For Youth: Resources for youth.
A Better Place
Mark A Roeder, 2011 (format: Book)
The story of two boys from two completely different worlds struggling to find themselves amongst a whirlwind of confusion.
(categories: All, For Youth)Be Yourself: Questions & Answers for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth
PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) (format: Free Download)
(categories: All, For Youth)Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide
Candace Chellew-Hodge, 2008 (format: Book)
Written by a UCC pastor out of her experiences as a gay Christian searching for how to live with integrity while contending with hateful opposition. The spiritual survival tips that conclude each chapter serve not only as summaries but also as direct points of advice for GLBT persons coping with inevitable conflict. A confident, sensible approach to handling the opposition and self-doubt that can undermine a GLBT person’s sense of worth and belonging as a Christian.
(categories: All, For Youth, LGBT Spirituality)Campus Pride
(format: website)
Check out the Campus Pride website for a wealth of information to empower young people.
Campus Pride serves LGBTQ and ally student leaders and campus organizations in the areas of leadership development, support programs and services to create safer, more inclusive LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities. It exists to develop, support and give “voice and action” in building future LGBTQ and ally student leaders.
Campus Pride envisions campuses and a society free of anti-LGBTQ prejudice, bigotry and hate. It works to develop student leaders, campus networks, and future actions to create such positive change.
Every year Campus Pride publishes a Lil’ Purple Backpack full of student organizing and social justice tips and tricks, how-to’s and action guides. Make sure the young people in your life have a copy!
(categories: Bullying and Suicide, For Youth)Coming Out Young and Faithful
Leanna McCall Tagert and Timothy Brown, 2001 (format: Book)
Inspired by the Youth and Young Adult Ministries Program of the United Church of Christ, this is a book of coming-out experiences of spiritual teenagers and young adults. Written by teens for teens, and also a good resource for anyone who works with teens.
(categories: All, For Youth)Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies
Ellen Bass, 1996 (format: Book)
A very accessible basic guide for youth and those who care about them includes many valuable, practical suggestions and pointers to additional resources. Includes chapters on self-discovery and coming out, dealing with friends and first love, dealing with family, defending and asserting oneself in school, finding solace in spirituality, and locating community support, as well as information for parents.
(categories: All, For Youth)GLBT National Youth TALKLINE
(format: website)
The GLBT National Youth Talkline provides telephone and email peer-counseling, as well as factual information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States.
(categories: All, For Youth, Support)GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens
Kelly Huegel, 2003 (format: Book)
A great choice for teens who are gay or questioning their sexuality. Moves through the primary issues of coming out; dating and sexuality; religion; and life at school, work, and home. Gives sound, practical information and advice in an inviting package.
(categories: All, For Youth)Guía de Recursos Para Salir Del Clóset
Human Rights Campaign, 2013 (format: Free Download)
El Proyecto Nacional Para Salir del Clóset del HRC es un programa para promover honradez y franqueza sobre el ser gay, lesbiana, bisexual o transgénero en la universidad, en el trabajo y en la comunidad. Esperamos que la Guía de Recursos Para Salir del Clóset de la Human Rights Campaign sea un buen punto de partida en este tu viaje.
(categories: All, For Youth, Latina/o)It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
Robie H. Harris, 1996 (format: Book)
From conception and puberty to birth control and AIDS, it is a refreshingly open and thorough presentation of the facts of sex—both biological and psychological—which children need now more than ever.
(categories: All, For Youth)Know Your Rights
Lambda Legal (format: book)
A website from Lambda Legal for young LGBTQ persons designed to help you know your rights and make sure they’re respected.
(categories: All, Bullying and Suicide, For Youth, Justice Work)Most LGBTQ are Cyberbullied. Here’s How to Stay Safe Online
(format: website)
A guide for protecting yourself from online bullying.
(categories: All, Bullying and Suicide, For Youth, Parenting, Suicide Prevention, Support)Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens
Kathy Belge, 2011 (format: Book)
A humorous, engaging, and honest guide that helps LGBT teens come out to friends and family, navigate their new LGBT social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and rise up against bigotry and homophobia.
(categories: All, For Youth)Rainbow Boys
Alex Sanchez, 2003 (format: Book)
Chronicles the senior year of three gay teens struggling with issues ranging from coming out to first love to an HIV scare.
(categories: All, For Youth)Resource Guide to Coming Out
Human Rights Campaign, 2012 (format: Free Download)
There is no one right or wrong way to come out; it is a lifelong process of being more open and true with yourself and others. Throughout the process of coming out and living more openly, you should always be in the driver’s seat about how, where, when and with whom you choose to be open. This guide was designed to help you through that process in realistic and practical terms. This resource is great for school groups, community centers and individuals, and should be a staple in every LGBT library across the country. Whether it’s for the first time ever, or the first time today, coming out may be the most important thing you do all day. Talk about it!
(categories: All, For Youth)Resource Guide to Coming Out for African Americans
Human Rights Campaign, 2012 (format: Free Download)
People of color may face unique challenges when they come out as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. To address these issues, the HRC Coming Out Project has developed a resource on coming out in the African-American community. The guide includes the stories of several amazing people from the African-American community who have left their indelible mark on this country.
(categories: African American, All, For Youth)Same Gender Marriage – Study Guide
UCC Coalition Publishers (format: Book)
A curriculum designed as a study for youth groups and campus ministries about same-gender marriage. It can be done in one long session, or two shorter sessions.
(categories: All, Bible Study, Christian Marriage and Equal Marriage, For Youth)The God Box
Alex Sanchez, 2009 (format: Book)
Dramatizes the plight of teens who struggle to balance their homosexuality and their deeply felt religious beliefs. The God Box is well written and youth enjoy reading it. Read the review published in Crossbeams.
(categories: All, For Youth)The Journey Out: A Guide for and About Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens
Rachel Pollack, 1995 (format: Book)
“You are not alone” is the intrinsic message of this frank, reassuring book aimed at teenagers who either are questioning their sexual orientations or have acknowledged that they are gay. The authors repeatedly emphasize the importance of self-acceptance as they offer advice on such topics as coming out to family and friends, coping with prejudice and rejection, reconciling one’s sexuality with the sometimes conflicting tenets of organized religion and combating myths and stereotypes. An explicit discussion of sexually transmitted diseases concludes with basic facts about AIDS and a characteristically sound admonition: “Become a responsible adult-not a statistic.”
(categories: About Youth, All, For Youth)Transgender College Student Resource Guide
(format: website)
This website provides information and resources for trans youth heading for college.
(categories: All, For Youth, Transgender)Transgender Visibility Guide
Human Rights Campaign, 2013 (format: Free Download)
The Transgender Visibility Guide aims to help transgender people and their loved ones through the process of disclosure in realistic and practical terms. Whether you’ve just come to understand yourself as a transgender person, or you’ve waited years to share what you know to be true about your gender identity with the people around you, this guide will help you take the next step into the kind of wholeness and fulfillment so many transgender people have discovered.
(categories: All, For Youth, Transgender)