Family

I am blessed to come from a loving and accepting who don’t care about my sexually or the sexually of my friends. My mom and I actually attend PFLAG together. PFLAG stand for Parents, Friends of Lesbians and Gays. The group is for parents, friends and LGBT individuals to go, met other people and find support. My mom and I just started to attend the meetings for the Chapter of PFLAG that is starting up in my town. I understand not everyone has caring, accepting parents. I have a friend who parents are not accepting at all, and he is struggling with that, his self-esteem is lower than it should be and so is his aspirations in life sometimes. This is caused by his parents who do not accept him at all and are mean to him about his sexual orientation. The Family Acceptance Project did a study on family acceptance and rejection. There study found that LGBT youth from high rejecting families are more than 8 times as likely to attempt suicide. Nearly 6 times as likely to report high levels of depression. More than 3 times as likely to use illegal drugs and more than 3 times as likely to be at high risk for HIV and STDs. If you’re from a high rejecting family, remember you are not alone, there are people out there are struggling with some of the same issues, there is also people who do care about you and love you. I will always be here every Wednesday for you. There is also the Trevor Project which is a crisis and suicide prevention lifeline for LGBT youth. Please call it if you every need someone to talk to or your feeling alone. The number is 866-488-7386. Please you are never alone! You are loved.

Love Stephanie