7. Suicide & Self-Harm:

• a. No graphic / explicit / detailed descriptions of suicide / self-harm / etc.
• b. No depiction of suicide / self harm that is depicted as feeling good, being a relief, or a means of escape
• c. No depiction of blood, wounds, gore or bodies resulting from suicide

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You are not alone. If you need help, please contact these numbers for FREE and CONFIDENTIAL support.

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  Call: 1-800-273-8255
  To learn more about Lifeline, www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
• Crisis Text Line
  Text: HOME to 741-741
  To learn more about the anonymous service,  www.crisistextline.org
• For a larger list of services, www.befrienders.org & Google’s Good to Know

If you’re concerned for someone else, please let them know there are safe alternatives and places that can help:

• • S.A.F.E Alternatives www.selfinjury.com
  • SiOS is an outreach initiative www.sioutreach.org
  • The Trevor Project for crisis intervention for LGBTQ+ youth http://www.thetrevorproject.org/
  • National Center for Missing & Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.org/cybertipline
  • Thorn, to stop the exploitation of children. https://www.wearethorn.org/
  • LGBT Nation Help Center http://www.glbthotline.org/
  • LGBT Helpline http://www.lgbt.ie/
  • Switchboard LGBT + helpline https://switchboard.lgbt/
  • LGBT Foundation (International) http://lgbt.foundation/get-support/helpline-and-email-advice/
  • LGBT Youth (Canada) http://www.youthline.ca/

**If you believe someone is in immediate danger, please call their local authorities.**