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Title: To a Trans Person Considering Suicide: a Lifeline
Post by: stephaniec on December 09, 2015, 07:38:49 PM
To a Trans Person Considering Suicide: a Lifeline

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-adam-ackley-phd/to-a-trans-person-conside_b_8742274.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington Post/By H. Adam Ackley, Ph.D.   12/09/2015

"As a volunteer with Trans Lifeline, the trans-to-trans peer support line staffed only by trans volunteer operators and funded primarily by small donations from individuals in the trans community, I wish I could do so much more for my trans peers in crisis than i can. Underemployed, I can't donate more than $20 a month right now. Working 4 part-time jobs trying without success to make ends meet as a single parent, there are only moments here and there when I can answer our phone line or support our volunteers in other ways -- but I share these heartfelt words with any other trans person considering suicide:"