LGBTQ Youth

School counselors promote equal opportunity and respect for all individuals regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We recognize the school experience can be significantly more difficult for students with marginalized identities, and we work with you to eliminate barriers impeding LGBTQ student development and achievement. 

If you or a friend are struggling with sexual orientation, gender identity, or just need a safe place to talk, please let your school counselor know. All conversations are confidential in nature, unless there is a threat to self or others of harm. 

Resources in Philadelphia area:

• Bucks LGBTQ Center

  • • Provides individual and group therapy, substance abuse and eating disorder recovery, community events, and yoga and wellness.

• Mazzoni Center

  • • Individual, group, and family therapy, legal services, education, recovery services, support groups

• PA Lutheran Child & Family Services

  • •  Bethel House is a group home for dependent LGBT youth aged 15-18, in Philadelphia, PA. 937 South 3rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 Phone: 215-339-8002 Fax: 215-339-8070 

• Attic Youth Center

  • • The Attic creates opportunities for LGBTQ youth to develop into healthy, independent, civic-minded adults within a safe and supportive community, and promotes the acceptance of LGBTQ youth in society. 255 South 16th Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone: 215-545-4331 Email: info@atticyouthcenter.org