This is why we have our hotline.
(https://www.youthvoices.live/2017/12/02/mission-to-bring-the-lgbt-community-home/)
This was such a great idea and also brings in the audience that may be not willing to be seen but wants to be heard. I love that idea!
I try to be bubbly and joke, but it is really hard when you are hungry and don't get any sleep.
Wanting to be happy but knowing what you have to go back to at the end of the day is a feeling that no one wants to experience. Just so people will not ask and worry about you, you have to put on this front and be strong because no one is going to be there for you like you are there for you.
Statistics won’t change hearts and minds, but stories will.
To be honest, you would think stories would change hearts and minds but in reality, many people in this world have such cold hearts and minds that it would not matter. Stories may persuade some, so on the bright side at least you can impact someone hopefully.
For transgender youth, housing was the most frequently cited need, followed by access to transition related supports.
This statistic and fact was something that unfortunately does not come as a surprise. People will literally leave their children on the streets with nothing to eat because they do not believe their sexuality and identity is normal. It is one thing to be upset but abandoning your children should be taken more serious. Majority of society does not care- at least they do not share their opinions which silence does not make a positive impact.
People often think that, because they don’t work at a shelter or service provider, they don’t have a role to play in the effort to end LGBT youth homelessness.
This brings up a lot of concern when it comes to leadership in this society. If someone is not in a official position to help, everyone stands around and have "sympathy" from a far. Let it be an issues that everyone is social constructed to support, I bet you the whole world would be in flames as they all go mad in distress.
The Lifeguard Workshop is a free online learning module with a video, curriculum, and teacher resources for middle school and high school classrooms.
The first step to someone being able to understand more about the LGBTQ community is by educating them. It is not as if someone need to pay t be educated or ever move, the opportunity they provide is online and free.99. But people are so ignorant, that they would not even think that it is worth it.