LGBTQ+ mental health resources

During Pride Month, we celebrate the history, culture, and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community.  

In recognition, we share free mental well-being resources that support mental health in the LGBTQ+ communities. Breaking down stigma is vital in opening doors for LGBTQ+ mental health support. 

While we share during Pride Month, the resources below are accessible year-round, as mental health support for LGBTQ+ communities carries year-round importance. Everyone deserves access to free mental health resources. 

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988.Learn more about 988. 

Organizations & Associations 
  • LGBT National Help Center: Offers confidential peer support connections for LGBT youth, adults and seniors, including phone, text and online chat 
Youth and Young Adults 
  • Rainbow Youth Project: A nonprofit organization that promotes the health, safety, and wellness LGBTQIA young people throughout the United States 
Communities of color 
  • BlackLine: Provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. 
  • DeQH Helpline: 100% confidential support for South Asian LGBTQ individuals in the United States 
  • Work2BeWell: Teen BIYOC-JEDI: These modules introduce conversations on structural racism, activism & advocacy, stigma and intergenerational trauma, equity and inclusion

     

Older Adults  
Transgender communities 
  • Pink Manta Ray: Resources to advocate for trans inclusion, radical body acceptance, and mental health awareness 
  • Trans Lifeline: Connects trans people to the community support and resources we need to survive and thrive – 877-565-8860 

     

Podcasts & videos 
Allyship 
  • GLAAD: Terminology guide for allies of the LGBTQIA+ community 
Crisis Support  
  • THRIVE Lifeline: A text-based crisis line staffed by people within, and to support, marginalized identities.

     

Facts and Statistics 

According to the Trevor Project’s 2024 Survey U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People, LGBTQ+ teens are at a higher suicide risk than their peers. “LGBTQ+ young people are not inherently prone to higher suicide risk because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Rather, they are placed at higher risk because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society.” 

NAMI reports that people in the LGBTQ+ community struggle in silence due to barriers to care — and face worse health outcomes as a result. 

  • The LGBTQ+ population is at a higher risk than the heterosexual, cisgender population for suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. 
  • High school students who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are more than four times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to their heterosexual peers. 
  • 40% of transgender adults have attempted suicide in their lifetime, compared to less than 5% of the general U.S. population. 
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