This month, Esurance is donating $10 for every person who joins their campaign with The Trevor Project, the leading national crisis and suicide prevention lifeline.
All you have to do is add your facebook profile picture to their mosaic. It’s super easy and it takes less than a minute to do!
I learned about this campaign on Tyler Oakley’s blog. Thanks, Tyler!
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“People will hate you, rate you, shake you, and break you. But how strong you stand is what makes you.” – Unknown Don’t give up! there is hope and there is help.
Call 1800-273-TALK (8255)
Or call The Trevor Lifeline at 866-488-7386 if you are a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning young person looking for someone to listen without judgment.
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Thanks for your interest in volunteering with The Trevor Project at your local Pride Festival this summer! As a thank you, the first 100 volunteers in each city to sign up below will receive a FREE t-shirt! [Please note that we cannot guarantee a specific size]. If you have any questions, please email pride@thetrevorproject.org.
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During National Suicide Prevention Week, visit http://TrevorTalkToMe.org to learn why YOU should CARE and how you can help save a life.
Y-CARE? Because:
- Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year-olds.
- LGB youth are up to 4 times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers.
- Depression is treatable and suicide is preventable.
Remember, you are never alone. If you or someone you know needs help, please call The Trevor Lifeline at 866-488-7386 . It’s free, confidential and available 24/7. Or visit http://www.TheTrevorProject.org.
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The nation’s largest gay rights group announced Tuesday that it plans to share the San Francisco storefront where Harvey Milk waged his historic political campaign with a nonprofit that provides suicide prevention services for gay youth.
The deal is aimed at quelling a tempest over the slain gay rights leader’s old stomping grounds.
The Human Rights Campaign said it would donate $10,000 a year and space inside the site of Milk’s old Castro Camera to The Trevor Project, which plans to run a crisis hotline there. The deal will continue for as long as the Washington, D.C.-based organization leases the store.
“We are honored to partner with The Trevor Project in offering this important resource for LGBT youth across the nation from such a historic location,” HRC President Joe Solmonese said.
Milk became the first openly gay man to win political office in a major U.S. city when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.
In the more than three decades since he was assassinated at City Hall along with Mayor George Moscone, the building also has housed a clothing store, a beauty supply shop and a housewares emporium.
Underscoring the tensions within various factions of the gay rights movement, some of Milk’s friends and admirers had complained last month when the Human Rights Campaign announced it was opening a gift shop and information center at the retail site where Milk worked during the 1970s.
They said the organization’s philosophy of incremental progress ran counter to Milk’s uncompromising message of gay pride. AIDS Memorial Quilt founder Cleve Jones, who campaigned for and worked with Milk, said last month that an organization serving gay youth would be a more fitting to Milk’s memory. Jones applauded the agreement HRC struck with The Trevor Project.
“It is wonderful that Harvey’s message of hope will again emanate from the site of Castro Camera,” he said. “He spoke often of our responsibility to our young people and experienced firsthand the pain of losing loved ones to suicide…. I think he’d approve.”
HRC plans to stock the store with clothing and household items bearing its logo, as well as merchandize carrying Milk’s words and image. Solmonese said a portion of the proceeds will go to a local elementary school named in Milk’s honor and the GLBT Historical Society.
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.
Mission
The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources including our nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital community and advocacy/educational programs that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone.
Vision
A future where the possibilities, opportunities and dreams are the same for all youth, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Daniel Radcliffe looks forward to a tolerant world where young people grow up unaffected by differences in sexual orientation. For the past couple of years, the “Harry Potter” star has been doing his part to make that a reality with his work with the Trevor Project, the leading organization for suicide prevention efforts among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youths.
For his contribution, Radcliffe is being honored with the organization’s Hero Award at a ceremony in New York in June.
“It’s fantastic,” Radcliffe told The Associated Press. “The fact that they think of what I’ve done by promoting awareness of the Trevor Project itself and the issues that it works to promote and help is a great honor.”
The Trevor Hero Award, announced Monday, recognizes a person who serves as an inspiration to sexual minority youths and increases visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning, or LGBTQ, community. Past Hero Award recipients include screen and stage actor Nathan Lane, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and former Miss America and “Ugly Betty” actress Vanessa Williams.
While privileged to be a part of this group carrying forward the organization’s life-saving work, Radcliffe said he feels a little bashful about it, too.
“The people that are doing the heroic things are the people answering phones 24 hours a day in the Trevor call centers,” he said. “I think that out of everything that I’ve done so far in my career, I think this is absolutely one of the most important, if not the most important, thing that I’m associated with.”
Radcliffe, currently appearing in the Broadway revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” says audience members often acknowledge his work with the organization.
“I meet people at the stage door every night that thank me for what I’m doing with the Trevor project,” he said proudly.
The Trevor Project was founded in 1998 by filmmakers James Lecesne, Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone. Their 1994 film, “Trevor,” about a gay 13-year-old boy who tried to commit suicide after his friends learned of his sexuality, won the Academy Award for Film Short. The film was the catalyst for the birth of the organization after it was shown on HBO in 1998.
Radcliffe became aware of the Trevor Project in 2008 during his Broadway debut in a revival of “Equus.” Since 2009, he has appeared in public service announcements and has made public statements in support of the organization.
The last installment of the “Harry Potter” franchise, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” will be released in June.
Along with Radcliffe, who plays the title character in the “Harry Potter” movies,” the Trevor Project will honor Ernst & Young LLP with the Trevor 2020 Award, for a corporation that has provided support for the community and increased understanding of LGBTQ issues.
The nation’s largest gay rights group announced Tuesday that it plans to share the San Francisco storefront where Harvey Milk waged his historic political campaign with a nonprofit that provides suicide prevention services for gay youth.
The deal is aimed at quelling a tempest over the slain gay rights leader’s old stomping grounds.
The Human Rights Campaign said it would donate $10,000 a year and space inside the site of Milk’s old Castro Camera to The Trevor Project, which plans to run a crisis hotline there. The deal will continue for as long as the Washington, D.C.-based organization leases the store.
“We are honored to partner with The Trevor Project in offering this important resource for LGBT youth across the nation from such a historic location,” HRC President Joe Solmonese said.
Milk became the first openly gay man to win political office in a major U.S. city when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.
In the more than three decades since he was assassinated at City Hall along with Mayor George Moscone, the building also has housed a clothing store, a beauty supply shop and a housewares emporium.
Underscoring the tensions within various factions of the gay rights movement, some of Milk’s friends and admirers had complained last month when the Human Rights Campaign announced it was opening a gift shop and information center at the retail site where Milk worked during the 1970s.
They said the organization’s philosophy of incremental progress ran counter to Milk’s uncompromising message of gay pride. AIDS Memorial Quilt founder Cleve Jones, who campaigned for and worked with Milk, said last month that an organization serving gay youth would be a more fitting to Milk’s memory. Jones applauded the agreement HRC struck with The Trevor Project.
“It is wonderful that Harvey’s message of hope will again emanate from the site of Castro Camera,” he said. “He spoke often of our responsibility to our young people and experienced firsthand the pain of losing loved ones to suicide…. I think he’d approve.”
HRC plans to stock the store with clothing and household items bearing its logo, as well as merchandize carrying Milk’s words and image. Solmonese said a portion of the proceeds will go to a local elementary school named in Milk’s honor and the GLBT Historical Society.
The Service: at TQP, we feel lucky to know a resource to provide any LGBTQI individual in crisis. if you’re struggling, please contact The Trevor Project.
Call 1-866-488-7386 or visit The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is THE leading national organization focused on preventing suicide among LGBTQ youth.
The Analysis: The Trevor Project received accreditation as an exemplary suicide and crisis prevention program by performing according to nationally recognized standards by The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) ; they were honored by the AAS in April of 2010.
The Trevor Project and the Equal Roots Coalition are teaming up to assemble LGBT Survival Training Kits in West Hollywood tonight, December 22, at 7:00PM. All are invited to join in the effort.
According the Trevor Project’s website, the kits are “a classroom tool to be used in conjunction with the short film, Trevor, to constructively generate discussion about the myriad of issues surrounding suicide, personal identity and sexual orientation.” The kits include youth brochure wallet cards, age-appropriate workshop guides, posters, an Educator Resource Guide, and a copy of the Academy-Award winning film Trevor.
You can RSVP for the event on Facebook here. The event location will be provided upon RSVP.
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