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Title: Stories from the Helpline
Post by: Natasha on September 28, 2008, 11:05:46 PM
Stories from the Helpline

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/stories_from_the_helpline_4.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/stories_from_the_helpline_4.php)
9/28/2008

She was a 15-year-old girl, calling from inside her closet. She had just told her father she was a lesbian, and in his denial and rage, he abandoned her and drove off to his girlfriend's house. Terrified and not knowing what else to expect from her father, she hid in the closet, a space where she felt safe. She then picked up the phone and called The Trevor Helpline.