Trevor Project offers lifeline to LGBT youth The work of The Trevor Project, the only national 24-hour suicide prevention hot line in the U.S. for LGBT and questioning youth, is highlighted in this article. "There's a high level of stress that youth face in the transition from youth to adulthood," said Charles Robbins, executive director of The Trevor Project. "Add on top of that the challenges of sexual orientation or gender identity and we get 15,000 calls a year." CNN ...

“Comic Lisa Lampanelli got serious - sort of - at the N.Y. gala for The Trevor Project, which provides free suicide prevention via a hotline for gay and questioning youth. “I’m deeply saddened at gay suicide,” Lampanelli said. ‘Why them? Why not the cast of ‘The Hills’? That I’d like to see. Heidi and Spencer, go off yourselves!’” [NYND] ...