Here are some current, trustworthy resources for LGBTQ+ youth that are still actively supporting the community in 2025, despite ongoing challenges in government policies. These resources offer mental health support, crisis intervention, safe community spaces, legal assistance, and more:
🛟 Mental Health & Crisis Support
- The Trevor Project
https://www.thetrevorproject.org
📞 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-866-488-7386
📱 Text/Chat available on their site
- Free, confidential support for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis or struggling with mental health.
- Also offers a safe social networking space called TrevorSpace.
- Trans Lifeline
https://www.translifeline.org
📞 U.S. Hotline: 877-565-8860
- Peer-to-peer support run by trans people, for trans people.
- Also offers microgrants to help cover legal name/gender marker changes.
🌈 Community & Belonging
- It Gets Better Project
https://itgetsbetter.org
- Uplifting LGBTQ+ youth through storytelling and education.
- Includes video stories, community resources, and educational content.
- Q Chat Space
https://www.qchatspace.org
- Live-chat, professionally facilitated support groups for LGBTQ+ teens (13–19).
- Safe, inclusive, and discreet—no video, just chat.
⚖️ Legal Rights & Advocacy
- Lambda Legal
https://www.lambdalegal.org
- Legal help and advocacy for LGBTQ+ and HIV+ individuals.
- Offers a Legal Help Desk for questions on discrimination, healthcare, and more.
- GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
https://www.glad.org
- Legal advocacy, especially in New England, but with national resources as well.
- Focus on youth rights, transgender healthcare, and nondiscrimination.
📚 Education & Empowerment
- Gender Spectrum
https://www.genderspectrum.org
- Resources for gender-diverse youth, families, and educators.
- Offers online groups, webinars, and toolkits for creating gender-inclusive environments.
- The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
https://transequality.org
- Focuses on policy change but has excellent guides for navigating legal and healthcare systems.
💻 For Undocumented or At-Risk Youth
- Immigration Equality
https://www.immigrationequality.org
- Supports LGBTQ+ immigrants and asylum seekers.
- Offers free legal services and helpful resources in both English and Spanish.
