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Direct Online and Phone Support Services for LGBTQ+ Youth

The Youth Well-Being program at HRC Foundation has compiled the following conduct service resources for LGBTQ+ youth and families.

The information about providers and services contained on this website does not constitute endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by HRC or HRC Foundation. HRC and HRC Foundation cannot confirm the level of confidentiality provided by each management or service, and some crisis services may involve legal guardians and even law enforcement as deemed necessary. It is your responsibility to verify the level of confidentiality when communicating with a service or organization.

  • The Trevor Project has several straight online resources specifically for LGBTQ+ youth:
    • Trevor Lifeline is a crisis intervention and suicide prevention mobile service available 24/7 at
    • TrevorChat is a confidential online instant messaging with a Trevor Counselor, available 24/7, at
    • TrevorText is a confidential text messaging with a Trevor Counselor, available 24/7/, by texting START to
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      LGBTQ+ Youth

      Challenges faced by LGBTQ+ youth are changing, but what they always need is endorse from each other and the adults in their lives.

      For HRC's resources for educators, please visit  

      Choose from one of our featured topics to scout specific areas of our LGBTQ+ Youth resources.

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      Being supported at house, in school and in the community is essential for all children and youth – especially Queer youth. From creating an inclusive learning environment for students — whether a student is in the process of transitioning, or she has two moms — to understanding the challenges and resiliency of LGBTQ+ youth, HRC provides a wealth of resources for support.

      LGBTQ+ Youth

      10 Actions Educators Can Take

      The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and Welcoming Schools are committed to ensuring educators have the tools to support Gay students. 

      Capacity Building, LGBTQ+ Youth, Opportunities for Providers & Institutions

      THRIVE Professional Development

      The THRIVE Professional Development program utilizes Welcoming Schools’ certified fa

      Safe Schools Coalition 

      The Defended Schools Coalition is a public-private partnership working to help schools become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender, gender identity or sexual orientation.

      Gay, Lesbian, Straight Learning Network (GLSEN)

      GLSEN is an teaching organization dedicated to creating unharmed schools for all lesbian, male lover, bisexual and transgender people. GLSEN has free curriculum and resources and can help you organize a Gay Straight Alliance or provide Professional Development in your educational facility. The Washington chapter is based in Seattle and serves the full state.

      GSA Network

      The GSA Network provides helpful information about how to start an inclusive gay-straight alliance at your school.

      Gender Diversity

      Gender Diversity can help your institution provide a supportive, non-discriminatory environment for all students, including gender-nonconforming and transgender children.

      Gender Spectrum  

      Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and

      7 LGBTQ+ Resources for Educators

      By the time Tricia Friedman was 8, she knew that she was distinct. She grew up and became an educator, but it took her more than a decade to be out in her career.

      People assume that the creator of the How to Be a Excel Ally podcast has always been confident and easy in her identity. Still, she spent many years worrying about what students or parents would think.

      “We really underestimate that internalized message,” Friedman says. “We underestimate how damaging schools have been when it comes to reinforcing gender stereotypes.”

      Only26% of LGBTQ youth always feel safe in their school classrooms, according to the Human Rights Campaign's LGBTQ Youth Inform . Just5% say all of their teachers and college staff are supportive of LGBTQ people.

      In a examine, The Trevor Project start that 42% of LGBTQ youth attempted suicide in Those internalized messages are a big reason why. Everything from word problems in math that never use the pronoun “they” to physical bullying makes life harder for LGBTQ students.

      Friedman, whose organization Ally Ed provid