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Camp Songs

pinkbatmax

on Sept. 30, 2010

In case you haven't heard of it, there's been a rash of suicides devastating LGBTQ youth. Five suicides, in very rapid order.

One out of every seven suicides is a child or teen. One out of four of those is LGBTQ. In a recent study focused on transgender youth age 15 to 21, 45 percent had thought seriously of killing themselves (and 30.1% attempt suicide at some point another study found.) That's a lot, folks. Our children are dying out there. The level of tragedy here is…. there's no words.

Be sure to cherish the children in your life, no matter who they are. Be sure to tell your loved ones 'I love you'. If you have some money, please donate to one or more of these fine organizations:

The Trevor Project, dedicated to LGBTQ suicide prevention: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Gender Spectrum, serving gender variant youth and their families and helping to raise a healthier generation: http://www.genderspectrum.org/

Trans Youth Family Allies, advocating for children and youth in transition: http://imatyfa.org

If you cannot give money, think about recording a video for the 'It Gets Better' project on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject

Also on twitter, follow the hashtags #itgetsbetter and #stayalive

Give love. Instead of cursing this darkness, try shining your own light, and maybe it will help bring some of our children through safely to shine their own lights upon the world.

Bless you all.