A massive 71% of American LGBT+ youth deeply distrust the police with only 8% of black LGBT+ youth ‘strongly agreeing’ that the police were in their neighborhood to protect them.
Meanwhile COVID-19 has taken a huge toll on youth mental health. In particular, three quarters of both transgender and non-binary youth (75%) and black LGBT+ young people (74%) feel more lonely than at the start of COVID-19.
Those are some of the major findings of the latest research by LGBT+ youth suicide prevention organization The Trevor Project.
The research looked at the twin challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and the violence against people of color in the US. Amit Paley, CEO and executive director of The Trevor Project, said: ‘This year has been