Handouts for Trainings
What You Need To Know
Ways You Can Help
What You Can Do
What Does the Law Say
Ten suggestions for reducing homophobia in your environment
The Truth about Sexual Orientation
Definitions
Official Position Statements from Professional organizations related to LGBT Youth
American Psychological Association:
http://www.apa.org/ed/hlgbschclim.html
National Association of School Psychologists
http://www.nasponline.org/information/pospaper_glb.html
National Mental Health Association:
http://www.nmha.org/pbedu/backtoschool/bullyingGayYouth.cfm
National Organizations that address LGBT Youth Issues
PFLAG National is a national non-profit organization with over 80,000 members and supporters and more than 460 affiliates in the United States. This vast grassroots network is cultivated, resourced and serviced by the PFLAG national office, located in Washington, DC, the national Board of Directors and 14 Regional Directors.
http://www.pflag.org/
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) is the only national and international organization in the world specifically supporting young people with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender parents.
http://www.colage.org/
The Trevor Hotline is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. Their 24/7 free hotline is 1-866-4-U-Trevor.
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/home2.aspx/
GLSEN National is a Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/home/index.html
National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) is a social justice organization that advocates for and with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) in an effort to end discrimination against these youth and to ensure their physical and emotional well being. It has many webinars and suggestions for youth organizations.
http://www.nyacyouth.org/
The Southern Poverty Law Center's Tolerance Project encourages people from all walks of life to "fight hate and promote tolerance." Their publications provide suggestions for improvement school environment.
http://www.tolerance.org/
The Safe Schools Coalition is a Public-Private Partnership in Support of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth is to help schools - at home and all over the world - become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/
ACLU- The American Civil Liberties Union is the major organization working to preserve first amendment rights. Their LGBT Project's Youth and Schools Program strives to make public schools safe and bias-free, defending free expression in public schools and working to help students establish gay-straight alliance clubs.
http://www.aclu.org
NC Statewide Organizations that Address LGBT Youth Issues
Equality NC is a statewide organization dedicated to securing equality and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
http://www.equalitync.org/
NCAE (North Carolina Association of Educators) advocates for North Carolina's teachers and students, to enhance the education profession, and to advance public education. They provide trainings for educators including anti-bullying techniques and LGBT issues.
http://www.ncae.org/
Q-Notes is a bi-monthly LGBT newspaper that covers North and South Carolina.
www.q-notes.com
North Carolina's LGBT Youth Organizations
ASPYN- A Safer Place Youth Network is a coalition of gay,lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and allied youth, ages 13-23, and adults working together to make Wake County a safe, healthy, and life affirming place for lgbtqa youth. It is a program of Triangle Community Works.
http://www.tcworks.org/aspyn/default.htm
GSAFE is a Greensboro-based organization working to promote public policy to alleviated school discrimination and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity/expression and to provide resources which address the educational, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs and wants of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender youth and their allies.
http://www.gsafe.org/
OutYouth of Wilmington meets twice a month as a program of OutWilmington, Wilmington's LGBT Community Center.
http://outwilmington.com/138937.html
Time Out Youth is a Charlotte-based grass roots LGBT youth service organization that provides support, education, and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth between the ages of 13 through 23. http://www.timeoutyouth.org/
Resources for GSAs
http://www.gsanetwork.org/resources/index.html
