Youth Collaboratory team members have shared resources and reflections during Pride Month.Youth Catalyst Team member, Demetrius, shares about the importance of celebrating and honoring Black Queer & Trans Pride all year round. Blog: Let's Celebrate Black Queer & Trans Lives this Pride.Youth Catalyst Team member, Evelyn, shares their reflections on experiencing dissonance between their gender identity and sexual orientation, and their religion. ![]() Blog: Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Religion.An organization that advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people, NCTE offers self-help guides, ‘Know Your Rights’ information, and more!īlogs & Videos from the Youth Collab Team National Center for Transgender Equality.Lambda Legal's Help desk provides information and resources relating to discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and HIV status. True Colors United implements innovative solutions to youth homelessness that focus on the unique experiences of LGBTQ young people. In the United States, 4.2 million youth experience homelessness each year, with (LGBTQ youth 120% more likely to experience homelessness than their non-LGBTQ peers. The My Kid Is Gay organization’s website sources voices from across the world to help answer the many questions that parents (and family members, and even teachers!) have about the LGBTQIA young people in their life, including advice from parents, youth, and experts on a variety of topics related to sexuality and gender identity. Helping Families Understand Their LGBTQ Kids.Among other things, this research brief from The Trevor Project shares that “for transgender, nonbinary, and gender questioning youth, eleven of the twelve supportive actions were significantly associated with lower odds of a suicide attempt in the past year, ranging from 42% to 16% lower odds.” Across multiple studies, a strong parent/caregiver-child relationship has been found to support good mental health among LGBTQ youth. Behaviors of Supportive Parents and Caregivers for LGBTQ Youth. ![]() This toolkit from Advocates for Youth has been developed to assist individuals, community-based organizations, providers, healthcare staff, educators, and others that see the value of incorporating key safer space components into their organizations so that young people survive and thrive.
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