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National and Local (KY) Resources for LGBTQ+ Parents and Children
National and Local (KY) Resources for LGBTQ+ Parents and Children
University of Kentucky
Organizations, Resources and Guides available at the University of Kentucky for LGBTQIA+ youth and adults.
Office of LGBTQ Student Resources
· The Office of LGBTQ Student Resources provides numerous resources of campus groups, events, guidance, and local partner organizations to extend care, support and connection.
· Convening each Thursday at 7:00 PM at the LGBTQ Resource Suite of the Student Center, the Gender Sexuality Alliance brings together LGBTQ students and allies to build a community and find a sense of belonging. Activities range from sexual/mental health discussions to fun events such as group ice skating.
· As the first fraternity founded by openly queer men, Delta Lambda Phi strives to create the fraternity experience whilst fighting for justice and building an accepting community.
· As the first national lesbian sorority, Gamma Rho Lambda strives to develop everlasting bonds among its members and establish a community of education, emotional support, and service.
Support, Education & Community
A number of networks meant to foster connection and community among LGBTQ+ individuals and their loved ones.
Bluegrass Rainbow Faith Communities
· Bluegrass Rainbow Faither Community provides an interfaith directory of open, welcoming and LGBTQ+ affirming congregations.
· COLAGE unites people with one or more LGBTQ+ parent into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities.
· To communicate to LGBT youths around the world that it gets better and to inspire changes needed to make it better for LGBT youth by providing openly gay adults and mentors showing that they are not alone. Created to provide support against bullying and harassment LGBT youths face in their lives.
· The Lexington Pride Center celebrates and empowers the intersectional lives of LGBTQIA+ Kentuckians. They envision a world free of marginalization, where every LGBTQIA+ person if free to be who they are and love who they love.
· PFLAG is creating a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. It is the nation’s largest org. dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.
Advocacy: Campaigns & Movements
A set of campaigns that advocate for LGBTQ equality.
· Bluegrass Black Pride is an African American LGBTQ non-profit located in Lexington, KY. Their mission is to advocate, educate, and demand equality.
· The Human Rights Campaign is the nation’s largest civil rights organization to achieve LGBTQ+ equality. Become one of the more than 3.6 million advocated working toward equality. Our stories matter.
Education on LGBTQIA+
A group of resources that strive to educate on LGBTQ experiences, such as mental health, being a parent, and healthcare.
AGLP: The Association of LGBTQ Psychiatrists
· AGLP is a community of psychiatrists the educates and advocated on LGBTQ mental health issues. They provide virtual meet ups and educational sessions.
AVEN: The Asexual Visibility & Education Network
· AVEN hosts the world's largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike.
· At Family Equality, we’re here to support LGBTQ+ families every step of the way – from starting your family to navigating life with teens and beyond.
National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
· The National LGBT Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to healthcare organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for LGBTQIA+ people.
Crisis/Support Hotlines
A list of hotlines, groups, and services that provide support, advice, and assistance.
LGBT National Coming Out Support Hotline: 888-OUT-LGBT [888-688-5428]
· For support, the LGBT National Coming Out Support Hotline provides free and confidential services by offering support, information, and local resources. It strives to provide the care and safe space you deserve.
LGBT National Youth Talk Line: 800-246-7743
· LGBT National Youth Talk Line provides free and confidential peer-support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
· Call “988” to connect with suicide prevention, mental health, and substance abuse counselors. Available 24/7/365.
Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860
· Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive. Call if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.
The Trevor Project: (866) 488-7386
· The Trevor Project offers information and support to LGBTQ+ youth 24/7/365. It is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit for LGBTQ+ adolescents.
The True Colors United: (212) 461-4401
· The True Colors Fund is working to end homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth, creating a world in which all young people can be their true selves.
LGBTQ+ Media: Novels, TV Series & Podcasts
A collection of literature and media aimed to serve as safe spaces for exploration and understanding of the LGBTQ+ experience.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Novel) by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Dante can swim. Ari can't. Dante is articulate and self-assured. Ari has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt. Dante gets lost in poetry and art. Ari gets lost in thoughts of his older brother who is in prison. Dante is fair skinned. Ari's features are much darker. It seems that a boy like Dante, with his open and unique perspective on life, would be the last person to break down the walls that Ari has built around himself.
But against all odds, when Ari and Dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. But there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other—and the power of their friendship—can Ari and Dante emerge stronger on the other side.
More Human More Kind: Practical Guidance for Allyship and Parenting LGBTQ Teens (Podcast) by Heather Hester
Do you wish you could better support your LGBTQ child? To be an ally who shows up with courage, clarity and compassion in your family, workplace and community? You’re not alone. More Human. More Kind. It is a twice-weekly podcast supporting concerned parents and allies of LGBTQ+ kids who are ready to move from fear, grief and confusion to healing, resilience and empowered advocacy.
Heartstopper (Novel & TV Series) by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper is an ongoing LGBTQ+ young adult graphic novel and webcomic series written and illustrated by British author Alice Oseman. It follows the lives of Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring as they meet and fall in love.
Pose (TV Series) by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuck, Steven Canals
In the New York of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.
The Left Hand of Darkness (Novel) by Ursula K. Le Guin
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.
Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being (Podcast) by Matthias Roberts
Named one of the best LGBTQ podcasts by “O: The Oprah Magazine,” Queerology asks how might we live better as queer people of faith. Host Matthias Roberts brings together theologians, psychologists, poets, thinkers, and change makers for conversations around belief and being.
Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (Novel) by Marion Dane Bauer
Each of these stories is original, each is by a noted author for young adults, and each honestly portrays its subject and theme--growing up gay or lesbian, or with gay or lesbian parents or friends.
One Day at a Time (TV Series) by Whitney Blake, Allan Manings, Norman Lear
In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.
Debriefing Information
Debriefing Information
In this study, we are exploring the experiences of adolescents and emerging adults who have LGBTQ+ identified parents. We are specifically interested in how youth with LGBTQ+ parents navigate the world in terms of their own identity development and feel supported in doing so. We are also interested to know about how families with LGBTQ+ parents talk about identity and sexual health. Finally, we want to know more about the positive and challenging experiences of youth who have LGBTQ+ parents.
This research is important for a number of reasons. First, although there have been a number of research studies showing that LGBTQ+ parents, as well as LGBTQ+ people broadly, experience microaggressions and discrimination, there is less work about these experiences among their children. What little research that has been conducted has shown that children of LGBTQ+ parents do experience microaggressions. At the same time, many studies about child development overwhelmingly show that youth with LGBTQ+ parents develop in healthy and positive ways. By interviewing children with LGBTQ+ parents about their experiences, we hope to provide foundational information for future research, policy, and practice with diverse families. Further, we hope to support the development of measures that can be adapted to work with populations that have less often been studied, such as youth with LGBTQ+ parents. Finally, we hope to understand the experiences of youth with LGBTQ+ parents regarding their own identities, their relationship to the LGBTQ+ community, and family dynamics.
Our research team here at the University of Kentucky hopes this study will help answer some very important unanswered questions. When we complete data collection and analysis (sometime during 2020), we are happy to share a summary of our results. We hope that our findings will help to inform public policy that can better support LGBTQ+ individuals and families. This work should play a part in adding to growing knowledge of research on youth with LGBTQ+ parents.
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