Mental health amongst the LGBTQ+ youth.
This website will focus on raising awareness of the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth as well as their experiences and how family life/race can have negative effects on LGBTQ+ youth.

Important Statistics

48% of LGBTQ youth reported engaging in self-harm in the past twelve months, including over 60% of transgender and nonbinary youth.
86% of LGBTQ youth said that recent politics have negatively impacted their well-being.
1 in 3 LGBTQ youth reported that they had been physically threatened or harmed in their lifetime due to their LGBTQ identity
68% of LGBTQ youth reported symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder in the past two weeks,
40% of LGBTQ respondents seriously considered attempting suicide in the past twelve months, with more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth having seriously considered suicide
55% of LGBTQ youth reported symptoms of major depressive disorder in the past two weeks, including more than 2 in 3 transgender and nonbinary youth
Nearly 15% of LGBTQ respondents attempted suicide in the past twelve months, including more than 1 in 5 transgender and nonbinary youth
28% of LGBTQ youth who experienced housing instability reported a suicide attempt in the past year.
78% of LGBTQ youth report having access to at least one in-person LGBTQ-affirming space.
86% of LGBTQ youth report having high levels of support from at least one person.

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