From Tuesday, July 13th, through Tuesday, July 20th our message boards and other interactive services at Scarleteen will be unavailable to provide our yearly staff and volunteer break. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Our main site and all its content remains available to our users.

Need help?

Sex, Etc. will gladly welcome our message board members to their forums during this time and can provide you help and information. Those forums are at: http://www.sexetc.org/page/forum/

Go Ask Alice has a limited, but reliable, question and answer service here: http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/ask.html

Crisis Hotlines

In the US:
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 800-656-HOPE
The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ youth): 866-488-7386
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
Planned Parenthood:800-230-PLAN
National Abortion Federation: 877-257-0012

In Canada:
Crisis Line: http://www.crisisline.ca/links.htm
Crisis Centres: http://www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/go.aspx?tabid=77

In the UK:
Rape Crisis: http://www.rapecrisis.org.uk/
Samaritans: 08457 90 90 90

In Australia:
Lifeline Crisis: 131114

International:
The Pixel Project resources: http://www.thepixelproject.net/resources/
http://www.befrienders.org/

Just like when we're online, if you have a health emergency, your safety is currently at risk, or you have just been abused or assaulted, your best bet is to go to your local hospital or to contact your local police for immediate care.

Take good care of yourselves, and we look forward to talking with all of you again soon!
The Scarleteen Staff & Volunteers