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Trevor and RAINN Co-Create Guide on Supporting Survivors

BY: Trevor News
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The Trevor Project is partnering with our friends at RAINN to shed important light on how we can best support those who have experienced sexual violence or trauma. Read our newest guide on how to be understanding to LGBTQ young people who are survivors and help them find the resources they need.

How to Support LGBTQ Survivors of Sexual Violence Guide

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“What They’re Doing Is Not Therapy”: Conversion Therapy Survivors Speak Out

Jump to VideoWhen Andrew came out to his parents at fourteen, neither of them responded with acceptance. Instead, they arranged for Andrew to see a therapist who promised to “fix” his sexual orientation.  “If me being straight was how I got their love and acceptance, I was like okay, I guess I’ll go,” he remembers. What Andrew didn’t realize at the time was that he was about to be subjected to a dangerous practice called conversion therapy.  There, Andrew was told that “there was something wrong with me for having these thoughts,” and instructed to suppress them. “I call it…
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A Mental Health Victory: Pennsylvania’s Historic Ban on Conversion Therapy

Tanner Mobley (he/him) Advocacy Associate, Conversion Therapy As Advocacy Campaigns Associate at The Trevor Project, I’m thrilled to share a major victory from our Advocacy Team’s efforts. Over the past several years, I’ve been part of an incredible team working tirelessly to get Pennsylvania’s regulatory boards to adopt statements-of-policy against conversion therapy — dangerous and discredited practices that attempt to change a person’s LGBTQ+ identity.  I want to take you behind the scenes and show you how we turned our vision into a powerful reality. The Urgent Need for Change Our drive to end conversion therapy in Pennsylvania was fueled…