One organization saw a 700% increase in crisis outreach on Nov. 6.
The Rainbow Youth Project, a national LGBTQ advocacy group, typically fields almost 800 calls a month on its crisis outreach hotline. In just 10 days, as the 2024 presidential election came to a head, the organization told ABC News it received roughly 5,460.
The Rainbow Youth Project is not alone; LGBTQ hotlines nationwide are seeing massive surges amid the fallout of the election, as LGBTQ Americans and their loved ones search for answers, reassurance and guidance about future LGBTQ rights in America. The Rainbow Youth Project found that typically about 19% of its callers will screen positive for suicidal ideation. Now, for the month of November, that's up to 31.6% of callers screening for acute mental health crisis with a specific notation of suicidal ideation.
Fuller, who has been at the Trevor Project for six years, found that youth just "want to be heard and supported," and has called upon allies to be a source for LGBTQ residents during this time.
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