MyCom Celebrates Pride Month: Fast Facts

Resources for LGBTQ+ Youth and Friends/Supporters (From our Friends at the CDC):

Because some LGBTQ+ Youth are more likely than their heterosexual peers to experience bullying or other aggression in school, it is important that educators, counselors, and school administrators have access to resources and support to create a safe, healthy learning environment for all students.

• Advocates for Youth (AFY): LGBTQ Resources for Professionals
  • Lesson plans, tips and strategies, background information, and additional resources to help youth-serving professionals create safe spaces for young people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
• American Psychological Association (APA) Resources:
  • Just the Facts: A Primer for Principals, Educators, and School Personnel
    • Just the Facts provides information and resources for principals, educators and school personnel who confront sensitive issues involving gay, lesbian, and bisexual students.
  • Safe and Supportive Schools Project
    • The Safe and Supportive Schools Project promotes safe and supportive environments to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among adolescents.
• Creating Safer Spaces in Schools for LGBTQ Youth | The Trevor Project
  • • The Trevor Project is a national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
• Educator Resources | GLSEN
  • GLSEN educator guides and lessons to support your curriculum and practices.
• Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network
  • • GSA clubs are student-run organizations that unite LGBTQ+ and allied youth to build community and organize around issues impacting them in their schools and communities.
• Q Chat Space
  • • Q Chat Space is a digital LGBTQ+ center where teens join live-chat, professionally facilitated, online support groups. Also available in Spanish (disponible en español).
• StopBullying.gov: Information for LGBTQ Youth
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) youth and those perceived as LGBT are at an increased risk of being bullied. There are important and unique considerations for strategies to prevent and address bullying of LGBTQ youth.
• Supporting LGBTQ+ Students – Micro-credentials | National Education Foundation
  • This stack of six micro-credentials is designed to help educators understand how to create a safe and inclusive classroom environment for LGBTQ+ students.
• The Trevor Project: Education and Resources for Adults
  • The Trevor Project’s “Trainings for Professionals” include in-person Ally and CARE trainings designed for adults who work with youth. These trainings help counselors, educators, administrators, school nurses, and social workers discuss LGBTQ-competent suicide prevention.