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What the Plus?: Understanding and Supporting Expansive LGBTQ+ Identities Recording & Training Toolkit
Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Simple, right? As allies become more engaged in LGBTQ+ spaces and advocacy, they often have questions about “the plus.” Please join PFLAG National for this 75-minute workshop to learn more about those identities that go beyond the LGBT basics - including nonbinary, pansexual, asexual, aromantic, intersex, and polyamorous.
We’ll discuss ways to demonstrate allyship and develop effective chapter programming. And we’ll help you get connected with organizations led by, and resources created for, those who hold these often invisible and underserved identities.
One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make your chapter stronger and more effective. To do that, we’ve created this page to provide you with tools, resources, and references to materials mentioned in the workshop. As always, the PFLAG National staff is here to help. If you have any questions, comments, or just need some good advice, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
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Visibility Days and Pride Celebrations
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (typically the week after Valentine’s Day)
Pansexual Visibility Day (May 24)
International Non-Binary People’s Day (July 14)
Bisexuality Day (September 23)
International Pronouns Day (3rd Wednesday in October)
Intersex Awareness Day (October 26)
Ace Week (typically the last full week in October)
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Nonbinary Gender Identities
Research:
Nonbinary LGBTQ Adults in the United States
15th Annual LGBTQ+ Community Survey
Organizations:
National Center for Transgender Equality
Books:
Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary and Genderqueer Identities
Gender Diversity and Nonbinary Inclusion in the Workplace
PFLAG Resources:
Our Trans Loved Ones (disponible en espanol)
the guide to being a trans ally
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The Bi+ Umbrella
Research:
Invisible Majority: The Disparaties Facing Bisexual People and How to Remedy Them
A Closer Look: Bisexual Transgender People
Organizations:
American Institute of Bisexuality
Books:
Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World, Second Edition
Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and Challenging Invisibility and Invalidation
Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution
PFLAG Resources:
Bisexuality+ 101: Questions to Ask Yourself to Become a Better Bi+ Ally (PDF)
3 Steps to Being a Better Ally to People Who Are Bi+
March 23, 2023: March is Bisexual+ Health Month
December 8, 2022: Pansexual Pride Day
September 15, 2022: Queerbaiting, Rainbow Washing, or Bi+ Erasure?
March 10, 2022: Bisexual+ Health Awareness Month
September 23, 2021: The Erasure of Bisexual Men
March 4, 2021: LGBTQ+ Demographics in 2021
July 2, 2020: The Impact of Bisexual+ Erasure
Asexual and Arom
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Asexual and Aromantic Identities
Research:
1.7% of sexual minority adults identify as asexual
Ace and Aro: Understanding Differences in Romantic Attractions Among Persons Identifying as Asexual
Organizations:
Asexuality Visibility and Education Network (AVEN)
The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project (TAAAP)
Aromantic-spectrum Union for Recognition, Education, and Advocacy (AUREA)
Books:
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
How to be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality
PFLAG Resources:
Something to Talk About Live – February 11, 2021
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The Intersex Community
Research:
Providing Ethical and Compassionate Health Care to Intersex Patients
“I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me” Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US
A national study on the physical and mental health of intersex adults in the U.S.
Organizations:
Intersex Campaign for Equality
Books:
A Comprehensive Guide to Intersex
The Spectrum of Sex: The Science of Male, Female, and Intersex
Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex
PFLAG Resources:
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Polyamory
Research:
“Things are opening up”: Non-monogamy is more common than you’d think
One-third of Americans say their ideal relationship is non-monogamous
Perceptions of primary and secondary relationships in polyamory
Organizations:
Books:
More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families