Youth CHAT ROOM Lounge

SEPTEMBER 2020
CHAT ROOMS EXTENDED HOURS NOW PERMANENT
LGBT TEENS: TUESDAYS 4-7 PM AND WEDNESDAYS 4-7 PM PACIFIC
TRANS TEENS: THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS 4-7 PM PACIFIC

Often our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning youth are isolated and don’t have options to seek each other out and form friendships and community.
Our weekly chat rooms aim to give them a space where young people can come together.

Our Weekly chat rooms have dedicated moderators to safe guard each room. 
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We will not permit hate speech, sexist, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic, queerphobic, body shaming jokes or comments.  

These rooms are welcoming and affirming.
Please do not assume anyone's gender or sexual orientation.  Please use a person's chosen name and pronoun.

Our weekly moderated chat rooms are for young people ages 19 and younger to talk in a safe space and be able to express themselves without fear of being made to feel uncomfortable or unwelcome. 

​You can discuss concerns, issues, talk about personal victories, or find a calm place to be for a while.  You get to decide what these rooms are for you, you get to make this community.
 
Youth have the option to watch the chats if they are not ready to join.  They can join the discussion by creating a sign in name (no profanity/derogatory words) and choose an icon you like best.

Our friends at the Orlando Youth Alliance are offering Tuesday and Thursday (starting at 6:15 eastern) moderated youth zoom meeting for those 13-23 years old, for another option for online support.  For more information, email ​oyaCFL@gmail.com or click the link below to go to their site.

These rooms are set to be Safer Spaces. 
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Because they are open to the public we can’t guarantee that someone won’t come in and say hateful things, but this is one of the reason’s we safe guard the room with moderators that can delete messages and block spammers.  

We understand that an attack from a negative person can be triggering, please let the moderator know if you need a minute to talk privately or to start a group dialog about how to combat hate speech.

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