Out.com: “What It's Like to Be Queer In This Country?”

As many of you may know, being queer in this country or just even the world is tough. Project Contrast is a non-profit to show the world the stories of Queer Youth and the struggles they go through everyday. 

As you may know, Project Contrast was originally created to raise awareness for the astoundingly high suicide rate in my home state of Utah. In Utah, the population of Mormons and strict religious households is high, but the suicide rate is even higher. For the state, suicide is the number one cause of death for children between the ages of 10-17, and although the state won’t correlate that it’s self-made homophobia is a contributing factor, the writing is on the wall for the children part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Read the full story on OUT.com below.