Mass. LGBTQ community grapples with anxiety, surging hotline calls following presidential election Boston 25 News [Video]

BOSTON — The results of the 2024 presidential election are bringing a wave of anxiety to the LGBTQ community in Massachusetts and nationwide.

The Bay State is known for having strong, robust legal protections for the LGBTQ community.

Local advocacy groups told Boston 25 News that isn’t calming many people’s nerves about the future with Donald Trump moving back into the Oval Office.

The Boston Alliance for LGBTQ Youth, also known as BAGLY, has been all hands on deck for community members in need across the state through the LGBTQ Youth Network of Massachusetts.

“They’re scared. They’re frightened. They’re hearing the rhetoric. They’re hearing the worst-case scenarios,” said Grace Sterling Stowell, executive director at BAGLY. “We are doing our best to offer support resources, either what they need immediately or to prepare for a longer-term reality.”

The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization, said it saw an overall …