Resources that may be of interest to LGBTQ+ students, staff, and those who support them:

• LGBTQ+ media:

  • LGBTQ+ recommendations from the GSA officers

  • LGBTQ+ book list from NNHS LLC

  • LGBTQ Reads

  • GLAAD Media Reference Guide

  • I'm From Driftwood: Online repository of LGBTQ+ stories, including many from people of color 

  • Storycorps: The National Archive features a series of LGBTQ stories spanning many generations and backgrounds

  • Documentaries: The Celluoloid Closet is about LGB representation in TV and film up through the 90's.  Disclosure is a recent documentary about Trans representation in TV and film.  Out on TV is a new five part documentary about LGBTQIA+ representation on television.

• TED Talks and Understanding LGBTQ+:

  • Ivan Coyote: Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms

  • Audrey Mason-Hyde: Toilets, bowties, gender and me

• Local resources

  • PFLAG of Greater Boston: Parents & Friends organization.

    • Resources for Schools

    • Resources for Families

    • Support Group Flier

    • Definitions

  • WAGLY/OutMetroWest: Youth LGBTQ+ programming in MetroWest area

  • Fenway Health: Organization with many health resources for LGBTQ+ people

  • BAGLY: Youth LGBTQ+ organization for Boston area

  • Safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ youth in the Boston area

  • GLAD: GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders

  • Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth

  • True Colors: Out Youth Theatre from Theatre Offensive

  • Boston Pride and Boston Youth Pride

• Articles About Supporting Gender-Diverse Individuals

  • Chosen Names and Mental Health

  • Pronouns and Mental Health

  • Normalizing Pronoun use

  • A Framework for Supporting Gender-Diverse Students

  • Neo pronouns (not exhaustive lists):

    • LGBTQ Wiki list

    • UNG Office of Intercultural Engagement article

• Other resources 

  • GLSEN: Organization dedicated to  LGBTQ issues in K-12 education

  • Trevor Project: Organization dedicated to providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth.

    • Hotline: 1-866-488-7386

  • LGBT National Help Center

    • Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743

  • College Guide for Current and Prospective LGBTQ Students

  • National Youth Advocacy Center

  • MASGD (Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity): https://www.themasgd.org/