Leading with Love: Celebrating and Affirming LGBTQ+ Young People

One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make your work 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.

Crisis Intervention Resources:

• The Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255
• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
• LGBT National Help Center: 888-843-4564 or 800-246-7743

Find a PFLAG group in your community:

• Find a PFLAG chapter in the US: pflag.org/find-a-chapter
• Find a PFLAG group globally: pflag.org/intlfamilygroups
• Learn more about PFLAG Connects Communities meetings: pflag.org/connects/communities
• Learn more about the PFLAG Online Community: facebook.com/groups/pflagnational

Additional Resources from PFLAG:

• PFLAG Glossary
• PFLAG Publications
• Recommended Reading
• Read With Love
• Something to Talk About Live
• Straight for Equality

PFLAG Academy Online On-Demand: Recordings & Toolkits

• Bi+ 101 Allyship: How to Not Let Things Fall Bi the Wayside
• Safety Tips for PFLAG Chapters: Strategies for Protecting Communities from Threats of Violence
• What the Plus?: Understanding and Supporting Expansive LGBTQ+ Identities
• When Someone Comes Out: A PFLAGers Guide to Demonstrating Support and Acceptance 

Research & Data:

• CTV News: Montreal study shows health benefits of coming out of the closet
• Gallup: U.S. LGBT Identification Steady at 7.2%
• Morning Consult: U.S. Adults’ Personal Knowledge and Comfort with LGBTQ Identities
• Movement Advancement Project: Family Support Resources for Families of Transgender & Gender Diverse Children
• Movement Advancement Project: LGBTQ Equality by State
• Trevor Project National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health: 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
• Trevor Project: Research Brief: Behaviors of Supportive Parents and Caregivers for LGBTQ Youth
• Trevor Project: Issues Impacting LGBTQ Youth, January 2023

Resources for People and Families of Faith

• Faith Resources for Christians
• Faith Resources for Jews
• Faith Resources for Muslims
• Faith Resources for Interfaith/Non-Denominational Communities
• Faith Resources for Non-Judeo-Christian/Abrahamic Denominations

Resources for People and Families of Color

• Black Lives Matter
• Center for Black Equity
• Coalicion Unida
• Desi Rainbow Parents & Allies
• Prism Foundation (formerly GAPA Foundation)
• Immigration Equality
• National Black Justice Coalition
• National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
• NativeOut
• Many Voices
• Queer Students of Color Conference
• Somos Familia
• TransLatin@ Coalition
• Trans People of Color Coalition

Resources for LGBTQ+ Parents with Children

• Family Equality
• COLAGE
• Mombian
• Our Family Coalition
• Gays With Kids (GWK)
• Rainbow Families
• Gay Parent Magazine
• ACLU: Protecting the Rights of Transgender Parents

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