Advocacy – Protect Trans Children!
Information and Speaking Points
Legislator Contact Information
Web Resources for Educators
From the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), this is a list of great books for Educators and Parents/Guardians on LGBTQ Topics, Transgender Children, Bullying, and Diversity
Educator and classroom resources from the inspiring advancing human rights curriculum created by the Speak Truth to Power program, a collaboration of Discovery Education, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Humanity United, and Fund II Foundation.
The GLSEN.org website is a wonderfully informative website for educators. This is a GLSEN portal to access lesson plans, professional development, inclusive curricula, elementary level resources, and administrative resources.
From Them.us, this is a captivating blog on why LGBTQ+ education needs to begin before high school.
A Guide To Being an Ally to Transgender and Non-Binary Youth from the Trevor Project Support Center
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC), education equity and excellence info and resources
Healthy Gender Development in Young Children (Head Start)
Supporting Marginalized Students (Digital Promise)
On Why Marginalized Students Need Hope to Succeed (Greater Good)
Selected Fiction for Students
If I was Your Girl, by Meredith Russo (Young Adult Fiction) — An award-winning, big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are. Also a love story in which you can’t help but root for Amanda Hardy, the new girl in school. Also contains an important epilogue that offers remarkable insights into the experience of being transgender.
Birthday, by Meredith Russo (Young Adult Fiction) — Six years of birthdays (both on the same day) reveal Eric and Morgan’s destiny as they come together, drift apart, fall in love, and discover who they’re meant to be—and if they’re meant to be together. From the award-winning author of If I Was Your Girl, Meredith Russo, this is a heart-wrenching and universal story of identity, first love, and fate.
Reading the Rainbow. LGBTQ-Inclusive Literacy in the Elementary Classroom — from GLSEN
Acceptance, gender nonconformity & transgender titles available from SWLS or the Platteville Public Library
Picture books
Boy with pink hair- Perez Hilton
Call me tree- Maya Gonzalez
Fire engine for Ruthie- Leslea Newman
It’s okay to be different- Todd Parr
Jacob’s new dress- Sarah & Ian Hoffman
Julian is a mermaid- Jessica Love
Morris Micklewhite and the tangerine dress- Christine Baldacchino
My princess boy- Cheryl Kilodavis
Neither- Airlie Anderson
Red- Michael Hall
Seamus’s short story- Heather Hartt-Sussman
Sissy duckling- Harvey Fierstein
Worm loves worm- J.J. Austrian
Adult/parent resource books
Becoming an ally to the gender-expansive child- Anna Bianchi
Becoming Nicole- Amy Ellis Nutt
Gender born, gender made- Diane Ehrensaft
Gender creative child- Diane Ehrensaft
Quick & easy guide to they/them pronouns- Archie Bongiovanni
Transgender child- Stephanie Brill
Juvenile/teen fiction
And she was- Jessica Verdi
Boy in the dress- David Walliams
Boy named Queen- Sara Cassidy
57 bus- Dashka Slater
George- Alex Gino
Gracefully Grayson- Ami Polonsky
If I was your Girl- Meredith Russo
Lily and Dunkin- Donna Gephart
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard- Rick Riordan
My life as a diamond- Jenny Manzer
Prince and the dressmaker- Jen Wang
When the moon was ours- Anna-Marie McLemore
Juvenile/teen non-fiction
Being Jazz- Jazz Jennings
Beyond magenta- Susan Kuklin
I am Jazz- Jazz Jennings
They, she, he, me- Maya & Matthew
Trans teen survival guide- Owl & Fox Fisher
What makes a baby- Cory Silverberg
Clear Language Lab Web Resources
Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ+ Participants (and Staff!)in Your Communications
Creating Welcoming Spaces:
- Beyond Diversity: An LGBT Best Practice Guide for Employers
- Creating LGBTQ Affirming Agencies Video and Guide
- University of New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program – Making Your Clinic Welcoming to LGBTQ Patients
- George Washington University – Gender-Inclusive Guidelines
- 11 Easy Ways Managers and Employers Can Foster Trans-Inclusive Work Environments
- Creating Authentic Spaces – The519
Gender and Culture:
- Washington Post – A guide to how gender-neutral language is developing around the world
- Latina, Latino, or LatinX? Here’s how the term came about
Glossaries, Dictionaries, and Pronoun Overviews:
- 7 Tired Phrases That Marginalize Trans People – And What to Use Instead
- GLAAD Media Reference Guide
- GLADD Terminology: Talking About LGBT People and Equality
- MyPronouns.org
- On Trans-Inclusive Language
- One Medical on Instagram: Navigating Pronouns 101
- PFLAG Glossary
- Preen.ph – Queer Pronoun Glossary
- Tai.Draws on Instagram: How to Do Better at Getting New Pronouns Right
- True Colors – Asking about Pronouns
- True Colors – Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression
Grammar and the Singular “They”:
- APA – Singular “They”
- Grammarly – Singular They: Why to Use They as a Singular Pronoun
- OED – A brief history of singular ‘they’
Health and Health Disparities:
- Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Information | For Health Care Providers
- National Coalition for LGBT Health: HealthLGBT
- NPR- Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities
- Providing Affirmative Care for Patients with Non-binary Gender Identities
- Providing Transgender-Inclusive Healthcare Services
- Providing Inclusive Services and Care for LGBT People
- Intersex-affirming Hospital Policies
Discrimination Issues:
- CNN – A Texas school system can’t make a Black teen cut his dreadlocks, court rules
- Funders for LGBTQ Issues: Non Discrimination Policies
- Homelessness Among LGBT Adults in the US – Williams Institute
- LGBT People and Housing Affordability, Discrimination, and Homelessness
- LGBT Poverty in the United States – Williams Institute
- Transgender Students in Higher Education – Williams Institute
- UCLA Williams Factsheet: Experiences of Discrimination among Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People in the US
LGBTQ+ National Organizations:
- FORGE
- GLAAD
- GLBT NATIONAL HELP CENTER – home
- GLSEN (advocacy around K-12 education)
- Human Rights Campaign: Advocating for LGBTQ Equality
- National/Federal Know Your Rights
- National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
- National LGBTQ Task Force – Be You.
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- Movement Advancement Project | LGBTQ Maps
- PFLAG
- REFUGE Restrooms
- SAGE – Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders
Media and Positive Representation:
- Canva
- DreamHost – How to Design an LGBTQ-Inclusive Website
- Example – NYC Care
- Vice – The Gender Spectrum Collection
Training:
- Pride Teach-Out | Spectrum Center
- SAGECare: LGBT Aging Training and Consulting for a Better Workplace
Tool Examples:
- Association of California School Administrators – Gender Inclusiveness Assessment
- University of New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program – Making Your Clinic Welcoming to LGBTQ Patients