LGBTQ+ Facts

LGBTQ+ Facts

• Youth are at a greater risk for mental health conditions and suicidality.
• In 2019, 86% of LGBTQ+ youth reported being harassed or assaulted at school.
• Gay men experience adverse mental health outcomes including mood disorders, substance use and suicide more frequently than heterosexual men.
• In a study done in 2022, 45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year.
• In a study done in 2022, Fewer than 1 in 3 transgender and nonbinary youth found their home to be gender-affirming.
• In a study done in 2022, 60% of LGBTQ youth who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it.

Hotlines:

LGBTQ+ Youth

• LGBT National Youth Talkline - 1-800-246-7743
• TrevorLifeline - 1-866-488-7386
• TrevorText - Text START to 678-678
• The Steve Fund Crisis Textline* - Text STEVE to 741741

LGBTQ+ Adults        

• Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255
  

References

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/questioning. American Psychiatric Association. (n.d.). https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/diversity/education/lgbtq-patients.

LGBTQ+. NAMI- National Alliance on Mental Illness. (n.d.). https://nami.org/Your-Journey/Identity-and-Cultural-Dimensions/LGBTQ.

2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health. The Trevor Project. (2022). https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/.