Joaquin Tenedora-Forte December 14, 2015
Last weekend I was watching a livestream event on the internet because one of my favorite YouTubers RJ from shep689 is hosting it. For this thing called Trevor live is a charity red carpet event, by the Trevor project. I heard of Trevor project back then, but I did not know the story behind the charity, so like a Intelligent person does I research it.
In 1998 the short dramedy film on HBO called Trevor, premiers. It is about a teenager named Trevor who attempted suicide after his friends rejected him after coming out as gay. The film won academy awards for best short film the same year. The people behind the film want to do a hotline for LGBT people but there Is no suicide hotlines back then. They decided to create a hotline from the proceeds of the film.
The first years since the Trevor Hotline started had been a success. The hotline is reaching thousands of youth across the United States. There have been local chapters of the Trevor HotLine. Celebrities started to take notice, like comedian Ellen, Kathy Griffin, and newscaster Anderson Cooper and plenty more. In 2009 they receive a big check from Daniel Radcliffe. In 2011 YouTube megastar Tyler Oakley did a found racer for the Trevor Project. He race five hundred thousand for his birthday.
The Trevor Project is not just only a hotline anymore, it had expanded, it has a social media site Trevor Space a safe space for LGBT Youth and their allies. Trevor Chat an online forum for non suicidal youth to talk to people about everything. And Trevor Live an annual one day live red carpet event/found racers for the good cost that is the Trevor Project.
Lastly, the Trevor Project saves countless lives, we should support this charity. Finally, if you are planning to take your own life: call 1800 for u Trevor and please do not take your life because your life is so precious.
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