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Janet Jackson Says She Relates To Gay Teens In Trevor Project PSA





In a new public service announcement for The Trevor Project, the California-
based non-profit that runs the nation's only 24-hour, toll free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth, singer Janet Jackson says
 she can relate to gay teens considering suicide.
The group has received nationwide attention following the launch of sex 
advice columnist and activist Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project, a collection
 of inspiring videos that lets troubled gay teens know that it gets better and
 urges them to call The Trevor Project.
“I can relate because I was one of those kids that internalized everything.
 I held everything inside, all of my pain. And I didn't release it. I wasn't able
 to let it go until I finally met that person that I could trust and who was 
truly willing to listen.”
Jackson goes on to urge gay teens who are being bullied to seek out an 
adult they can trust.
“And if you're feeling depressed, lonely or suicidal contact The Trevor 
Project,” she adds.
Celebrities and high-profile politicians who have created videos for the
 It Gets Better Project include President ObamaSecretary of State
 Councilman Joel Burnsrocker Adam Lambert and actor Neil Patrick Harris.


BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF 

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