Resources

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The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE): 2015 Report of the U.S. Transgender Survey.

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From Whitman Walker Health:

List of Medical Providers (Transgender patient experience) - DC Metro Area (pdf)

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For all who are LGBTQ and their families, this post-election information from Lambda Legal is worth reading:

http://www.lambdalegal.org/blog/post-election-faq

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Examples of Policies and Emerging Practices for Supporting Transgender Students by US Dept of Education. (pdf download).

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Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students, US Dept. of Justice (pdf download).

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Northern VA Resources for LGBTQ People and Families (pdf download)

 

Refuge Restrooms - App for locating Gender Neutral Bathrooms (link)

ABUSE

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

https://www.rainn.org/

 

 

ASEXUALITY

Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN)

http://www.asexuality.org/home/

 

 

BISEXUALITY

Bisexual Resource Center (Bisexual Youth) 

http://www.biresource.net/bisexualyouth.shtml

 

Bisexual.Org

http://bisexual.org/

 

 

COMING OUT

The Trevor Project Coming Out Guide  

http://www.thetrevorproject.org/section/YOU

 

Advocates for Youth - "I Think I Might Be a Lesbian"

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/publications-a-z/730

 

Advocates for Youth - "I Think I Might Be Gay"

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/publications-a-z/726

 

Advocates for Youth - "I Think I Might Be Bisexual"

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/publications-a-z/724

 

Advocates for Youth - "I Think I Might Be Transgender"

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/publications-a-z/731

 

 

FAMILY & FRIENDS

Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)

http://www.pflag.org

 

The Parents Project

http://theparentsproject.com/home/

 

Spectrum

https://www.genderspectrum.org/

 

GENERAL SUPPORT

The Trevor Project Support Center

http://www.thetrevorproject.org/pages/support-center

 

Trevor Space

http://www.trevorspace.org

 

The Trevor Lifeline
(866) 488 - 7386

 

GLBT National Talk-Line

http://www.glnh.org/ 

 

GLBT Near Me

http://glbtnearme.org/

 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (w/ Chat Service)
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetHelp/LifelineChat.aspx

 

 

HEALTH/SEXUAL EDUCATION & SUPPORTS

Scarleteen: Sex Education for the Real World

 

United States AIDS Hotlines  

 

Kids' Health (Teen Health Resource)

 

Planned Parenthood

 

 

HOMELESSNESS

National Runaway Safeline

http://www.1800runaway.org/

 

The Forty to None Project (LGBTQ Specific)

http://fortytonone.org/

 

The Ali Forney Center (LGBTQ Specific)  

http://www.aliforneycenter.org/

 

True Colors - Sexual Minority Youth & Family Services

http://www.ourtruecolors.org/

 

 

LEGAL HELP

TransLAW Legal Advocates of Washington

https://www.translawdc.org/clinic

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LGBTQ Youth Legal Rights FAQ (ACLU)

https://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/whats-your-problem

 

Know Your Rights!  Lambda Legal Trans* Rights 

http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender

 

Know Your Rights!  Lambda Legal for LGBTQ Youth

http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/youth

 

National Center for Lesbian Rights (w/ Legal Helpline)

http://www.nclrights.org/

 

 

LGBTQ + RELIGION

The Gay Christian Network  

http://www.gaychristian.net/

 

LGBT Catholics

http://www.dignityusa.org/category/site-index-terms/lgbt-catholics

 

Orthodox Jew LGBTQ Community

http://www.jqyouth.org

 

Believe Out Loud

http://believeoutloud.com/

 

Imaan - LGBTQUI Muslim Support Group  

http://www.imaan.org.uk/

 

 

MENTAL HEALTH

National Eating Disorders Association
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

 

Anxiety BC Youth

http://youth.anxietybc.com/

 

A Teenager's Guide to Depression (Help.org)

http://www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/teenagers-guide-to-depression.htm

 

USC Telehealth Referral

(866) 740-6502.

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MEDICAL RESOURCES

Children's National Hospital:

Gender and Sexuality Development Program

Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders

 

 

RELATIONSHIPS

Love Is Respect (Intimate Partner Violence)
http://www.loveisrespect.org/Break the Cycle of Dating

 

Violence

http://www.breakthecycle.org/learn-about-dating-violence

 

The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 

http://www.thehotline.org/

 

 

SCHOOL & BULLYING

Schools in Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools

 

Gay Straight Alliance Network

http://gsanetwork.org/

 

Teens Against Bullying

http://fortytonone.org/

 

StopBullying.gov

http://www.stopbullying.gov/

 

The Bully Project

http://www.thebullyproject.com/

 

Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)

http://www.glsen.org/

Campus Pride

http://www.campuspride.org/

 

 

 

SELF-INJURY

Adolescent Self-Injury Foundation

http://www.adolescentselfinjuryfoundation.com/page1

 

Teen-Help - Alternatives to Self Harm

http://www.teenhelp.org/forums/f12-self-harm/t9418-alternatives-self-harm/

 

Butterfly Project

http://butterfly-project.tumblr.com/

 

 

TEENS

Sex, Relationships, Mind, Body, Lifestyle

http://www.teenhelp.org

 

 

 

TRANS* + GENDER IDENTITY

Genderqueer Identities

http://genderqueerid.com/

 

The Transgender Teen's Survival Guide (tumblr)

http://transgenderteensurvivalguide.tumblr.com/

 

Trans Youth Equality Foundation

http://www.transyouthequality.org/

 

Genderbread Person  

http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/03/the-genderbread-person-v2-0/

 

The Gender Book

http://www.thegenderbook.com/

 

Inter/Act - A Youth Intersex Resource (tumblr)

http://interactyouth.org/

 

Trans Student Educational Resources

http://transstudent.org/