience erasure at the hands of assumptions and stigma. That’s where our research and advocacy comes in. Our 2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People offers key insights and underscores the importance of accessibility, affirmation, inclusivity, and health equity. Here’s what we know: (CW: discussion of mental health, suicide) ➡️ 29% of LGBTQ+ young people identified as having a disability, which highlights the intersection of identities within our community 🧡 Of that 29%... ➡️ 60% reported experiencing recent depression ➡️75% experienced recent anxiety ➡️48% seriously considered suicide in the past year, with 19% having attempted it ➡️65% felt discriminated against due to their disability, leading to higher rates of mental health struggles and suicidality Knowing the numbers, we see a hopeful path forward. Our survey also revealed that nearly ⅔ of LGBTQ+ young people with disabilities felt understood by their therapist, which was associated with significantly lower rates of suicide attempts. It’s more important than ever that we increase inclusion and equity in all aspects of healthcare. This Disability Pride Month, we affirm and uplift our community around the world, whoever you are and however you show up. 🧡 #DisabilityPrideMonth #LGBTQ #Intersectionality #TheTrevorProject