fbpx

OutCoast.com

Menu

Study Shows Anti-LGBTQ+ Views Affect LGBTQ+ Youth’s Mental Health

mental health
Findings of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and UConn survey suggest that LGBTQ youth need support in the face of political attacks on LGBTQ equality. (Photo courtesy of the Human Rights Campaign)

Share the Love

Last year, over 12,000 LGBTQ+ teens age 13 to 17 participated in an online survey created by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and the University of Connecticut, reports Sarah McBride the HRC’s website. This survey was designed to gauge LGBTQ+ youth’s mental health and how bias and prejudice affected them. They’ve just released the results, and they’re not good.

Seventy-seven percent of LGBTQ+ youth reported feeling depressed or down in the past week, while over seventy percent reported feeling hopeless or worthless in the past week. Nearly all of them–ninety-five percent–reported trouble sleeping.

Over half of all trans and gender non-conforming teens said they never used school restrooms that affirmed their gender. Said one respondent, “I just don’t go to the bathroom at school. I’ve had friends who were harassed about it, and don’t feel comfortable using them.”

mental health
Findings of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and UConn survey suggest that LGBTQ youth need support in the face of political attacks on LGBTQ equality. (Photo courtesy of the Human Rights Campaign)

LGBTQ+ people of color also suffer, with only eleven percent believing their race or ethnicity is viewed favorably in the United States. Both people of color and transgender teens surveyed reported elevated stress.

Respondents also described hearing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments at school and from family members. Only five percent said all their school’s teachers and staff members were LGBTQ+ allies. One teen wrote, “I’m afraid that any information or questions that I have aren’t confidential between me and my councilor [sic]. I’m afraid he’ll call my parents or try to convince me that my sexuality is wrong.”

Despite these challenges, ninety-one percent of the teenagers surveyed reported feeling pride in their identity as an LGBTQ+ individual, and ninety-three percent were proud to be part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Read the HRC article here.

For more LGBTQ news and updates, click here.

OutCoast Staff

OutCoast Staff

View All Post By OutCoast Staff

You Might Also Like

Featured Articles

LGBTQ+ Palm Beaches
LGBTQ+ Travel Guide to The Palm Beaches: Discover Diversity
Best gay Friendly Restaurants in Key West
Savoring LGBTQ+ Inclusivity: Key West’s Top Restaurants
Indoor Activities in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale Rainy Day Guide: Fun Indoor Activities
Watersports Key West
Top Key West Water Adventures: Snorkeling, Diving, and More
Alexander's Guesthouse Key West
Alexander’s Guesthouse: Best LGBTQ+ Bed & Breakfast in Key West

Events

october, 2023

Event Type

Region

Event Location

Past and Future Events

21sepAll Day15octClark Gable Slept Here

29sepAll Day08octRiver City Pride

04oct5:00 pm9:00 pmRiver City Family Pride Night

05octAll Day06International Culture of Remembrance Symposium

05octAll Day08TIGLFF Film Festival Tampa Edition

05octAll Day09GIW Beach

06oct7:00 pmYbor City Sirens Presents Horrorlesque: Kick Off To Halloween

07oct10:00 am4:00 pmDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Book Giveaway

07oct5:00 pmParranda

07oct8:00 pm10:00 pmThe Witches Ball

08oct5:00 pm9:00 pmLickHer Pop @ The Saint Speakeasy

12octAll Day05novLove! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally

13oct6:00 pmWest Coast Pride Presents ‘Coming Out on Fright Night’

13oct8:00 pmTricks And Screams: Be Witched

13oct10:00 pmThe Playbois

14oct11:00 am3:00 pmUnite For Good Bazaar

14oct11:00 am4:00 pmCome Out St. Pete Family Day Celebration

14oct11:30 am3:00 pmCASA Pinellas Scavenger Hunt

14oct3:00 pm9:00 pmGulf Coast LGBTQ Center’s Northwest Florida Pride Fest

14oct4:00 pm9:00 pmPridetoberfest

14oct6:00 pm10:00 pmVisuality’s Coming Out Gala

14oct6:00 pm11:00 pmQueer Easels Vol 4

14oct(oct 14)6:30 pm15(oct 15)2:00 amNational LGBTQ Task Force Gala

14oct7:00 pm10:00 pmEquality Florida’s 2023 Suncoast Celebration

19oct7:00 pmMichael Goodman’s 60th Birthday Cher-abration Starring Michael Dean as Cher at Lips Fort Lauderdale

19oct7:00 pmWatermark’s Movies Out Loud

20octAll Day29Fantasy Fest Key West

20oct6:00 pm10:00 pmReady, Set, Pride Mixer

20oct7:00 pmOutstage at Palm Beach Dramaworks – Lobby Hero

20oct8:00 pmUnholy Pride Halloween Event

21oct11:00 amThe Sarasota PRIDE Festival

21oct12:00 pm2:00 pmHalloween Drag Brunch

21oct12:00 pm10:00 pmCome Out With Pride Festival, Marketplace & Parade

21oct5:00 pm7:00 pmAll Families Play! PFLAG Safety Harbor Family Playgroup

22octAll Day06jan“Chehantamo: How Are You?” Seminole Fine Art Exhibit at History Fort Lauderdale

22oct6:00 pmCLOSET BALL 2024 at Southern Nights Tampa

22oct6:00 pmLala Wiggy’s MURDER MYSTERY Drag Cabaret

23oct8:30 am12:00 pmFlorida Food is Medicine JUMPSTART Session

23oct7:00 pmJungle LGBTQ+ After Party

24oct6:30 pm8:30 pmFilm Screening of “You’re Loved”

26oct5:30 pm7:00 pmArts Mean Business Speaker Series Featuring Figurative Painter and Muralist Elio Mercado / Evoca1

26oct8:00 pm40th Anniversary Headdress Ball

27octAll Day304-Day LGBTQIA+ Well-Being & Community Building Retreat

27oct7:00 pmHalloween Glam Bingo

27oct9:30 pm11:30 pmMonsters Booze Cruise

28oct4:00 pm7:00 pmTampa Riverwalk Trick or Treat

28oct8:00 pmHall-O-Queen

29oct8:00 pm10:30 pmFright Night Delight – A Sweet Screams Burlesque

29oct8:00 pmKavaween

31oct01nov3 Year Anniversary Halloween Party

default
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.