As almost 1 in 4 American teens identify as LGBTQ, affirming therapy can be life-saving. Yet availability is shrinking. Access to mental healthcare for LGBTQ youth dropped from 80% to 60% from late 2023 to late 2024, according to The Trevor Project. In 2025, though 84% of LGBTQ youth wanted mental healthcare, 44% could not get it.  

In a recent collaboration between Fierce Healthcare and Uncloseted Media, Anastassia Gliadkovskaya and Sam Donndelinger dive into the barriers to mental health access for queer youth.

In this week’s episode of “Podnosis,” they discuss their reporting process and introduce listeners to trans teens and the experts featured in the project.

Read the full story at FierceHealthcare.com or UnclosetedMedia.com.

To learn more about the topics in this episode: 

• The broken pipeline of mental healthcare for LGBTQ teenagers
• NYU Langone Health says it received grand jury subpoena over gender-affirming care
• Texas Children's Hospital agrees to launch nation's first 'detransition clinic' to settle state, DOJ investigation
• Executives examine the benefit of DEI practices for building trust in healthcare