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Prayers for Bobby

Premieres January 24 at 9 pm et/pt

“I am a trained and certified volunteer crisis/suicide counselor for The Trevor Project, www.thetrevorproject.org, the only 24 hour nationwide crisis and suicide prevention helpline for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) youth. Any young person (up to the age of 24) who is suicidal or in crisis can call toll free, 1-866-4-U-TREVOR, 1-866-488-7386, around-the-clock and talk to someone who is there to listen and provide help. Thank you, Lifetime, for showing “Prayers for Bobby”. As a volunteer counselor, I am privileged to take calls from youth around the country who may be questioning their sexual identity and/or sexual orientation and who may kill them self because they believe they are “different” from their peers and are not accepted. A young person’s choice to kill them self by way of suicide because they do not feel accepted is tragic. Young or old, know-one should feel they need to take their life because they identify as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning person. I can tell you from first hand experience, taking many phone calls as a volunteer, that young people do consider killing themselves, ONLY because they are or fear they will not be accepted by either their parents, family members, friends, classmates and unfortunately, in some cases, their religion. If you do not understand what it is like to be a young gay person, then please watch “Prayers for Bobby.” Regardless of your faith, belief and/or religion, after you watch “Prayers for Bobby”, I ask you to help save the lives of LGBTQ youth and adults who commit suicide every year by ending prejudice.”

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