Dua Lipa honored with Trevor Project award for ‘fierce’ LGBTQ youth advocacy

The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention enactment for LGBTQ youth, is honoring Dua Lipa for her “unwavering support” of the assemblage and her “fierce, longtime” advocacy to extremity termination among young LGBTQ people.

On Tuesday, the West Hollywood-based nonprofit named the “Levitating” vocalist arsenic the recipient of the 2024 Mental Health Champion of the Year Award, an grant bestowed upon nationalist figures who usage their enactment and fame “to advocator for intelligence wellness consciousness and issues impacting LGBTQ+ young people.”

Previous recipients see Lil Nas X, Janelle Monáe and Dylan Mulvaney.

The 29-year-old popular superstar, who holds dual citizenship successful the U.K. and Albania, is simply a massively influential creator with a ample and passionate LGBTQ instrumentality basal known for her creation floor-ready bangers, cool-girl cognition and presumption arsenic a almighty LGBTQ ally.

“The LGBTQ+ assemblage person been my biggest champions since the commencement of my career,” Lipa said successful a connection Tuesday, saying she was “unbelievably moved and honored” to beryllium recognized by the nonprofit, which she said is “an enactment that is adjacent and beloved to my heart.”

“I americium humbled to play a portion successful shining a airy connected intelligence wellness consciousness for LGBTQ+ young people,” she added. “You are a beautiful, unstoppable community, and I americium perpetually successful awe of the courageousness and spot you show erstwhile you basal proudly successful your truth,” she said addressing the community.

For years, the Grammy-winning instrumentalist has utilized her level to basal up for LGBTQ rights and combat against anti-LGBTQ hatred — which she sees arsenic her “duty.”

But too her headline-grabbing LGBTQ allyship, Lipa is besides a dedicated intelligence wellness advocator who often discusses her own struggles with anxiety, negativity, and overwhelming feelings — a operation that makes her “the perfect recipient for this year’s award,” according to Jaymes Black, the Trevor Project’s CEO.

“Dua sets an fantabulous illustration for however allies tin usage their platforms to amplify the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community, including entree to culturally competent intelligence wellness care,” Black told the Daily News successful an email, noting that her enactment comes astatine a clip erstwhile absorption to LGBTQ rights successful the U.S. hits never-before-seen levels.

On Nov. 6, pursuing the result of the statesmanlike election, The Trevor Project’s situation services saw an wide measurement increase of astir 700% compared to the weeks prior.

On the time aft the election, Lipa shared a nexus to the nonprofit’s crisis services with her astir 88 cardinal followers connected Instagram,

“I volition proceed to combat to marque definite your voices are heard, your rights are protected, and you are treated with respect for being conscionable the mode you are,” she said Tuesday.