Support groups for Queer kids isn't a solution. Siefert said he finds working with young people to be more rewarding than his past advocacy in working with Dignity to reform the Catholic Church. After having been the chair of a Dignity chapter, it was much more gratifying to me to work with youth, where I could see change occurring, in contrast to trying to change the Catholic church, which moves so lowly. They just admitted the world is not flat only ten years ago. Lets say things are changing for GLBT youth much more quickly.
Many young people do indeed struggle with problems of substance abuse, hopelessness, or depression.
But all of them are just typical young people attempting to develop either own sense of identity and independence. It really has to be emphasized that simply being young and Queer doesn't have to be traumatic. For the most part they're all okay, and they just want what other their age want, to hang out with their fiends and have some fun. They're young people and adolescents, and it is very important to them to find their peer group. They want to be with other people like themselves.