Our Latest Research Briefs and Reports

OCT. 9, 2023 — LGBTQ young people who self-injured in the past year reported higher odds of both considering and attempting suicide in the past year compared to LGBTQ young people who did not.

SEP. 22, 2023 — LGBTQ young people who had accepting adults in their lives reported significantly lower odds of attempting suicide compared to those who did not.

AUG. 24, 2023 — LGBTQ middle and high school students with access to at least one school-related protective factor had 26% lower odds of attempting suicide in the past year.

JUL. 14, 2023 — Feeling safe and understood in at least one online space is associated with lower suicide risk and lower rates of recent anxiety for all LGBTQ young people, and for LGBTQ young people of color in particular.

JUN. 21, 2023 — The majority of LGBTQ young people participated in protests, expressed their opinions to public officials, or performed community service in their local communities in the past year.

MAY. 26, 2023 — The report highlights a significant relationship between community-level environmental factors and the mental health of LGBTQ young people. It identifies that LGBTQ young people living in communities with a higher median per capita income, better health insurance coverage, a greater proportion of immigrants, more same-sex partner households, and a higher population of people of color, all compared to the national average, report lower rates of attempting suicide.