Answers to Your Questions About Individuals with Intersex Conditions (2006)
This brochure, developed in collaboration with the APA Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance and Intersex Conditions, answers basic questions about intersex and lists some available resources.
APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation (2009, PDF, 820 KB)
This report includes a systematic review of the peer-reviewed journal literature on sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) and concluded that efforts to change sexual orientation are unlikely to be successful and involve some risk of harm, contrary to the claims of SOCE practitioners and advocates.
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Beyond the Binary (PDF, 1.39 MB)
This is a toolkit to help schools become safe and welcoming environments for Transgender and other youth who do not conform to gender norms.
The National Education Association (NEA) developed a report, Stepping Out of the Closet, Into the Light (2009, PDF, 2.32 MB), which suggests concrete steps schools can take to improve the educational experience of GLBT youth and school staff members.
The San Francisco Unified School District maintains a website designed to support educators with tools and resources to address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) topics in a school setting.
The Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA) coordinates National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and other prevention and advocacy programs in more than 40 states and Puerto Rico.
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Especially for School Pupil Services Professionals
ACT (Assets Coming Together) for Youth, a collaboration of Cornell University, University of Rochester, and New York State Center for School Safety, provides extensive resources and research on positive youth development with an emphasis on sexual and reproductive health.
The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences published Adolescent Health Services (2009) to examine the health status of adolescents and provide guidance on investing in, strengthening, and improving an integrated health system for young people.
Each of the following professional membership associations has codes of ethics, position papers, policy statements, or other resources on LGBTQ youth in schools:
The Trevor Project promotes acceptance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth and assists in crisis and suicide prevention efforts.
The National Runaway Switchboard provides crisis intervention, referrals to local resources, and education and prevention services to youth, families, and community members.
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Especially for Teachers
The Safe Schools Coalition has compiled a long list of curricula, lesson plans, teachers’ guides, and videos arranged by grade level and classroom setting.
Answer, an organization affiliated with Rutgers University, offers links that support teachers and other education professionals to:
Advocates for Youth champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at the University of California, San Francisco produces numerous HIV Prevention Fact Sheets with essential information and guidance for various populations. All facts sheets are available in English and Spanish.
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) maintains the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders.
Kids Against Bullying and Teens Against Bullying are PACER (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights) Center websites that educate students about bullying prevention and provide methods to respond to bullying situations, with an emphasis on children with disabilities.
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Especially for Youth
It’s Your Sex Life is a public information campaign for adolescents conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in partnership with MTV. The new Get Yourself Tested campaign is one component of it.
Sex, Etc. is operated by Answer, part of the Center for Applied Psychology at Rutgers University, is one of the most popular online sexual health sites for teens.
COLAGE (Children of Lesbian and Gays Everywhere) is a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s.
The Trevor Project Helpline is a nationwide, around-the-clock crisis and suicide prevention helpline for LGBTQ youth. Call toll-free 1-800-850-8078.
The GLBT National Help Center Hotline is available afternoons, evenings, and weekends for telephone and email peer-counseling, factual information, and referrals to local resources across the U.S. Call toll-free 1-888-843-4564 or e-mail GLBT National Help Center Hotline.
The National Runaway Switchboard aims to help keep America’s runaway and at-risk youth safe and off the streets. Their 24-hour crisis line at 1-800-RUNAWAY is anonymous, confidential, and free.
Scholastic News maintains a website on Are You Being Bullied? with tips on what to do about it.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights operates a web-based Legal Information Helpline to provide basic information about laws that affect LGBT people and resources available to anyone facing discrimination or other civil rights issues.
TransFamily provides support, education, advocacy, and outreach for the transgendered community, families, friends, partners, and allies.
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Especially for Parents and Families
Answer, an organization affiliated with Rutgers University, offers links to:
Parents Matter! is a CDC-sponsored prevention program for parents of pre-teens, designed to enhance protective parenting practices and promote parent-child discussions about sexuality and sexual risk reduction.
The Parents’ Sex Ed Center at Advocates for Youth provides information and resources to talk with children about sex and sexual orientation.
Mental Health America maintains a website of resources on talking with children about sexual orientation and prejudice.
The Family Acceptance Project offers guidance on the positive, lifelong effects of accepting LGBTQ children, and the negative health effects of rejection.
The Family Equality Council is a national organization that works to ensure equality for LGBT families. They have a developed the Rainbow Report Card, an interactive tool to help schools be more inclusive.
TransFamily provides support, education, advocacy, and outreach for the transgendered community, families, friends, partners, and allies.
Beyond the Binary - Toolkit to help schools become safe and welcoming environments for Transgender and other youth who do not conform to gender norms.
Faith in America - Educating the public about harm caused to gay Americans when religion-based bigotry and prejudice is used to justify condemnation, discrimination, and violence.
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Especially for Community-Based Organizations
Advocates for Youth offers Creating Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth: A Toolkit, which provides tips and strategies that aim to help service providers create a climate in their organization that will make everyone feel safe.
The Community Toolbox is a free information resource at the University of Kansas that provides over 7,000 pages of practical information intended to support community health and development efforts.
The National Network for Youth is a membership organization of local agencies that provide street-based services, emergency shelter, transitional living programs, counseling, and social, health, educational and job-related services for runaway, homeless, and other disconnected youth.
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) maintains the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders.
The SAMHSA Health Information Network (SHIN) offers information regarding substance abuse prevention and treatment issues for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
Building Partnerships for Youth, a joint project of the National 4-H Council and the University of Arizona, aims to build the capacity of youth-serving organizations in the fields of education, health, faith, and youth development. Their focus is on programs that involve youth ages 9-13.
Community Programs to Promote Youth Development (2002) from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine offers recommendations for policy, practice, and research to ensure that programs are designed to meet young people's developmental needs and contribute to a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood.
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