With a wave of recent legislation seeking to restrict discussions of sexuality and gender in schools, experts have increasingly warned about a rash of new mental health crises.īy the numbers: 45% of respondents seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including 53% of trans and nonbinary youth.Ī majority of LGBTQ youth also reported recent symptoms of anxiety (73%) and depression (58%), yet 60% of youth who wanted mental health care were not able to get it. has seen a record number of anti-trans bills in state legislatures - many specifically focused on trans youth. The big picture: In the last year, the U.S. Almost half of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, according to survey results published Wednesday by The Trevor Project, an organization that runs crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ people under 25.
