Comments on: Save 1.800.Suicide http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:16:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jia http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-183112 jia Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:48:05 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-183112 Thanks for the great post. It is always helpful to hear what others have to say on the matter. I would like ot invite you to read my blog of a live journal of my personal story and hope it brings as much as your story brought to me. Thanks again. http://pdxneverneverland.today.com Thanks for the great post. It is always helpful to hear what others have to say on the matter. I would like ot invite you to read my blog of a live journal of my personal story and hope it brings as much as your story brought to me. Thanks again.
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]]> By: Lori Schmitt, isurvive.org http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1982 Lori Schmitt, isurvive.org Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:15:09 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1982 I am devastated by this news. I run a non-profit organization called isurvive, it is a community for adults who have suffered trauma as children. They have suffered physical, verbal, emotional, and/or sexual abuse. I refer survivors and new Members to this hotline on a daily basis. It has saved their lives... I can not see isurvive without this resource... I am devastated by this news. I run a non-profit organization called isurvive, it is a community for adults who have suffered trauma as children. They have suffered physical, verbal, emotional, and/or sexual abuse.

I refer survivors and new Members to this hotline on a daily basis. It has saved their lives…

I can not see isurvive without this resource…

]]> By: The Zero Boss: Where “parenting” is a stream of four-letter words by Jay Andrew Allen : : Sugar Rush: The “George W. Bush is Still an Asshole” Link Roundup for July 29th http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1469 The Zero Boss: Where “parenting” is a stream of four-letter words by Jay Andrew Allen : : Sugar Rush: The “George W. Bush is Still an Asshole” Link Roundup for July 29th Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:16:22 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1469 [...] Chris O’Donnell points to blog fave Republic of T, who has the skinny on the Bush administration’s attempts to tank 1-800-SUICIDE, a suicide prevention hotline for troubled teens. The move represents a potentially large threat to GLBT teens, given the administration’s inching emphasis on "faith-based suicide prevention" in recent years. Egads. [...] [...] Chris O’Donnell points to blog fave Republic of T, who has the skinny on the Bush administration’s attempts to tank 1-800-SUICIDE, a suicide prevention hotline for troubled teens. The move represents a potentially large threat to GLBT teens, given the administration’s inching emphasis on "faith-based suicide prevention" in recent years. Egads. [...]

]]> By: O'DonnellWeb http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1465 O'DonnellWeb Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:05:45 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1465 <strong>George Bush Is Trying To Kill Gay Teenagers</strong> Yes, the subject line is purposely inflammatory. However, something odd is going on with the 1-800 Suicide help line. The... George Bush Is Trying To Kill Gay Teenagers

Yes, the subject line is purposely inflammatory. However, something odd is going on with the 1-800 Suicide help line. The…

]]> By: the starwheel http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1459 the starwheel Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:29:50 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1459 Two thoughts: Is personal information better protected in the hands of the government or in the hands of a non profit organization? I don't see enhanced secuirty one way or the other. If LGBT teens are in such a perilous situation, with so many comtemplatiing suicide, I would suggest that perhaps something more than a phone number is in order. Maybe Mr. Dobson would have something to offer in this regard. Two thoughts:

Is personal information better protected in the hands of the government or in the hands of a non profit organization? I don’t see enhanced secuirty one way or the other.

If LGBT teens are in such a perilous situation, with so many comtemplatiing suicide, I would suggest that perhaps something more than a phone number is in order. Maybe Mr. Dobson would have something to offer in this regard.

]]> By: Imagine a troubled gay teenager contemplating suicide…and getting James Dobson on the other end. » Wagalulu - Top 100 Feeds » » Imagine a troubled gay teenager contemplating suicide…and getting James Dobson on the other end. http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1455 Imagine a troubled gay teenager contemplating suicide…and getting James Dobson on the other end. » Wagalulu - Top 100 Feeds » » Imagine a troubled gay teenager contemplating suicide…and getting James Dobson on the other end. Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:25:16 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1455 [...] government minister killed » Bookmark on del.icio.us 1-800-SUICIDE loses govt. funding: Despite the fact that almost 2 million callers have reachedhelp and hope over the last 8 years, and a government funded evaluation stating the benefits of 1-800-SUICIDE, the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), a division of Health & Human Services, has decided to create their own government run system where they would have direct access to confidential data on individuals in crisis. (SAMHSA has already scrubbed their websites of any and all LGBT information, and gay youth are 2-3 times more likely to commit suicide.) Save 1-800-SUICIDE website here. [...] [...] government minister killed » Bookmark on del.icio.us 1-800-SUICIDE loses govt. funding: Despite the fact that almost 2 million callers have reachedhelp and hope over the last 8 years, and a government funded evaluation stating the benefits of 1-800-SUICIDE, the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), a division of Health & Human Services, has decided to create their own government run system where they would have direct access to confidential data on individuals in crisis. (SAMHSA has already scrubbed their websites of any and all LGBT information, and gay youth are 2-3 times more likely to commit suicide.) Save 1-800-SUICIDE website here. [...]

]]> By: Degen http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1448 Degen Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:22:58 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1448 I'm curious as to why, in this administration's mind, suicide prevention belongs in the hands of the federal government, if schools, social security, and all other social services don't. I'm also wondering just when this administration is finally going to come out with a statement acknowledging that they actively hate the citizens of the United States. I’m curious as to why, in this administration’s mind, suicide prevention belongs in the hands of the federal government, if schools, social security, and all other social services don’t.

I’m also wondering just when this administration is finally going to come out with a statement acknowledging that they actively hate the citizens of the United States.

]]> By: Feministe » Help For a Suicide Hotline http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1430 Feministe » Help For a Suicide Hotline Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:09:11 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1430 [...] Shakespeare’s Sister has some links about George Bush’s defunding of the highly effective 1-800-SUICIDE. [...] [...] Shakespeare’s Sister has some links about George Bush’s defunding of the highly effective 1-800-SUICIDE. [...]

]]> By: ex-lion tamer http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1427 ex-lion tamer Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:03:22 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2006/07/27/save-1800suicide/#comment-1427 <strong>suicide is not painless</strong> here's your nightmare for today: r@d@r: hello, is this 1-800-SUICIDE? i want to fucking kill myself. operator: go ahead - one less leftist makes the world a better place. r@d@r: how the f?!k do you know if i'm a leftist?... suicide is not painless

here’s your nightmare for today: r@d@r: hello, is this 1-800-SUICIDE? i want to fucking kill myself. operator: go ahead - one less leftist makes the world a better place. r@d@r: how the f?!k do you know if i’m a leftist?…

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