Houston’s Megan Thee Stallion received The Trevor Project’s 2025 Mental Health Champion of the Year Award. Here’s what you need to know.

On World Mental Health Day, October 10, the Trevor Project named Megan Thee Stallion as its 2025 Mental Health Champion of the Year. The Trevor Project is a nonprofit that offers suicide prevention resources and around-the-clock support for LGBTQ+ youth. This award honors individuals who use their public influence to support the LGBTQ+ community and fight negative stereotypes.

Megan’s website, BadBitchesHaveBadDaysToo.com, offers free resources to connect people with crisis hotlines, therapy directories, and important mental health information. Through her Pete & Thomas Foundation, she also supports marginalized communities in Houston and across the country. This summer, she held the foundation’s first gala and raised $1.2 million to help youth, women, and seniors in underserved areas. The foundation also works on housing and education projects, along with mental health support.

The Houston native released a statement when she accepted the Trevor Project’s 2025 Mental Health Champion award, writing, “I’m honored to receive this year’s Mental Health Champion award from The Trevor Project. My goal has always been to use my platform to help break stigmas around mental health and provide resources for those seeking safe spaces to have honest and heartfelt conversations.” She added, “Mental health impacts all of us, so it’s important to lead with love and empathy. I’m grateful for organizations like The Trevor Project that are committed to spreading awareness and supporting our LGBTQ+ youth in powerful ways.”

Megan Thee Stallion has been vocal about her own mental health journey

Recently, Megan Thee Stallion talked with actress Taraji P. Henson about her experiences with mental health. Her mother, Holly Thomas, passed away from a brain tumor in 2019. Not long after, Megan was shot by Tory Lanez in 2020 and faced both physical and emotional challenges from the incident and the public attention during Lanez’s trial. 

Speaking with Henson, Megan said, “Through all of that grief, I was just working and trying to be the best Megan I could be.” The 30-year-old added, “And I didn’t know I needed therapy until one day, I was just like, ‘Damn, I’m really sad, and it’s really scary how sad I am.’ And it was like, I didn’t care what happened to me. And I didn’t want to feel like that. I should care about my life.”