lhb

Lgbtq Advocacy

Bullying

Around 35% of students that are gay or lesbian admit to being bullied.

Help Teens Coming Out

Our Mission

Our mission is to empower the youth to be able to dspeak out about their sexual oreintation and be proud of who they are.

Number of Acts Against Lgbtq

Hate

60% of the 1300 hate crims last year were against lgbtq groups.

This is up 17% from last year.

Sucide

Suicide acounts for the second most amount of deaths for people under the age of 24.

LGB youth are almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to heterosexual youth.

Suicide

Lgbtq Facts

More Facts

42% of people who are LGBT report living in an unwelcoming environment.

6 in 10 LGBT students report feeling unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation.

80% of gay and lesbian youth report severe social isolation.

You Can Help

How You Can Help

If you want to help an LGBTQ peer you can,

- Talk to your friend with open and accepting thoughts.

- Use opened mindedness and accept others differences.

- Talk to them and don't assume.