How The Trevor Project Sidelines Parents in the Name of Saving Children
In 1998, Peggy Rajski, Celeste Lecesne, and Randy Stone founded The Trevor Project, a non-profit with a mission to provide crisis intervention and suicide-prevention services on behalf of LGBTQ youth. It was launched on the heels of the trio’s Academy Award-winning short film Trevor (later made into a stage musical) about a fictional 13-year-old boy who tries to end his life when people around him discover he has a crush on a boy at school.
The organization quickly grew into a leading go-to resource for LGBTQ youth, offering a 24-hour crisis hotline, online chat services, and advocacy efforts aimed at advancing legislation favorable to the LGBTQ lobby. It advocates for social acceptance for LGBTQ identities and...
graduated summa cum laude from California State University, Fresno, with a BS in molecular biology and a minor in cognitive psychology. As an undergraduate, she conducted research in immunology, microbiology, behavioral and cognitive psychology, scanning tunneling microscopy and genetics - having published research in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, and projects in scanning tunneling microscopy. Having recently completed an M.Ed. from University of Cincinnati and a Certificate in Apologetics with the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, Emily is currently an instructional designer/content developer for Moody Bible Institute and teaches organic chemistry and physics. As a former Darwinian evolutionist, Emily now regards the intelligent design arguments more credible than those proffered by Darwinists for explaining the origin of life.
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