LGBTQ YOUTH RIGHTS: PROTECTING THE QUEER FRONTIER RESOURCES

LGBTQ Definitions and Language

• Trans day of visibility/general resources, GLSEN

• Gender Affirming Care, Equality Ohio 

• LGBTQ Language, Equality Ohio 

LGBTQ Mental Health and Homelessness

• Bills like 'Don't Say Gay' hurt LGBTQ youth already at high risk of suicide, USA Today

• 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, The Trevor Project 

• New Study Reveals the Scope of Youth Homelessness, True Colors United 

• Mental health article(s), The Trevor Project

ANTI TRANS AND QUEER BILLS

• Unprecedented Onslaught of State Legislation Targeting Transgender Americans, Human Rights Campaign 

• Florida 'Don't Say Gay' law inspires proposed legislation in Ohio, Lauren del Valle, CNN 

• ​Why is a ban on same-sex marriage still part of the Ohio Revised Code? Michael De Bonis, WOSU Public Media 

• Alabama lawmakers advance transgender bathroom bill, Brooke Migdan, The Hill 

• Texas Investigates Parents Over Care for Transgender Youth, Suit Says, J. David Goodman and Amanda Morris, New York Times

• New US rules set to back transgender students, Laura Meckler, Washington Post

VOICES FROM THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY

• Quarantined While Queer: BGLTQ Student Support During the Pandemic, Akila V. Muthukumar and Kendall I. Shields, The Harvard Crimson

Amicus brief on trans joy and trans adults leading fulfilling lives

Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Will Hurt Teens Like Me, Will Larkins, New York Times Oped 

Who Should Be Allowed to Transition? Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, New York Times 

TAKE ACTION

• Statewide advocacy LGBTQ organization via the Equality Federation here and then:
• Sign up for their email
• Get their alerts and take their actions
• Donate to your state organization
• Follow trans folks on social media. Here is a good list to start

• Attend JusticeAid's Spring Public Forum on May 14th @4pm: Erasure: The Otherization of Queerness. More info at justiceaid.org

• Buy tickets for the May 16th: JusticeAid Spring Concert Benefit: Bessie! Empress of the Blues at City Winery in Manhattan

• If you can’t get to New York—donate to JusticeAid—100% of donations go SMYAL and their great work