More than half of Black transgender youth have considered suicide in the past year

More than half of Black transgender and nonbinary young people have considered suicide in the past year .

Black LGBTQ young people experience elevated rates of discrimination related to both their race and ethnicity and their LGBTQ identities.

The Trevor Project , an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization, analyzed responses from over 28,000 LGBTQ teens and young adults in the U.S ..