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Trevor Project CEO on the risks still facing LGBTQ community: "Words really matter"

A recent survey by the Trevor Project reveals nearly one in five LGBTQ young people attempted suicide in just the last year. For more than two decades, the Trevor Project has worked to end this long-running crisis by offering emergency counseling by phone, text and chat. More than 200,000 calls and messages come in every year. Trevor Project CEO and executive director Amit Paley joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss some of the issues still facing LGBTQ youth today despite all the progress that's been made.
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