One thing that we have found out over the years is that one adult can make a difference in the life of a trans child, or lesbian or gay child.
Become a mentor.
Check your local LGBTQ center to see if they have a mentoring program, here in Connecticut True Colors runs a mentoring program.
Make sure your school system has a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA).
Ask your board of ed if they have GSA in the school system, if find out what you can do to start one in town and remember if the school system has after school clubs they must allow a GSA.
With all the increase in hate around the country your support is now needed more than ever.
Just one supportive adult cuts the chance an LGBTQ youth will attempt suicide by 40%So what can you do to help?
0ver 1.8 million young LGBTQ people considered suicide each year. Any supportive adult can make a difference - not just a parent.
LGBTQ Nation
By Gwendolyn Smith
July 25, 2019
A pair of reports courtesy of the Trevor Project shine a light on the importance of a supportive adult voice in the lives of LGBTQ youth: just having at least one accepting adult in their lives reduced the chance of a suicide attempt by an LGBTQ youth by 40 percent.
While past studies have focused on the importance of parents who accept their LGBTQ children, this new report goes farther, finding out that any supportive adult can make a difference.
Become a mentor.
Check your local LGBTQ center to see if they have a mentoring program, here in Connecticut True Colors runs a mentoring program.
Make sure your school system has a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA).
Ask your board of ed if they have GSA in the school system, if find out what you can do to start one in town and remember if the school system has after school clubs they must allow a GSA.
With all the increase in hate around the country your support is now needed more than ever.
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