Just a quick glance through Google…
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Thank you!
I’m seriously worried about what will happen to him.
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The resources might prove helpful. If he were older, I bet there would be families willing to take him in.
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Damn. I just watched that last night. The Gary Oldman version, not the Alec Guinness one.
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A friend who is forced into gay conversion therapy by his parents is saying that he will commit suicide soon, and I can’t do anything to help. I want to cry right now.
I edited the post, Im so shaken that I missed some words
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I’m so sorry.
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I need help, I don’t know what to say to him
This is all so fucked up
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You can encourage them to reach out to the suicide hotline or textline?
They have an online chat, too:
One more link:
I’m assuming this is in the US, of course. If not, there are options in other countries, as well.
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Parent’s are not letting him use electronic devices nearly at all, and are saying that if they are not satified with the results of gay conversion therapy they will send him to Christian bootcamp
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You can point them at resources IRL and online. Check on them as often as you can, and make sure you take care of yourself. You are in a really difficult position.
ETA - sorry, replies moved faster than I type.
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JFC… that’s horrible. Maybe you can call one of the hotlines (sounds like the one for LGBQT+ folks might be your best bet) and let the people there know the situation and maybe get some contact information to them to try and reach out and help? I don’t know how much information you have for this individual, but that might help. If you know the location of the person, you might be able to reach out to local services to help them, too. It sounds like a rather abusive situation they’re in.
And @Faffenreffer is right. Make sure you take care of yourself here, as well.
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He is in US, and I’m in Poland so I know him only online
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That’s the best I can think of… trying to get in touch with some helpline here in the states and giving them his contact info, so they can figure out a way to reach out. I’m fairly certain that LGBQT+ helplines deal with these kinds of situations a fair amount, so might have some strategies to helping.
But most certainly, keep letting him know that YOU care and want to help. That does more than you think. Thank you for trying to help. Many people would not.
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Thank you!
What is your opinion of the Trevor Project? Are they worth recommending?
The problem is that his parents are trying to cut him off from all external contacts and they get abusive and double down everytime they discover he has been in contact with anyone. It breaks my hard to see the kid get hounded to death like that.
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I don’t have direct knowledge of them and how effective they are, but it might be worth reaching out to them or perhaps a couple of different orgs?
I’m guessing gay rights orgs that deal with mental health likely have strategies for this kind of scenario. It might just help him to know that there are organizations that are trying to help in the short term.
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Do you know which state he lives in?
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He’s from Ohio
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Maybe look up specific organizations from Ohio and pass along the young man’s information to them, maybe.
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I’ll try to do a research to find out which ones are worth recommending
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