A new report from the Trevor Project has found that LGBTQ+ students who attend schools with anti-LGBTQ+ policies have worse mental health outcomes than their peers.
For a lot of kids, back-to-school season is a time of dread, and not just because of homework or quizzes or algebra., queer, and questioning youth, surveyed 18,000 LGBTQ+ youth between the ages of 13 and 24. Of the 78% enrolled in school, nearly a third reported attending a school with at least one anti-LGBTQ+ policy.
Examples of these policies include being prevented from using a chosen name and pronouns, being disciplined for public affection that is not disciplined among non-LGBTQ+ students, being prevented from using the locker room that aligns with their gender, and/or being prevented from discussing or writing about LGBTQ+ topics in extracurricular activities.
Students in middle and high school age brackets were more likely to attend such an institution than their older peers .at schools with a high number of anti-LGBTQ+ policies reported higher rates of seriously considering suicide in the past year compared to their LGBTQ+ peers at schools with fewer. Students at schools with no anti-LGBTQ+ policies reported even less suicidal ideation.
Not only is 2024 the most prolific year for legislation to date, but out of 642 bills they’re tracking nationwide so far, 196 pertain to education, a plurality of the total. While not all of those bills have made it past an introductory stage, and many have already been defeated, the marked increase year over year signals that these attacks on LGBTQ+ youth are an issue that must continue to be reckoned with.
Until legislative bodies can effect positive social change, however, the Trevor Project offers resources for educators and administration to make schools a more affirming, less hostile place for LGBTQ+ young people, including theTikTok Mom Gives Bittersweet PSA To Moms Of Young Kids Who Might Dread Summer
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