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First transgender suicide hotline overcomes growing pains

Started by stephaniec, October 13, 2015, 11:15:07 AM

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stephaniec

October 13, 2015, 11:15:07 AM
First transgender suicide hotline overcomes growing pains

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/13/First-transgender-suicide-hotline-overcomes-growing-pains.html

America Aljazeera/October 13, 2015 5:00AM ET by Hugh Ryan

"In 2013, at one of the lowest points in her life, 44-year-old software engineer Greta Martela placed a call to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. She had been hospitalized five times for being suicidal, starting at age 28, when she realized she was transgender. But she was still struggling with coming out to the wider world. When she disclosed to the counselor that she was transgender, he was confused about what that meant. Once she explained, "he got off the phone as quick as he could," she said."
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October 13, 2015, 07:37:21 PM
I put my name in as a volunteer. I still have a lot of free time right now, and I would really like to do something with it that would make a difference.
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