Colors+ provides a safe space for LGBTQ kids to be themselves, regardless of who that might be.
, which allows youth at risk to borrow portable hot spots to be able to connect with counselors at the center.“We felt it important that all of our services have a mental health professional involved, not because our youth are inherently mentally ill, but if we can spot warning signs, or red flags, and provide healthy coping skills, we can help them in crisis when those arise,” Pepera explained. “Watch care and coping skills are so needed right now. We are losing youth to suicide.
“At first they are angry that we made those calls, but ultimately, they are grateful,” she explained. “They know when they express thoughts like that, that we are just acting because we want them to stay safe.”“It takes a long time for a young person to accept their sexuality in themselves because there is so much stigma still associated with being LGBTQ.
“For Trans youth, they have an incrementally much harder time. Many have had to go back in the closet, creating increased isolation and depression.”
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