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Originally Posted by Beso
They will be talking to someone trained in all aspects of suicide prevention...I could easily have used these services in my past, would I be talking to someone going through what I was going through? Perhaps, perhaps not..heck I could be talking to someone specifically clued up on LGBTQ issues, with no life experience of what I was going through. It works both ways. All the operators care though.
Shouldn't LGBTQ charities have phone lines for this if people want to talk to the people with the same life experiences...but even then you probably are not talking to someone who has been on the brink of suicide before, so the only thing you have in common is being LGBTQ.
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You don't need to speak to people who have been through what you've been going through, or people who are LGBT. But you should be speaking to someone who is trained in dealing with the nuanced issues that come with being LGBT, which as stated accounts for almost half their calls.
A cancer doctor doesn't need to have had cancer to be trained in that field, just like a vet doesn't need to own a dog.
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You went on about funding, and made it sound like that was my isssue, it wasn't.. my issue is the extra cost for the extra line...
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As stated, this line doesn't cost extra.
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if we had a different line for all the reasons people want to kill themselves over there would be far far to many lines at to high a cost...
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LGBTQ+ callers make up almost half their callers. That's a very important stat. Why would you cut a line and specific service in which half of all calls are being directed to? What is the logical reason when we've established it's not saving money?