LGBTQ+ Resources
If you or a loved one is in crisis and need immediate support please contact:
The Trevor Project at 1-866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386) or
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
OUT YOUTH
Out Youth offers youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities a place where they are loved, acknowledged, and accepted for exactly who they are. Out Youth provides many programs and services that promote the educational, mental, emotional, physical and social development of LGBTQIA+ (lesbian/gay/bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual) youth and their allies.
https://www.outyouth.org/resource-guides
THE TREVOR PROJECT
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/
TREVOR SPACE
TrevorSpace is an affirming international community for LGBTQ young people ages 13-24.
https://www.trevorspace.org/
GENDER SPECTRUM
Gender Spectrum works to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens.
For youth: https://genderspectrum.org/audiences/youth
For parents and family: https://genderspectrum.org/audiences/parents-and-family
OUT YOUTH'S TEXAS GSA (Gender & Sexuality Alliance) NETWORK
GSA Network is a next-generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities. LGBTQ students with GSAs in their schools are 36% percent more likely to feel safe in school. 56% of LGBTQ students report hearing homophobic comments from school personnel. 75% percent of trans and gender nonconforming youth feel unsafe at school due to their gender expression.
https://www.txgsa.org/
PFLAG
PFLAG is the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies. PFLAG is committed to creating a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed.
https://pflagaustin.org/meetings
SCARLETEEN
Scarleteen is an independent, feminist, grassroots sexuality and relationships education media and support organization and website. They are founded, owned and run by a person and a team who are largely queer, who are women or gender-nonconforming, who are or have come from the working class, who are diverse in their ethnicities, who live with disabilities and who frequently are not or have not been considered generally respectable by people generally concerned with respectability.
https://www.scarleteen.com/
Information on this site is provided for support and educational purposes only. It is not meant to and cannot substitute for advice or care provided by an in-person mental health or medical professional. The information contained herein is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat any individual.