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Resources for lgbtq students

Safe Schools Coalition 

The Safe Schools Coalition is a public-private partnership functional to help schools turn into safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can instruct, and where every minor can learn, regardless of gender, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Gay, Lesbian, Unbent Education Network (GLSEN)

GLSEN is an education organization committed to creating safe schools for all lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual and transgender people. GLSEN has free curriculum and resources and can support you organize a Homosexual Straight Alliance or provide Professional Development in your school. The Washington chapter is based in Seattle and serves the occupied state.

GSA Network

The GSA Network provides helpful information about how to start an inclusive gay-straight alliance at your school.

Gender Diversity

Gender Diversity can help your educational facility provide a supportive, non-discriminatory environment for all students, including gender-nonconforming and transsexual children.

Gender Spectrum  

Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and

Direct Online and Smartphone Support Services for Queer Youth

The Youth Well-Being program at HRC Foundation has compiled the accompanying direct service resources for LGBTQ+ youth and families.

The information about providers and services contained on this website does not constitute endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by HRC or HRC Foundation. HRC and HRC Foundation cannot confirm the level of confidentiality provided by each organization or service, and some crisis services may involve legal guardians and even commandment enforcement as deemed necessary. It is your responsibility to verify the level of confidentiality when communicating with a service or organization.

  • The Trevor Project has several direct online resources specifically for LGBTQ+ youth:
    • Trevor Lifeline is a crisis intervention and suicide prevention phone service available 24/7 at
    • TrevorChat is a confidential online instant messaging with a Trevor Counselor, available 24/7, at
    • TrevorText is a confidential message messaging with a Trevor Counselor, available 24/7/, by texting START to
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      LGBTQ+ Youth

      Challenges faced by Queer youth are transforming, but what they always need is support from each other and the adults in their lives.

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      Being supported at home, in academy and in the community is significant for all children and youth – especially LGBTQ+ youth. From creating an inclusive learning environment for students — whether a pupil is in the process of transitioning, or she has two moms — to understanding the challenges and resiliency of LGBTQ+ youth, HRC provides a wealth of resources for support.

      Queer Youth

      10 Conduct Educators Can Take

      The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and Welcoming Schools are committed to ensuring educators have the tools to assist LGBTQ+ students. 

      Capacity Building, Homosexual Youth, Opportunities for Providers & Institutions

      THRIVE Professional Development

      The THRIVE Professional Development program utilizes Welcoming Schools’ certified fa

      7 LGBTQ+ Resources for Educators

      By the time Tricia Friedman was 8, she knew that she was different. She grew up and became an educator, but it took her more than a decade to be out in her career.

      People assume that the creator of the How to Be a Better Ally podcast has always been confident and comfortable in her identity. Still, she spent many years worrying about what students or parents would think.

      “We really underestimate that internalized message,” Friedman says. “We underestimate how damaging schools include been when it comes to reinforcing gender stereotypes.”

      Only26% of LGBTQ youth always feel safe in their school classrooms, according to the Human Rights Campaign's LGBTQ Youth Report. Just5% say all of their teachers and institution staff are supportive of LGBTQ people.

      In a study, The Trevor Project found that 42% of LGBTQ youth attempted suicide in Those internalized messages are a big reason why. Everything from word problems in math that never use the pronoun “they” to physical bullying makes experience harder for LGBTQ students.

      Friedman, whose organization Ally Ed provid