SPAN GA & The Yellow Elephant
The Trevor Project is a national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. The Trevor Project was founded more than two decades ago to respond to a public health crisis impacting LGBTQ youth. The Trevor Project provides suicide prevention trainings and resources to anyone who requests. To find out more about The Trevor Project go to https://www.thetrevorproject.org/about/programs-services/.
He Is Valuable is another great organization doing great work with suicide prevention in Georgia. He Is Valuable, Inc. (HIV, Inc.) was founded in 2015 by Richard A. Hutchinson, Jr. and Kendall T. Boone, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia. Through our HIS Program (He Is Supported) He Is Valuable, inc navigates Black Queer Men to Mental Health Services and Resources. This work is carried out through using our HIS Hotline number that members can call anything to get assistance in their times of need including in times of suicidal thoughts and ideations. The HIS Hotline phone number is 404-992-5104.
If you or a loved one is having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-8255, or dial 911. The Crisis Text Line for Georgia is Text GA to 741741, this is a free 24/7 text line for people in crisis.
