The Trevor Project is a suicide-prevention and crisis-intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people (under 25), founded in 1998 by the makers of the short film 'Trevor' (which depicts a gay 13-year-old who attempts suicide after bullying, and won an Academy Award). When the film was to air on TV, they realized there was no crisis line young viewers in the same crisis could call, so they decided to build one. Today it provides free 24/7 crisis support via TrevorLifeline (phone), TrevorChat and TrevorText, runs the world's largest safe social network for LGBTQ+ youth, 'TrevorSpace,' and does advocacy, education and research—the largest organization in the field. Its peer-reviewed research showed, in surveys of tens of thousands, that LGBTQ young people are four times more likely to seriously consider suicide, and that having 'at least one accepting adult' greatly lowers the odds of a suicide attempt (about 40% for youth without such an adult versus about 17% for those with one). Recently it has also run LGBTQ+-youth specialized services for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Line.
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There is no confirmed −; independently verified + decide the position (B). No unreachable strike-through.= non-additive meter
The Trevor Project: One accepting adult can save a life. The letter is B; certainty is high. Unconfirmed concerns are placed under “Watching.” (As of 2026-Q3; estimate based on public information.)
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One person’s story (N1)
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The short film 'Trevor' told of a gay 13-year-old who attempts suicide after bullying. Realizing there was no crisis line for youth in the same crisis, its makers built the first 24-hour LGBTQ+-youth crisis line. Since then, LGBTQ+ young people alone at night contemplating death can reach a trained, accepting counselor by phone or text. Research shows in tens of thousands that having 'at least one accepting adult' greatly lowers the odds of a suicide attempt (about 17% versus about 40% without).
Source nature: P1 First-party / independent (peer-reviewed). Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
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- Founded in 1998 by the makers of the film 'Trevor.' The largest organization providing free 24-hour crisis support (TrevorLifeline/Chat/Text) for LGBTQ+ youth (under 25), the world's largest safe social network TrevorSpace, and advocacy, education and research. LGBTQ youth are four times as likely to seriously consider suicide.P2 Independent (encyclopedia) / Wikipedia(The Trevor Project)
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- Causal verification of the crisis line's effect; stability of governance; expansion beyond the US; a fallback after the 988 specialized-line downscaling; protecting youth under an anti-LGBTQ political environment.
A second look
The plus is an effect on LGBTQ+ young people (People), a protected group at markedly high suicide risk—24-hour crisis intervention, acceptance, a safe community, and research-based advocacy—with 28 years of results, strong peer-reviewed evidence ('acceptance saves lives,' longitudinal, large-scale surveys), and large-scale services. Caveats: governance problems (the 2022 CEO firing, 2023 conflict with the union and layoffs), US-centered activity, and the difficulty of causally measuring a crisis line's effect. Weighing the rigor of the research and the direct effect on a protected group, B/high.
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How to read this assessment
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Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the narrative an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q3 | Back to top