The mission of Safe Zone is to educate, advocate, build allies, and support our LGBTQ+ community.

• 19% of LGBTQ youth ages 13-18 reported attempted suicide in the past year.
• Youth identifying as LGBTQ+ are four times more likely than cis/straight peers. (Trevor Project, 2021)
• Out of 6,456 trans participants, 41% had attempted suicide. (National Transgender Discrimination Survey, 2011)
• Out of 27, 715 participants, 40% had attempted suicide. (U.S. Transgender Survey, 2015)

• An ally promises to be an ally 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days
  a year
• Willing to ask questions, admit they are wrong and keep learning.
• An amplifier for the voices of LGBTQ-identified individuals  aren’t comfortable with me.
• Conscious of my own privilege, prejudice, and dispositions.
• Respect someone’s gender identity.
• Address the individual as they wish to be addressed.
• If you make a mistake, don’t over-apologize. Just follow the mistake with the correct name or pronoun and move on.
• Respect individual privacy.
• Many transgender people are not “out” about their transgender status, do not out them.
• When a person tell you of their LGBTQ status, they are trusting you with personal information. To tell others without their approval of it is a betrayal of trust.

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