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...
Okay... So I have already been diagnosed with depression and generalized anxiety disorder several years ago... But everything seems to be spiraling downward. If I'm sad, I won't eat, if I'm anxious, I overeat. It's so unpredictable, and lately I've been...Anonynous, 13, ChicagoIL
Dear Trevor, hello.
Its been three years since i've been diagnosed with Schizoid Personality Disorder, so that has at least theoritically answered some the reasons why i always feel the way i feel. My schooling took place in an all girls catholic school,...Fuyu, 18, PuneMM
I want to come out to my best friend, but I'm not sure that I'm really gay. All I know is that anybody I have ever suffered butterflies for, have been girls. I have not really given guys' a chance. I'm meta-thinking that maybe I need to tell myself...label-less, 17, SeattleWA
I have had bad (maybe) experiences with other girls when I was younger, and now I am questioning if i am straight, or just thinking to make myself feel better. Could you help?
egirl, 13, PortlandOR
I believe in God. i go to church and most of my closest friends are at my church. i love them and they love me but i fear that they wont accept me. i have this funny feeling whenever i am around any pretty girl and i just freeze up. the same with a cute...Lilah Kohl, 15, RiversideCA
Hey I have been questioning my sexuality for a few years now, lately I have experienced being with a girl, but I don't want to accept the fact that I might be into girls. I have never been with a guy sexually, but I do talk to guys and I love being in the...Hayley, 16, RedfordMI
Dear Trevor, its been very rough lately. i spent a long time trying to figure out if i was gay or not. just recently(about a month ago i think) i've admitted to myself that i was gay. my problem is that im having trouble accepting it. i know im gay...Travis, 16, Crystal RiverFL
I've had feelings for girls ever since I was little and I still can't come to terms with myself. I came out as a lesbian to my parents when I was 12 and they flat out rejected the notion and convinced me that it was a phase; since then, I can't...Anon, 18, New YorkNY
Dear Trevor,
I have 2 questions. 1, how do you know what sexuality-gender you are? Because I'm just really confused over this, I know I don't HAVE to know now, that I have alot of time, but I jsut want to know that. I'm born a boy but I just don't know in...Mouse, 14, New YorkNY