Office Ours: One Affirming Adult Can Save a Life (with Jaymes Black, CEO of the Trevor Project)

What if the friendship you needed most as a kid never showed up, so you built it for millions of others instead? Jaymes Black is the CEO of The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people. Jaymes spent childhood and adolescence without a friend group who truly understood, including being outed in high school and ultimately deciding to leave. Today, Jaymes leads the organization built to make sure other LGBTQ+ young people don't have to live that same story. Dr. Miriam and Jaymes talk about what happens when you build the friendship you needed instead of waiting for it to show up: a crisis line that saves lives every day, and TrevorSpace, where hundreds of thousands of young people are finding their first queer friends online. They get into the research that changes how you think about showing up for someone, like the fact that one affirming adult can lower a young person's risk of a suicide attempt by 40%. It's the kind of conversation that ends with Jaymes's own words to any young person who feels alone: you're not in the wrong story, you're just not yet in the right room. This one is for the one affirming adult who has no idea how much they matter. *Pull up a chair, Office Ours are in session.* -- Follow your new friend: @thejaymesblack Learn more about the Trevor Project: @trevorproject Your friendship questions deserve answers. Reach out at hello@thetwopeasonapod.com, on social media or, pick up the phone and call or text with your friendship story or questions at 615-PODLINE (That's 615-763-5463).  Stay in touch with us:  - @thetwopeasonapod - @miriamkirmayer - www.miriamkirmayer.com --  Two Peas on a Pod is hosted by Dr. Miriam Kirmayer. Executive produced by Zoe Travis, Matthew Hoffman, Katya Kaminsky, and Dr. Miriam Kirmayer. Produced and edited by Podcast Nation (Producers: Madison Brit and Alesha Pannier, Audio Engineer: Miles Carter). Original music by Sarah Walk. Created by Zoe Travis and Matthew Hoffman. Two Peas on a Pod is recorded in Montreal and Los Angeles. Cover photo by Katya Kaminsky.   Today's show contains information that is for educational and entertainment purposes only. This program is not a substitute for psychological or medical advice. Please seek out your own support and research as needed. Take care, friends.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.