The resources below have been gathered over many years of mental health practice and have been recommended and endorsed by trusted friends, colleagues, and youth and family clients. If you are a provider, I highly recommend that you review any suggested resources in advance of sharing with clients, and that you engage clients in conversations about how they can access and utilize them safely.
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For Providers:
Bridging the Gap Peer Kit for Agencies Employing Young Adults in Peer Roles
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy LGBTQ Implementation Manual
Ready, Set, Go! Guidelines & Tips for Collecting Patient Data on SOGI
Family Acceptance Project Accepting and Rejective Behavior Posters
Giving the (Young) People What They Want: A Policy Framework for Youth Peer Support
For Families and Individuals
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For Providers:
For Youth, Families and Individuals:
Trans Lifeline - (877) 565-8860
Human Trafficking Hotline: 24/7 live, confidential support in English and Spanish - (888) 373-788, TTY: 711, Text 233733
Pronouns.org - Resources on Personal Pronouns
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This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell, Illustrated by Aurelia Durand (great for middle school age and up)
The Gender Book created by hunter rook, Jay Mays and Robin Mack
Sex is a Funny Word: A Book About Bodies, Feelings and You by Cory Silverberg, Illustrated by Fiona Symth (great for elementary school age and up)
decolonizing trans/gender 101 by Kai Shappley and Lisa Bunker
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
The Antiracist Business Book, An Equity Centered Approach to Work, Wealth, and Leadership by Trudi Lebrón
Rest is Resistance, A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
Emergent Strategy, Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
We Do This ‘Til We Free Us, Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba
Heal Your Way Forward, The Co-Conspirator’s guide to an Antiracist Future by Myisha T. Hill
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth
The Gender Quest Workbook, A Guide for Teens & Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity by Rylan J. Testa, Deborah Coolhart and Jayme Peta
Beyond Magenta, Transgender Teens Speak Out, written and photographed by Susan Kuklin
Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade Gender, Race and Politics by Carrie N. Baker
Not All Boys Are Blue: A Memoir Manifesto by George M. Johnson
The Gender Wheel a story about bodies and gender for every body by Maya Gonzalez