Gay Teen, Derrick Martin, The Trevor Project and other LGBT groups have created Project LifeVest, an outreach to LGBT youth.
Here's their mission statement:
Our mission is simple: "To be a helping hand, a life vest, to as many LGBTQ teens and adults as possible. We will carry out this mission through the establishment of safe places in as many cities as possible; through opening a call center with a qualified and well-educated and experienced team of counselors who can give advice and guidance where needed; through finding qualified and screened families who can, if the need arises, host rejected teens while they finish schooling or find a new place."We are LifeVest, and we are here to help.
Please check out their site for more info.
via Wicked Gay Blog and JMG
1 comment:
Great project, there are so many lgbtq teens out there who need a safe, positive, affirming home. Having parents who love and support you is very different from having parents who tolerate you and hope that the whole gay thing is just a phase.
What these parents who are constantly berating their lgbtq kids don't understand is that they're just pushing them further into the streets which could entail drugs, survival sex and possible violence.
Good luck to this organisation.
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