September is National Suicide Prevention Month

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Please join Kevin McHale and The Trevor Project for "Talk To Me," a campaign for conversation. #TrevorTalkToMe September 27 is The Trevor Project Day, so mark your calendars! And remember: If you or someone you know ever needs help, please call The Trevor Lifeline at 866-488-7386. It's free, confidential and available 24/7. Or visit www.TheTrevorProject.org.

RoaringFork Gay & Lesbian Community Fund to donate $25,000 to non-profits like The Trevor Project

Aspen Gay Ski Week is a fund raising event for the Roaring Fork Gay & Lesbian Community Fund.  This year the Fund will be donating over $25,000 to local and national non-profit organizations that reflect their mission.

The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. 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

If you or someone you know is considering suicide ...

... the Trevor Project can help.

HRC Partners with The Trevor Project around San Francisco Action Center & Store

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today announced long term partnerships with The Trevor Project, the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention among LGBT youth.  The well-regarded organization joins the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy and the GLBT Historical Society as organizations with which HRC will partner when the organization moves into the old camera store and campaign headquarters of civil rights advocate Harvey Milk.

In addition to being an HRC Action Center and Store, the location will include work space for The Trevor Project’s crisis and suicide prevention call center for the term of HRC’s lease. The Trevor Project will not offer direct services out of this space.  The Action Center and Store will prominently feature Trevor Project signage in the store’s windows and provide a kiosk for Trevor Project resources including a computer monitor to access the organization’s website.  The partnership will also enhance The Trevor Project’s ability to train local school workshop volunteers in the Bay Area therefore extending Trevor’s programmatic reach. In addition, HRC will make a $10,000 annual donation for each year of the relationship to The Trevor Project.

HRC previously announced that proceeds from selected merchandise will help to support the work of the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy and the GLBT Historical Society.

“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,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. “We are so proud of the work of The Trevor Project and I am thrilled to strengthen our relationship with this incredible organization.”

 “We are grateful to HRC for their generosity and are excited about this partnership,” said The Trevor Project Executive Director Charles Robbins. “This location, which is being provided to us free of charge, will allow us to invest even more of our precious resources into creating supportive and positive environments for youth.”

Daniel Radcliffe is the new face of The Trevor Project

Harry Potter himself - Daniel Radcliffe - is the new face of The Trevor Project and he's got some interesting things to say about being gay. He's not, but that's ok. His worldwide celebrity is sure to bring plenty of attention and support to this very worthwhile organization, a national 24-hour, toll free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth.

Vote GLSEN, Matthew Shepard Foundation, and The Trevor Project for Chase Community Giving $1 million dollar award

GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network), the Matthew Shepard Foundation and The Trevor Project – three organizations that work to improve the lives of LGBT youth – are among 100 finalists in Chase Community Giving, a campaign by Chase and Facebook to award $5 million to charities voted on by Facebook users.

In order to ensure that the organizations' lifesaving work receives as much support as possible, the only three LGBT-focused organizations among the 100 finalists are pleased to announce that they will pool resources and offer each other support in hopes that all three will be among the final six vote-getters. The top vote-getter receives $1 million. Five runners-up receive $100,000 each.

Voting runs until Jan. 22 and each Facebook user is eligible to vote for up to five charities.