WATCH: Trevor Project Launches 'Talk to Me' Campaign

The suicide prevention project encourages everyone to be a supportive listener for LGBT young people with concerns.

Trudy Ring

Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.

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The Trevor Project has launched its "Talk to Me" campaign for conversation, which asks people to pledge to be supportive listeners for LGBT or questioning young people who need someone to talk to.

The campaign, which runs through September, is in observance of National Suicide Prevention Month. The Trevor Project operates a 24-hour suicide prevention hotline.

"It is vital that we recognize our own individual ability to help prevent the tragedy of suicide, said Abbe Land, Trevor Project executive director and CEO. "At the Trevor Project, we are especially concerned about the risks facing young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning, but 'Talk to Me' is for all of us: parents, friends, family members, coworkers, teachers, and students. We all have the ability to let another person know that they are not alone and that we genuinely care about their health and well-being."

The campaign also asks supporters to wear "Talk to Me" T-shirts and other gear, post online badges or sticky notes with the words, and write letters to newspapers and legislators about the need for funding inclusive suicide prevention programs.

Glee star Kevin McHale appears in a public service announcement for the campaign. Watch below.