FEBRUARY 24, 2010

HMI on CNN Headline News

Breaking News! Thomas Krever, HMI's Executive Director, appeared on CNN Headline News on Friday, February 12 at 7 pm EST (channel 58 in Manhattan).  Click here to watch the clip on "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell."  Krever discusses bullying in schools and Hetrick-Martin's mission in serving LGBTQ youth.

Thomas Krever Featured on AsIAmFM

As part of the recent American Psychoanalytic Association's National Meeting held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, Thomas Krever, Executive Director of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of the Harvey Milk High School, participated on a panel to discuss the psychodynamic impact of being bullied. In particular, Krever addressed the experience of homosexual or transgender children who are bullied.

Click here to hear the discussion with Krever about this important issue and the role that the Hetrick-Martin Institute serves in providing a safe environment in which teens may continue their education.

December 29, 2009

Helping Youths Who Struggle With Identity

by Jennifer S. Lee, New York Times

Vidari DeGuzman was a New York City teenager searching for acceptance when he first came to the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a service organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youths. Now 24 and with reassignment surgery behind him, he is a youth worker at the institute, located in the East Village.

Making the connection: The Hetrick-Martin Institute really changed my life, honestly. As a youth, I went there when I had nowhere else to go to. It was a place where they accepted me for who I was, and I always thought that if I had a chance to go back and help create a safe space for someone else, I would do so. When I was a youth there, the staff were like our mothers, our fathers. As a staff member now, I find that I take these kids home with me. I look at the young people as the reason I get up every morning.

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