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# Study: 42% LGBTQ+ youth experience suicidal thoughts
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/study-42-lgbtq-youth-experience-suicidal-thoughts/
- Published: 2021-05-21T14:06:16.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-21T14:06:16.000Z
- Description: A new survey found 42% of LGBTQ+ youth had experienced suicidal thoughts during the pandemic.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Mental Health, News, Queer Corner, COVID-19 Pandemic, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Mental Health, The Trevor Project

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A new **US** [survey](https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) by **The Trevor Project** found 42% of LGBTQ+ youth had experienced suicidal thoughts during the pandemic, with a further 94% saying the increased political hostility towards queer people has negatively affected them. 21% of black LGBTQ+ youth attempted suicide, compared to 31% of Indigenous people and 12% of white youth. 70% of all respondents said their mental health had been *“poor”* most of the time during the pandemic.

75% reported experiencing some kind of discrimination at least once in their lifetime, while half of all queer young people of colour had faced discrimination within the past year. LGBTQ+ young people who had access to spaces that affirmed their sexual orientation and/or gender identity reported lower rates of attempting suicide.

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**Amit Paley**, the organisation’s executive director, said: *“The impact that Covid-19 had on the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people was profound. Almost every LGBTQ+ young person in our sample said that their mental health was negatively impacted by politics.”* The study concluded: *“We hope these findings will be used by fellow researchers, policymakers, and other youth-serving organizations to better support LGBTQ+ youth across the country and around the globe.”*

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