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Everyone has a different and unique voice and we want you to share it!

This section is for works of literature, essays, poems and your own personal story about the topics given below. This is for registered users to have the oppurtunity to have their personal stories and writings to be posted onto the site.

Please take a few moments to submit your story. We want you to tell us about the following things:

Your coming out story
How Matthew Shepard has impacted your life
Something that you are proud about
How you are changing your community as a LGBTQ youth

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- NATIONAL RUNAWAY SWITCHBOARD
  
  1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929) Call the National Runaway Switchboard if you are a teenager who is thinking of running from home, if you have a friend who has run and is looking for help, or if you are a runaway ready to go home.
- TREVOR HELPLINE
  
  1-866-4-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386) The Trevor Project operates the nations only 24/7 suicide & crisis prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth. If you or a friend are feeling lost or alone call The Trevor Helpline.
- GLBT NATIONAL YOUTH TALKLINE
  
  1-800-246-PRIDE (1-800-246-7743) The GLBT National Youth Talkline provides telephone and email peer-counseling, as well as factual information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States.

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