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Resources for Support

If you are a student in the Buncombe County School system and you have experienced bullying or harassment at school or a school event or on a bus, you can make an anonymous report at 828-225-5292

Hotlines and Helplines

Below is a list of major U.S. hotlines that are available 24 hours a day for support and peer advice.

If you are afraid that you may hurt yourself or someone else, please call #911 now!

  • The Trevor Project:
    (866) 488-7386
    The Trevor Project
  • The Gay & Lesbian National Hotline:
    (888) 843-4564
  • The GLBT National Youth Talkline
    (youth serving youth through age 25)
    (800) 246-7743
  • The National Runaway Switchboard:
    1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929)
  • For HIV/AIDS Information:
    National AIDS Hotline
    (800) 342-AIDS
    In Spanish: (800) 344-7432
    TDD: (800) 243-7889
  • Mountain Youth Resources
    1 (828) 586-8958

    www.mountainyouthresources.org
  • Trinity Place (Runaway Shelter in Asheville)
  • 12 Ravenscroft Drive Asheville, NC 28801

    1 (828) 253-7233

  • The Mediation Center
    Contact Katie Levy, Youth Mediation Coordinator
    The Mediation Center
    40 N. French Broad Avenue
    Asheville 28801
    Tel: (828) 251-6089, ext. 14
    katielevy@mediatebuncombe.org
    www.mediatebuncombe.org
    Any youth can ask for mediation with their parent/guardian etc.
    The Mediation Center will then call the other party and they must consent to the mediation.

  • Other Resources

  • The ACLU’s LGBT Library of Resources Page
  • The ACLU’s LGBT & Schools Resource Page
  • PFLAG National
  • Equality NC
  • Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville: a welcoming and affirming congregation
  • Land of the Sky UCC: a welcoming and affirming congregation
  • First United Congregational Church of Christ in Asheville: a welcoming and affirming congregation
  • Support Books and Videos

    Youth OUTRight is currently in the process of building a lending library of books, CDs and DVDs that will be available free of charge to YOR members and parents. If you are interested in making a financial or resource contribution to help build our library, please contact us for more information.

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