LGBTQ Teens Online Talk Group
"This place was made for me and my friends.
It's ours."
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
4-7 pm Pacific
5-8 pm Mountain
6-9 pm Central
7-10 pm Eastern
Ages 19 and younger.
The chatroom can be found below.
Please read instructions before entering.
The LGBTQ Teens Online Talk Group is a weekly moderated group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth ages 19 and younger to talk in a safe space and to be able to fully express themselves without fear of being made to feel uncomfortable or unwelcome. This group is a place to discuss concerns and issues and to talk about personal victories.
This is a welcoming and safe environment that is accepting of all and we want to make it as safe as possible for everyone. Please be respectful of the diversity of all gender identities and expressions.
We are here to learn from each other and to support each other.
Do not assume anyone’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
Please use a person’s chosen name and pronoun.
This is NOT a hookup/sex site. Giving out your personal contact information is prohibited.
When creating a LOGIN, do not use your full name or other identifying contact information.
We will not permit sexist, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic or queerphobic, or body shaming jokes or comments.
Moderators will remove users who promote violence, bullying, sexually explicit, harassment, or hate speech or attempts to use the group as a hookup site.
When the chatroom is active, you will see a moderator in the room, then click anywhere in the chatroom to login.
INSTRUCTIONS:
You should see a chat window to the left.
When the room is closed you will see a chat window with the message
"Room Closed..."
When the room is open you will see the name of a moderator. Click anywhere in the chatroom window to log in.
If you on a Mac or on Safari, you might instead, see a message "You may be in privacy mode. Click below to enter room".
Once in, you can create a name and pick an icon to use.
The LGBTQ Teens Online Talk Group is a
welcoming and safe environment
that is accepting of all.
Please be respectful of the diversity of all gender identities and expressions.
We are here to learn from each other and to support each other.
Do not assume anyone’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
Please use a person’s chosen name and pronoun.
Our moderators facilitate the chatrooms and their main goal is to keep the entire room safe which requires them to be able to focus primarily on the room. While we do have private instant messaging (IMS) to/from the moderators they can’t always respond immediately.
There may be times they have more IMs than one person can handle while still being able to focus on the room. They are not intentionally ignoring or slighting anyone, but their priority has to be first on the room itself. At times, a private message topic goes beyond what a moderator can focus on and give the deserved attention to. In that case we do encourage you to either call the Youth Talkline or use our one-to-one CHAT to have a conversation with a peer support volunteer who can give you their full attention.
Additional helpful resources for youth:
QChatSpace.org - for other online chatrooms
1-866-488-7386 - for 24/7 suicide prevention