The Patriot Post® · Trevor Project Study on LGBTQ+ Mental Health Is Dark Disinformation

The Trevor Project, whose primary focus is ostensibly suicide prevention among its chosen group of victims, is not an honest actor by any stretch. It is an activist organization that intentionally seeks to undermine parents in their misguided attempt to “support” young LGBTQ+ individuals.

In 2024, The Trevor Project released a study on the correlation between suicide attempts among sexually confused young people and what the study deemed “anti-transgender/nonbinary” state laws. At the time, I pointed out that not only was the research faulty, but The Trevor Project went out of its way to use biased material to bolster its desired outcomes.

Nothing has changed, it seems, because here we are in 2026, and The Trevor Project has published another faulty study, this time broadening the topic to mental health and the effect it has on LGBTQ+ young people. After surveying 16,000 participants aged 13-24, The Trevor Project thinks it has proven that mental health issues and suicidality are increasing because of “anti-LGBTQ+ laws and policies.” The study claims that 90% of respondents said these laws and policies give them anxiety or stress. It also found that one in 10 respondents attempted suicide the previous year.

“LGBTQ+ young people are not inherently prone to higher suicide risk because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” the study concluded. “Rather, they are placed at higher risk because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society.”

This terrible news was echoed on the website K-12 Dive, a parent resource for education and child issues.

However, there is a valid argument that The Trevor Project’s conclusion has an alternative explanation. It’s the old chicken-versus-the-egg question: What came first, the mental health issues or suicidality?

As Manhattan Institute policy analyst Joseph Figliolia articulates at City Journal:

It may be the case that respondents’ mental health caused their response to the laws and their explicit “anti-LGBTQ” framing, not the other way around. Many trans-identified young people have mental-health issues that predate a transgender identity. In turn, these mental-health issues can lead to more negative interpretations of ambiguous events, which can culminate in self-reports of stigma and rejection. For example, a 2024 paper found that these psychiatric issues, not gender dysphoria, predicted suicide mortality. Moreover, a recent April 2026 paper found that “Psychiatric needs do not subside after medical gender reassignment.

To top it off, The Trevor Project’s framing of the questions fuels the feedback loop of negative perception and victimization. Are conservative policies really anti-LGBTQ+, or are they pro-child and pro-family?

The questions center around access to "mental health treatment.” This ubiquitous term could mean denying children the right to mutilate themselves in the name of their gender identity, or it could mean they lack funds or insurance to have access to mental healthcare. All of it helps set up a sense of stigmatization.

At the end of the day, the real problem that most people who struggle with LGBTQ+ issues are dealing with is the all-about-me culture we have cultivated. The individual is their own god, and anything or anyone that thwarts that navel-gazing is the enemy.

Living for others requires sacrifice and a forgetfulness of self. Perhaps if these folks weren’t so focused on themselves, their mental health might be better.

As for The Trevor Project, it is once again doing the work of darkness by feeding into the cycle of navel-gazing, self-pity, and entitlement. It is so blinded by the certainty that it is right that it considers alternative explanations out of the question. This is intellectual dishonesty at its finest, and even worse is that many education-based, kid-focused websites like K-12 Dive are regurgitating these manipulative studies as if they were gospel truth.

If we ever needed a reminder that Rainbow Mafia indoctrination and disinformation are continuing, just look at the latest bogus study put out by The Trevor Project.