RESOURCES

Get Help Now

Are you a gamer who’s struggling? If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, text, call, or chat 988, the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, for a free confidential conversation with a trained counselor 24/7. 

Are you a trans person who needs support? Call the Trans Lifeline’s hotline at 877-565-8860.

If you identify as LGBTQ+ and need crisis support, reach out to the Trevor Project via chat, call, or text.

Additional Resources

How to Deal With In-Game Abuse / What to Do if You’re Experiencing In-Game Abuse 

Take Care of Yourself & Your Community

Practice self-care while gaming or streaming. Visit Take This (or via this link) to learn how you can make sure you’re looking after yourself. 

Cope with burnout as a streamer: Take This provides resources for streamers on how to cope with and avoid burnout. 

Learn how you can take care of your own mental health: Visit the Jed Foundation to find out how you can navigate challenges and get support. 

Help a friend: If you have a friend that’s struggling, learn how you can support them with the Jed Foundation. 

Get educated on trans people: Learn more about the trans community and how you can support trans folks with GLAAD.

Take Action

Protect yourself online. Find online security resources with Take This.

Volunteer for a hotline. Become a crisis support counselor with the Trevor Project. 

Get The Facts

In a recent survey, 71% of adult online multiplayer gamers experienced severe abuse, including physical threats, stalking, and sustained harassment, including nearly 40% of adult LGBTQ+ players. (ADL)

Streamers on Twitch and other platforms have had stalkers show up at their homes and at fan conventions, been targeted by armed and violent viewers or dealt with swatting, a sometimes deadly stunt in which someone calls the local police to report a fake crime at a streamer’s home, hoping the raid will be caught live on camera. (NYT)

Queer people can feel more comfortable in their identity when they have LGBTQ+ role models, which they can create for themselves in video games. (Washington Post)


Less than 30% of non-LGBTQ Americans say they personally know a transgender person. (GLAAD) 

Non-LGBTQ adults who are exposed to the LGBTQ community in media are 30% more likely to feel famliar with LGBTQ people overall, compared to people who haven’t been exposed. (GLAAD)