If you wish to help..

When I look back on my experience of coming out, transitioning and just being myself back in the 80's, I mainly remember the pain. My goal is to help educate on a level of compassion. I have been working diligently the past few months along with the "Triangle Groups of Santa Cruz County" in California to initiate and help create a diverse and educational project based here in Asheville, NC.

   I am only one person with a vision that one day people will not be abused or bullied because of who they are, but instead will be appreciated for being unique.

   This cannot be done alone. I need many others in our LGBTQ community [including friends and parents] to help me by taking the time to be trained and to go to our schools to speak openly about their experiences.

  If you are interested in being a trained speaker on a panel, please email me at [email protected] or contact me directly at 828-669-3889. 

Thank you, Jennifer M. Barge