The Trevor Project and Suicide Prevention - Just Breathe: Parenting Your LGBTQ Teen Episode 72

8 May 2023 · 1 min

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Heather Hester talks with The Trevor Project about supporting LGBTQ teens in crisis. The organization offers everything from casual chats to emergency support, with trained moderators creating safe spaces where young people can reach out without judgment.

Young people are empowered and they ask for those things, and so our moderators work with young people to make sure that they have spaces to have those conversations where they feel comfortable.
Knowing that not only is this work being done, but there are places, places for our kids to go to get the support, whether it's just in a, I need to chit-chat with somebody, or I am in major —never be the masters of your experience, but we can say, well, how do we keep you safe? Yes, very scary. I acknowledge, and it is okay. It's uncomfortable, but do it, do it, do it. That's what I have to say about that.