I Am Not Alone in This Struggle

To me Safe Homes is more than just a program.  For a very, very long time I struggled with my sexual orientation.  All around me t here were people telling me that liking any other gender besides boys was wrong.  Safe Homes was the first place to give me the tools to cope with those kinds of people and it improved my understanding of issues in the LGBT community as well.
Since becoming a faithful attendent of Safe Homes I have become more than just a peer leader or a frequent visitor of the drop-in: I am an advocate for the LGBT Community.  But Safe Homes isn't just a place to learn about that kind of stuff.  It's a safe haven.  This program plucks kids off the street.  Kids who could be on the verge of suicide or just completely alone, and gives them hope.  Safe Homes is the only place I know of that provides the kind of resources youth today need.  For me it showed me that I am not alone in this struggle and it's changed me forever.
If Safe Homes ceased to run, so many youth would lose that one thing they look forward to every week. Without Safe Homes they won't have anywhere else to turn.  We can not let that happen, no matter what it takes because no kid deserves to go through that kind of struggle alone.