When I first heard about Seth Owen, a gay teen who left home rather than deal with parents who were forcing him to participate in anti-gay conversion therapy, I just had to write something. That was last summer and although Seth had been accepted into Georgetown University, he didn't know how he would pay for it and how he would even pay for food and housing.
I wrote here about a teacher who believed in him and started an internet fundraiser to cover his tuition and expenses. It was wildly successful. Enough money was raised to cover expenses and then the school decided to give Seth a full scholarship, so now he had money to spare.
Seth Owen showed everyone what a great guy he is when he announced that, with the extra money, he was setting up a scholarship program to help LGBTQ youth. Then Ellen DeGeneres stepped into the picture and invited Seth on to her television program where she gave him $25,000 for his new program, called Unbroken Horizons Scholarship Fund. You can donate to a fundraiser for that program HERE.
Owen also began interning at the office of Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy's (D-FL) last month and will be working with her office for the remainder of his spring semester.
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