The ADVOCATE: Throws a Lifeline to LGBTQ+ Youth

Project Contrast is my child. Something I care deeply for. I created it from the ground up, and just like raising a child, Project Contrast has many hurdles to overcome and lessons to learn from the world during its period of transition and growth.

As you may know, Project Contrast was originally created to raise awareness of 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 1 cause of death for children between the ages of 10 and 17, and although the state won’t admit that its self-made homophobia is a contributing factor, the writing is on the wall for the children who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. 

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