nonprobability quota
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People · Mar 4, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- The Trevor Project advocacy_left
- Sponsor
- The Trevor Project
- Fielded
- Mar 4, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025
- Population
- LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-24 - nonprobability social-media-recruited sample, NOT a poll of the general public
- Sample size
- 16,667
- Sample frame
- nonprobability quota
- Mode
- online self-administered questionnaire (maximum 171 questions), English and Spanish, quantitative cross-sectional design; suicide items drawn from the CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Recruitment via targeted social-media ads, LGBTQ+ influencer posts, state and national organizations and listservs, and The Trevor Project's own press, email, social media, conferences and TrevorSpace.
- Margin of error
- not applicable - nonprobability sample
- Weighting
- not weighted; targeted recruitment by geography, gender identity and race/ethnicity
- Geography
- US national
- Base notes
- 43,995 individuals began the survey; 2,911 did not consent, 5,065 failed demographic screening, 17,646 failed a 5-minute validity check, 1,377 failed age verification and a 65%-completion validity check, and 329 were bots, duplicates or dishonest responders.
Sources
Verification note. NONPROBABILITY COMMUNITY SAMPLE. Note that this wave, unlike earlier ones, recruited partly through The Trevor Project's own channels and through LGBTQ+ influencers, which further narrows the frame. Methodology and percentages read from the report PDF.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
self-reported effects of recent LGBTQ+-related policies, laws and debates
When asked about how recent LGBTQ+-related policies, laws, and debates affected them
When asked about how recent LGBTQ+-related policies, laws, and debates affected them: 90% of LGBTQ+ young people said that it caused them stress or anxiety, including 94% of transgender and nonbinary young people. Nearly 8 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people (78%) said it made them feel unsafe, including 86% of transgender and nonbinary young people. Over 7 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people (76%) said it negatively impacted their mental health, including 83% of transgender and nonbinary young people. Nearly one-third (32%) of LGBTQ+ young people said it made them or their family consider moving to a different state, including 38% of transgender and nonbinary young people. Nearly a quarter (23%) of LGBTQ+ young people said it made them feel unsafe going to a doctor or hospital, including 29% of transgender and nonbinary young people.
Wording reconstructed from: The Trevor Project 2025 U.S. National Survey PDF, p.17, 'Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws & Policies'. Report restatement of a multi-response battery; the shared stem 'how recent LGBTQ+-related policies, laws, and debates affected them' is quoted from the report.
Caused them stress or anxiety
90%
Made them feel unsafe
78%
Negatively impacted their mental health
76%
Made them or their family consider moving to a different state
32%
Made them feel unsafe going to a doctor or hospital
23%
Wording notes: every offered response option describes a negative effect; no positive or null-effect option is reported
tilts_affirming — As published, the response set is entirely negative in valence, so the item cannot register a neutral or positive reaction. This is a design choice appropriate to a mental-health needs assessment but it makes the percentages unusable as a measure of opinion about the policies.
Subgroup figures (5)
hormone and puberty-blocker use, difficulty accessing care, and worry about losing access
Access to Care - Medical Care
Among transgender and nonbinary young people, 10% of those ages 13-17 and 44% of those ages 18-24 reported taking hormones to support their gender transition or expression. 3% reported taking puberty blockers. 87% of transgender and nonbinary young people who used hormones to support their gender transition or expression were somewhat or very concerned about losing access to this care. 75% of transgender and nonbinary young people who reported having access to this type of care also said they experienced some or many difficulties in accessing it: 60% reported insurance coverage issues, 57% reported long wait times for appointments, 52% reported a lack of knowledgeable healthcare providers in their area.
Wording reconstructed from: The Trevor Project 2025 U.S. National Survey PDF, p.16, 'Access to Care - Medical Care'. Report restatement.
neutral — Behavioural and access items about the respondent's own care.
Subgroup figures (9)
Pronouns & languageparaphrasedmultiple response
exposure to harmful and to supportive language about LGBTQ+ identity in the past 12 months
When asked about language related to their LGBTQ+ identity in the past 12 months
When asked about language related to their LGBTQ+ identity in the past 12 months: More than 8 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people (83%) said they noticed harmful rhetoric around LGBTQ+ people, including 86% of transgender and nonbinary young people. More than 7 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people (72%) said they encountered derogatory terms or expressions about their identity, including 76% of transgender and nonbinary young people. Nearly 7 in 10 (69%) LGBTQ+ young people heard language that made them feel unsafe or unwelcome, including 74% of transgender and nonbinary young people. Conversely, nearly 8 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people (78%) also said they had heard supportive language about their identity, including 81% of transgender and nonbinary young people.
Wording reconstructed from: The Trevor Project 2025 U.S. National Survey PDF, p.18, 'Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies'. Report restatement.
Noticed harmful rhetoric around LGBTQ+ people
83%
Heard supportive language about their identity
78%
Encountered derogatory terms or expressions about their identity
72%
Heard language that made them feel unsafe or unwelcome
69%
Wording notes: battery includes a supportive-language counterweight item, unlike the policies battery
neutral — The battery reports both negative and positive exposure, which is more balanced than the policies battery on the preceding page.
Subgroup figures (4)