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LGBTQ+ Identities
LGBTQ+ Identities
4 Unique Struggles for Queer & Trans People of Color - Joamette Gil
100 Must Read Books by Queer Authors - Ilana Masad
Chosen: 5 Queer Photographers Reimagine the Family Portrait - Them
How the Pride March Made History - David Kaufman
LGBTQ History Resources- GLSEN
Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual Glossary Of Terms - GLAAD
My Story Out Loud: LGBT+ Youth of Color
National Coming Out Day Is For You, Even If You're Not Ready to Come Out - Joseph Longo
The Next Generation of Climate Activists is Queer - Eve Ettinger
Transgender Glossary of Terms - GLAAD
Books with LGBTQ+ Characters - Common Sense Media
What does Pride Mean Now? - Jericho Brown, Carmen Maria Machado and Thomas Page McBee
What Is the Vito Russo Test? A Smart Way to Gauge LGBTQ+ Hollywood Inclusion
Why Do LGBTQ Youth Experience Homelessness? - True Colors
Transgender Identities
Transgender Identities
Black Trans Women Seek More Space in the Movement They Helped Start - Isabella Grullón Paz and Maggie Astor
Coming Out: Living Authentically as Trans or Non-Binary
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen
Outlawing Trans Youth: State Legislatures and the Battle over Gender-Affirming Healthcare for Minors - Harvard Law Review
The Rise of Anti-Trans Radical Feminists Explained - Katelyn Burns
Supporting Trans and Gender Nonconforming Students - GLSEN
Transgender Glossary of Terms - GLAAD
Transgender History in the United States by Genny Beemyn
What is Trans History? - Kritika Agarwal
Pronouns, Gender, & Language
Pronouns, Gender, & Language
8 Affirmations from Trans Folks for Students Struggling with Pronouns - GLSEN
A Brief History of Singular They - Oxford English Dictionary
How To Affirm the People in Your Life Who Use Multiple Sets of Pronouns - Wren Sanders
How to Refer to Your Nonbinary Family Members - Wren Sanders
Trans Students Explain Why Pronouns are Important
Trans Signs 101 - Rogan Shannon
Help! I'm Questioning My Identity
Help! I'm Questioning My Identity
Congratulations! You're doing a brave and important thing by learning more about yourself. It can be scary, overwhelming, and exciting to explore gender and/or sexuality. Use the resources below for support.
The Coming Out Handbook - The Trevor Project
Coming Out: Living Authentically as Trans or Non-Binary
Trans Lifeline - Call to talk: 1(877) 565-8860
Trevor Project Support Line for LGBTQ Youth
Text "Start" to 678-678
Call to talk: 1 (866) 488-7386
Whitney Young Pride Club
2022-23 Meetings on Thursdays, Enrichment to 4:30 in room 178 (Arts Building)
Join our Google Classroom with code w5ddbp3
Gender Diversity
Gender Diversity
8 Things You Should Know About Two Spirit People - Tony Enos
Decolonizing Sexuality At The Largest Two-Spirit Pow Wow In The Nation - Project 562
Indigenous Perspectives, Fa’afafine and Fa’afatama - Natural History Museums of LA County
Indigenous Perspectives, Mapuche - Natural History Museums of LA County
Indigenous Perspectives, Muxe - Natural History Museums of LA County
Kumu Hima: A Place in the Middle
Map of Gender Diverse Cultures - PBS Independent Lens
The secret language of South Asia’s transgender community - Zehra Rehman
This Indigenous Two-Spirit Couple Matches Their Regalia - Christian Allaire
Educator Resources
Educator Resources
6 Ways I Make My Science Class LGBTQ-Inclusive as a Trans Teacher - Lewis Maday-Travis
Gender Equity in the Classroom - Rebecca Alber
GLSEN Safe Spaces Kit - GLSEN
How to Stand Up for Your Trans Students - Cory Collins, Jey Ehrenhalt
LGBTQ Best Practices: Classroom Culture and Curriculum Webinar - Learning for Justice
Supporting Trans and Gender Nonconforming Students - GLSEN
Teachers as LGBT Allies - Dr. Traci Lowenthal
Feminism & Women's Rights
Feminism & Women's Rights
Asian American Feminist Collective
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Internet Women's History History Sourcebook - Fordham University
Marching Toward Progress: the Journey to Black Women’s Suffrage. - DPLA
National Women's History Museum Biographies
‘No Time to Be a Child’ - Alisha Haridasani Gupta
Women's Rights Timeline - The National Archives
Gender Equity
Gender Equity
Barriers & Bias: The Status of Women in Leadership by AAUW
Even Breadwinning Wives Don’t Get Equality at Home by Aliya Hamid Rao
Executive Summary: The State of Gender Equality for U.S. Adolescents - Plan USA
Gender Equity in the Classroom - Rebecca Alber
Hard Evidence: Teachers' Unconscious Biases Contribute To Gender Disparity - Shankar Vedantam
How Our Education System Undermines Gender Equity - Joseph Cimpian
Many Ways to Be a Girl, but One Way to Be a Boy: The New Gender Rules - Claire Cain Miller
Chicago Area LGBTQ+ Resources
Chicago Area LGBTQ+ Resources
Brave Space Alliance - Black & trans led LGBT+ community center on the south side
Broadway Youth Center - Center for LGBTQ+ youth
Center on Halsted Youth Programs - LGBTQ community center on the north side with programing for young people
Howard Brown Health Center - LGBTQ+ affirming health services
Lurie Children's Hospital Gender Development Program - Support and healthcare services for trans and gender expansive youth
Transformative Justice Law Project Illinois- Organization that offers legal support for trans people
Recommended Books
Recommended Books
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir Manifesto by George M. Johnson
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo
Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People by Joan Roughgarden
Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks
Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
The Stonewall Reader Edited by the New York Public Library
This Bridge Called by Back Edited by Cherríe L. Moraga & Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Transgender History by Susan Stryker
We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation: A Visual Guide to the History of Queer Liberation, So Far by Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown
Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis
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