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Preventing LGBT Suicide

One Road Trip at a Time - November 17th, 2010 / 7:30 p.m.

— Marc Adams and HeartStrong take on Religious Homophobia and Hate

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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

Hate and homophobia flourishes in the United States—even in institutions like schools and churches that supposedly protect children. Look no further than the Midland School District in Arkansas, where one school board member wrote on his Facebook page that he didn't want to wear a purple ribbon "because five queers committed suicide… the only way I'm wearing for them is if they all commit suicide."

Hate speech such as this is even more common in religious schools, where anti-gay harangues from the pulpit, in classrooms, at social events, and in homes are the rule rather than the exception.

Fresh from speeches at Harvard University and Rutgers, where one of the suicides took place, Marc Adams speaks at PFLAG Los Angeles about the desperate circumstances in which some LGBT young people live their lives.

“There’s a clock ticking on the emotional life of students in these schools. Our work is a rescue mission and it is more relevant today than when [HeartStrong] started 15 years ago,” Adams says. “All they look for is hope, and we give them hope.”

In order to prevent more suicides, the HeartStrong organization, whose special mission is outreach to LGBT students in religious schools, has extended and expanded the current road trip, the 43rd of its kind in the organization’s history.

Come to the November 17th meeting of PFLAG Los Angeles to find out how we can help these young people in our own community and throughout the country.

Visit HeartStrong at:: www.heartstrong.org

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