Episode 186: The Trevor Project

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! On today's episode we sat down with Nicholas Turton [https://twitter.com/turton_nicholas] from the Trevor Project [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/] as part of their partnership with Wizards of the Coast for the Magic Con! Nicholas talks about his own Planeswalker Journey with Magic the Gathering as well as updates us about the research that has come out this year from the Trevor Project. Reminder the Cast will be at Magic Con Minneapolis this weekend! Come see our Panel [https://mcminneapolis.mtgfestivals.com/en-us/experience/panels/panel-information.html?gtID=800422&panel-name=How-I-Sparked-A-Conversation-about-Mental-Health-Recovery-Journeys] Sunday at 11!

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us].

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you're thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

* National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988

* Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line

* Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741

* International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.

* IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.

* TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text "Trevor" to 1-202-304-1200

* Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

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