The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
Even though my family knows I am bi, they still don't get that it is painful to hear them describe unwanted things as "gay", or calling people that they don't like as "fags".
sneak, 17, CACA
Hi Sneak,
It is incredibly hurtful when our loved ones don't support us. Their non-support can come in many different forms. It can be outright rejection, refusing to acknowledge who you are as an individual, or using a part of who you are to refer to others in a negative light. It's hard to imagine the pain you must...
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Dear trevor, im seriously hitting a low. I'm not eating much and the only reason i haven't killed myself is because of you and my friends. I don't want to die but i feel its my only opinion. If my family ever found out i was gay i would be disowned. By...lorissa , 15, middletownCT
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Dear Trevor,
I have a quick question. I am lost, worried, and confused. So far, I have come out to only one person, my stepsister, who is 22 years old; fortunately, she took it very well and is completely accepting of who...Anonymous23, 16, New York CityNY
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