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While Washington's Healthy Youth Survey has shown some general positive trends for the mental health and safety for the state's 10th graders, not all of them share the same sense of hope.

LGBTQ+ youth in general reported more negative mental health outcomes than their peers.

Cascade PBS reporter Venice Buhain takes a look at what the survey found.

VO: Hope is high and anxiety and substance use among Washington teens are down.

That's according to the most recent Washington Healthy Youth Survey.

But some groups are still struggling significantly more than their peers, highlighting a continued need for support.

In 2025, 15% of 10th graders reported having been bullied in the last month.

That's down from 25% in 2012.

However, that percentage was about two times higher among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students.

While just over half of 10th graders were determined to be highly hopeful, based on four questions, only 34% to 38% of gay, lesbian and bisexual students were classified as highly hopeful.

For transgender 10th graders, that number dropped to about a quarter.

Ken Shulman of Lambert House, which provides support groups and other resources for LGBTQ+ youth previously spoke with The Newsfeed about the importance of community, family and peers in maintaining young people's mental health.

>> If the parents are open to the youth self-identifying as some part of the LGBTQ+ spectrum, that has a more positive benefit than anything else.

So the hope comes in relationships Somebody we can talk to, somebody we can confide in, somebody who will listen, somebody who will be nonjudgmental, somebody who's consistent, who stays there with us.

>> Next time we'll explain why a state survey says gambling among Washington youth is on the rise.

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