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Resources for Parents

Learning Resources

(From National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center) This organization has incredible resources surrounding health and wellbeing, be it physical health or mental health. Information regarding LGBTQ+ youth ...

Transgender Resources

(From GLADD) Access transgender resources, including:Transgender FAQ: Learn more about transgender people and the issues important to themTips for Allies: Learn more about how to be an ally to transge ...

LGBTQ+ History Lessons

(From Dr. Eric Cervini) "First of its kind" queer history lessons presented by queer historian Dr. Eric Cervini. Exploring how queer people have existed and strived throughout history. Sig ...

Gender Spectrum Resources Library

(From Gender Spectrum)A resource hub for youth, parents, educators, and more that allows you to select the category you'd like to explore -  vast information on gender. Access Resource ...

Film: Disclosure

(From Netflix) According to a study from GLAAD, over 80% of Americans don't personally know someone who's transgender. That means most people learn about trans people from the ways they're depicted in ...

Films on Gender

(From PFLAG) While transgender representation has too often tended to range from nonexistent to dismal, this isn’t and hasn’t always been the case. The films listed here include both narrative and doc ...

Booklet: OurTrans Loves Ones

(From PFLAG) OurTrans Loves Ones: Question and Answers for Parents, Families and Friends of People who are Transgender and Gender ExpansiveThis guide focuses on providing support for families and frie ...

LGBTQ+ Scholarship Resources

(From Affordable Colleges) There are many colleges who want to cultivate a diverse student body by providing scholarships for LGBTQ students, as well as LGBTQ professional, regional and leadership org ...

Making Gay History

(From Eric Marcus) The Making Gay History podcast mines Eric Marcus’s decades-old audio archive of rare interviews — conducted for his award-winning oral history of the LGBTQ civil rights movement — t ...

Documentary: Growing Up Trans

(From PBS) Just a generation ago, it was adults, not kids, who changed genders. But today, many children are transitioning, too — at younger and younger ages. Told from the perspective of parents, doc ...

When We Rise

About The Series (From ABC) When We Rise is a docudrama miniseries created by award-winning filmmaker Dustin Lance Black. It examines 45-years of history within the LGBTQ+ battle for civil rights ...

360 Experience Guides

(From Live Out Loud) These 360 Experience Guides include advice for coping and communicating with non-affirmers, being an ally for LGBTQ+ youth and more.