HRC survey of LGBTQ youth finds ‘persistent, serious challenges’
Results of the forthcoming 2023 LGBTQ+ Youth Report by the Human Rights Campaign’s HRC Foundation and the University of Connecticut “reveal persistent, serious challenges for LGBTQ+ youth.” The report is based on findings from the nationwide 2022 Youth Survey of nearly 13,000 LGBTQ young people aged 13-18 that is conducted by the advocacy group and the university every five years.
HRC plans to publish the results this week but shared an advance copy of the 19-page report, which contains 22 tables of data, with the Washington Blade.
It reveals that nearly a third of youth respondents have not disclosed their sexual orientation to their parents, while 41 percent of transgender and gender-expansive youth have never had their chosen name used at home.
Additionally, more than half of the surveyed LGBTQ youth screened positive for depression, and an even greater number — 63.5 percent — for anxiety, with 41.7 percent reporting that they were unable to access therapy they wanted.
