If a teen is not met with ongoing conversation in the days after coming out, their suicide risk is nearly identical to a teen who’s blatantly rejected by their family. Take initiative to keep open conversation on gender, sexuality, and suicide.
Posts tagged Public Schools
SDA Teachers Convention: ‘God Freed me to Listen & Learn Passionat...
This week, Bill Henson presented Posture Shift at the 2018 Teachers Convention, a conference designed to equip Christian teachers in the Seventh-Day Adventist education system (Adventist Education). If you think […]
11/12 – Josh Pacheco (17)
Josh Pacheco (17) – November 27, 2012 When your child dies, it is devastating. When you later find out he was bullied to death, it is utterly crippling. Yet […]
New Resource for Pediatricians
*** FOR PEDIATRICIANS *** Introducing! The Bridge Home is a new training program to equip medical doctors to foster enhanced family connectedness between gay teens and conservative faith parents. Sadly, […]
Jacob Rogers (18)
Bullied Out of the School System Jacob Rogers took his life after suffering several years of anti-gay bullying at his high school. The bullying became so bad that he had […]
Phillip Parker (14)
“Please help me, Mom.” The Parker family says they should have known something was wrong, but like many families it can be hard to spot suicidality behind a smile. Phillip […]
Eric James Borges (19)
Family Rejection is a Leading Risk Factor Eric James Borges (19) made a video urging gay kids to “never give up.” Less than a month later, he took his own […]