Stand up for teens questioning their sexuality

"Take a moment to remember being 14 years old. Picture your favorite place, the kids you liked or avoided, how you spent most afternoons, what you thought when you looked in the mirror.

Now think of a time around that age when you went through something difficult. Something you couldn't bring yourself to talk about with anyone.

How did you feel?

Common answers from adults looking back: Embarrassed. Self-conscious. Confused. Stupid. Weak. Ashamed.

What circumstances led to such feelings? Everything from a violent parent to the "wrong" clothes.

What happens when a teen feels bad and alone for too long? The list of dangers is familiar: academic losses, substance abuse, depression, eating disorders, becoming an easy target for predators, excessive risk-taking, self-injury.

If, like most adults, you're able to recall a time in middle or high school when you weren't sure how to cope or where to turn, then you've experienced an important part of what many young people go through when first realizing they're lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ)."















""Let's include everyone." "No name-calling." "I don't think that's funny." By speaking up for respect, we provide compassionately and effectively benefits, plus others such as "adult role models," "equality and social justice," and "integrity."" By Laura Philips(CLICK ON THE TITAL 4 THE LINK)

WE SHOULD EXCEPT EVERY ONE 4 WHO THEY R. IT SHOULDNT AND DOSENT MATTER WHAT SOME1S SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS, WHO THE GO OUT WITH OR WHAT THEY CHOSES TO LIKE. I BELEIVE THAT PEOPLE R IGNORAT AND AFRAID BCOZ THAY R IGNORANT AND THATS Y THEY CHOOSE NOT 2 EXCEPT PEOPLE WHO R LGBTQ.

TEENS WHO R QUESTIONNG THEIR SEXUALITY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED AND GUIDED TO AVOID THEM FEEL DEPRESTED, SCARED AND ALONE. THERE IS A HUGE RISE IN DEPRESION, SUICIDE, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, SELF HARMING AMONGST TEENS HOW R LGBTQ(I READ THIS SOME WHERE I DONT KNOW WHERE BUT I CANT REMEMBER IT PROPALY SO I MAY HAVE MADE UP BITS OF IT..LOL).

ITS SOoOoOo SAD THAT MORE THAT HALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME OUT LOOSE THEIR FRIENDS AND 1 IN 4 PEOPLES PARENTS DONT EXCEPT THIER SEXUALITY. MOST LGBT EXPIRANCE VERBAL ABUSE ALMOST EVERYDAY AND THIS LEAD TO DEPERATION, SELF HARMING AND PEOPLE TRYING TO KILL THEMSELFS. IM SURE IT ALSO LEADS TO ALCOHOL AND DURGS MISUSE AND..UMM..I THINK ANXIETY DISORDERS LIKE PHOBIAS..OoHH WOT THAT 1 CALLED WEN UR SCARD TO LEAVE HOME..AGROAPHOIA???..I DONT KNOW..I CANT REMBER WHAT I READ PROPALY IT WAS LIKE AGES AGO..

ANY WAY..THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE WAS THAT WE R ALL HUMAN AND WE ALL HAVE FEELING AND VIEW, JUST BCOZ SOME1S SEXUALITY IS DIFFERENT FROM UR DOSNT MEAN THAT U NEED TO TAUNT THEM, ISOLATE THEM OR ABUSE THEM IN FORM OR WAY.

WE NEED LEARN TO EXCEPT AND RESPECT EACH OTHER 4 WHO WE R. WE NEED TO ELIMINATE PREJUDICE SO WE CANT LIVE I HARMONY. WE ALSO NEED TO ELIMINATE IGNORACE SO IT DOSNT GET IN THE WAY OF EXCEPTANCE.

WE NEED TO SUPPOR AND STAND UP 4 TEENS QUETENING THEIR SEXUALITY




Y IS IT THAT WHEN 2 GIRL KISS A GUY WILL GET TURNED ON BUT WHEN 2 GUYS KISS ANOTER GUY WILL BE OUTRAGED???