Youth

This week's episode is about supporting military families and their LGBTQ+ dependents.

This week's discussion topic is the GLSEN National Day of Silence and supporting LGBTQ+ youth in schools.

This week's discussion topic is asexuality and aromanticism.

This week's discussion topic is Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill.

This week's discussion topic is queer holiday traditions and creating joy at a time that can be difficult for some.

This week's discussion topic is ID documents for trans and nonbinary folks as well as the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports - and specifically in professional men's sports in the US.

This week's discussion topic is the erasure of men who are bisexual+.

This week's discussion topic is conversion therapy and the film Pray Away on Netflix.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ coffee shops and other queer, sober spaces.

This week's discussion topic is the power and impact of queer hairstyles.

This week's discussion topic is anti-trans state legislation and the AMA's position on gender affirming care for children.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of black LGBTQ+ folks and their families.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ inclusive school curriculum and the states that mandate or ban it.

This week's discussion topic is the lack of safe spaces for LGBTQ+ folks on social media.

This week's discussion topic is breaking the "walls of silence" around self-harm, suicidal ideation, and death by suicide.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of college-aged LGBTQ+ folks during COVID-19.

This week's discussion topic is the experiences of LGBTQ+ Mormons.

This week's discussion topic is the experiences of nonreligious LGBTQ+ youth.

This week's discussion topic is conversion therapy and the PBS film Cured.

This week's discussion topic is classic LGBTQ+ literature.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ gamers.

This week's discussion topic is the impact that COVID-19 has had on summer internships.

This week's discussion topic is the mental health impacts COVID-19 has had on the LGBTQ+ population.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of LGBTQ+ Muslims.

This week's discussion topic is the ALA's banned book list - and the 8 of 10 most challenged with LGBTQ+ content.

This summer, we have three college students joining our team as interns. Hailing from Florida, Kentucky, and North Carolina to spend their summer with PFLAG National, we could not be more excited to have their unique identities, experiences, and viewpoints in...

ANDI MACK, an immensely popular show on the Disney Channel, has its season two premiere this Friday night (8pm ET/PT)...and is a ground-breaking episode: One of the lead characters begins a coming-out process that will continue throughout the season. 

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The media coverage that took root in the aftermath of these deaths gave LGBT suicide unprecedented visibility and sparked long-overdue public conversation about suicide risk in LGBT communities. But a lot of what was being said about the suicides of young people known or believed to be gay was deeply concerning. The singular focus on bullying oversimplified the complex factors that can lead people to take their lives, and suicide was widely portrayed as an almost inevitable response to the rejection and abuse suffered by so many LGBT youth. Fears began to mount that the rampant publicity would lead other vulnerable LGBT young people to identify with the experiences of the suicide victims and copy their behavior.

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About, a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create conversation about...

Youth whose gender expression does not fit traditional roles based on their sex assigned at birth, often referred to as gender nonconforming, gender expansive, or nonbinary youth, are at increased risk for a variety of negative health risks, including victimization (bullying, abuse, sexual harassment) and negative behavioral health outcomes (depression, suicide, drug use). Although these health risks have been studied among LGBTQ youth who are gender nonconforming, there has been very limited population-based research, particularly among heterosexual students.

Answers to your most pressing questions.

We need to share some disturbing news: There is a real possibility that the life-saving Title IX nondiscrimination guidance to protect transgender students might be rescinded.

We have neither commented on nor responded to rumors in the past month, but...

Beginning this morning, PFLAG, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Equality Maryland Foundation will distribute nearly 50,000 flyers in all 25 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) high schools. The flyer addresses issues raised by dangerous anti-LGBTQ materials previously...

This past November, LDS church leaders declared those in same-sex marriages apostates. The resolution prevents children of such couples from becoming church members or partaking in baptism until after the...

Exciting safe schools work coming from PFLAG Metro DC and a coalition of partners, and we're happy to share their work with you, courtesy of the following from handbook author David Fishback:

With the school year beginning, I am reminded...

In 2008, friends and advocates Carol Lewis and Nancy Brown recognized a problem. Nancy, then-facilitator of the Fairfax support group of PFLAG Metro DC, had noted that many high schools offered space and time to LGBTQ youth by way...

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