Young people who are LGBTQ+ are more likely to attempt suicide not because of their sexuality, but the hatred and discrimination they deal with.
The Trevor Project is an annual national survey of LGBTQ+ youth. According to the website:
The Trevor Project’s 2023 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ Young People amplifies the experiences of more than 28,000 LGBTQ young people ages 13 to 24 across the United States. This survey gives a voice to LGBTQ young people — at a time when their existence is unfairly at the center of national political debates and state legislatures have introduced and implemented a record number of anti-LGBTQ policies. For the fifth consecutive year, these data underscore that anti-LGBTQ victimization contributes to the higher rates of suicide risk reported by LGBTQ young people and that most who want mental health care are unable to get it.
LGBTQ+ Youth
I need to thank The Trevor Project for the graphics that provide the data and the facts better than I could ever articulate them.
Before we get into the data, I should probably address the headline. None of you took it literally (I hope), because that is obviously not my intention.
When I say the Right is killing LGBTQ+ youth, I am referring to the influencers, the podcasters, and Conservative media outlets like Fox News, as well as the state legislatures that are churning out anti-LGBTQ+ bills like they are protecting America against something dangerous.
They aren’t.
The only reason these bills exist is to provide a distraction from GOP failures and a target for the fear and hatred they stir up in their voters. This isn’t anything new.
The Right has manufactured culture wars for as long as I can remember. They have no policy to present as a way of winning over voters. Instead they use fear and anger as a catalyst to get people to vote for Republicans.
The depressing part of all of their games is that they’re having real consequences on young people in America.
Even more depressing: They don’t care.
There are people online who are paid millions to drum up fear and hatred of the most vulnerable groups in this country. Whether it’s immigrants, the homeless, or the LGBTQ+ community, they use vulnerable groups to further their agenda regardless of the real world consequences.
The Trevor Project 2023 National Survey results
The Trevor Project created graphics to present the results of the survey.
I hope you find these statistics as disturbing as I do. Please share this post to raise awareness to what the Right is doing to our children.
