“LGBTQ+ children are in crisis”, LGBTQ Nation accounts. ” Anti- LGBTQ+ regulations lead to ‘ public health crisis ‘ with higher death rates among gay youth”, declares The Advocate. Time announces,” Anti- LGBTQ+ policies have an disturbing effect on adolescent mental health, study finds”.
Every year, gay media report a crisis in LGBT mental heath, sourced to The Trevor Project. However, these disturbing figures actually demonstrate a made tale that far too many young people believe.
In 2024, the highest problems included death, emotional health, and bullying in schools. According to the report, 90 % of LGBT youth respondents reported having “negatively impacted” their emotional health. Almost 50 percent reported bullying in school, and almost 40 percent had” really viewed” death in the last year.
Once more, these disturbing figures have reinforced the claim that Republican rhetoric and “anti-LGBT” legislation are raising concerns about mental health in young LGBT-identifying people. The Advocate argues,” More than 550 pro- LGBTQ+ bills were introduced across the U. S. in 2023, and 80 were passed into law. In 2024, 487 extra- LGBTQ+ costs have been introduced and 21 have passed into law”.
According to their survey, lawmakers must seriously consider the real and harmful effects that their anti-LGBT+ policies and rhetoric have. With for impressive numbers and families literally wanting to remove their homes for safety, the Trevor Project concluded. No “political success” may be worth risking young people’s lives.
But, is this really what the study is demonstrating? More directly, are the study and relevant reporting actually the root of the issue? To begin with, The Trevor Project is built for LGBT- identifying younger people, and when one accesses the site, an instant pop- up states,” Quick Exit: Hit the ESC button three times to rapidly keep our site”. The concept is that a child’s parents can quickly access the website if they enter the room and see it.
The organization describes itself as” the most popular nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people” for crisis prevention and suicide prevention. We provide knowledge &, aid to LGBTQ+ young folks 24/7, all year round”. Although The Trevor Project’s protection policy allows parents to contact state authorities about abuse or quick harm during phone calls or chats, it does not tell parents.
During the study method, which is anonymous, when a small under the age of 17 says he has attempted suicide in the past month, there is no sign any officials are notified. The Project states it wo n’t give parents or legal guardians any personal or sensitive information, and that parental consent is not obtained before speaking with a minor. The business issues a declaration offering a crisis hotline within their business and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline prior to its inquiries regarding death and mental wellbeing.
The 2024 online survey was conducted between Sept. 13 and Dec. 16, 2023, and resulted in 18, 663 responders qualified to be part of the benefits, almost half of whom were aged 13- 17. The study’s time cover is 24. In terms of gender identification, 59 cent identified as trans or nonbinary, or thought they might be transgender.
Disturbingly, those in the 13- 17 age category were more likely to consider ( 46 percent ) or attempt ( 16 percent ) suicide in the last year than those aged 18- 24. However, the information these suggests that young people may not be providing current information. The highest reports of bad experiences largely came from self- reported aboriginal, trans, genderfluid, or transgender participants.
As mentioned above, 59 cent identified as some variation of transgender, 16 percentage identified as transgender, and 1 cent identified as indigenous. This may give us almost 11, 000 transgender or nonbinary people, 3, 000 transgender individuals, and 187 aboriginal individuals. Breaking down these percentages, the hard variety of transgender or intersex, pansexual, and indigenous responders may be fewer than 20 people.
Nevertheless, among those who considered or attempted murder, the ratios for those who identified as transgender or nonbinary, pansexual, or aboriginal were extremely high. For the trans and intersex or gay categories, 43 per-cent- 52 percent considered death, and 13 pct- 18 percent attempted it. For the transgender class, the numbers were 47 percent and 16 percentage, both, and for aboriginal respondents, 48 percentage and 24 percent. ( The survey compared the totals with each other before reporting percentages within groups rather than as a percent of the total. )
This tells us that the more distinct the home- identity, the more damaging the experience reported. In all types, from bias to bullying to mental health issues, these three teams had largely higher numbers.
Regardless of gender, physical, or cultural identity, every other team remained in nearby competition in reporting bad feelings, suicidality, and outside abuse or discrimination. Almost all participants reported feeling depressed and anxious, with 66 percentage monitoring stress and 53 percent reporting melancholy.
This suggests that participants responded in the manner they believed they should, more than demonstrating a common, shared experience of anti-LG oppression, which is unlikely to make sense given the wide range of the groups surveyed.
An Eastern, nonbinary asexual should not be indicating the exact same level of distress, prejudice, and public abuse as a Latina, queer,” cisgender” person. Young people all reported the same outcomes as what one would anticipate from a platform for advocacy, insisting they need special protections and are disproportionately targeted with hate, across the board.
Young LGBT people who identify with the right are reporting exactly what the media and LGBT activists claim to be true, while being repeatedly claimed that Republicans are intentionally snubing them for hate and discrimination. This, along with the social trend of highly specific preferred identities in young people, is how you end up with trans or nonbinary, pansexual, and indigenous teenagers as the “most targeted and oppressed” group in America.
The mental stress is real. Despite near- universal public celebration, acceptance, and inclusion in all areas of life — GLAAD, a highly prominent LGBT activism organization, boasts of nearly 50 LGBT- themed special calendar events annually — LGBT youth, especially minors, are convinced they’re more oppressed than ever. That is neither the result of any actual discrimination or mistreatment, nor is it organic.
The propaganda of oppression and victimization is constantly being used by the LGBT media, as well as by all media. They are kept hidden from the public from the moment they access The Trevor Project website, even their parents, and they are isolated and treated as though their existence is a dangerous secret.
Whatever fears they have are amplified and validated as they navigate the 134 questions, each asking how hateful and harmful the outside world is. Children as young as 13 are sucked into the self-fulfilling cycle.
The Federalist’s senior contributor is Chad Felix Greene. He is the author of” Surviving Gender: My Journey Through Gender Dysphoria”, and is a social writer focusing on truth in media, conservative ideas and goals, and true equality under the law. You can follow him on Twitter @chadfelixg.
