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A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children

This resource guide was developed and is being disseminated throughout health and social service systems to help practitioners who work in a wide range of settings to understand the critical role of family acceptance and rejection in contributing to the health and well-being of adolescents who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. This includes practitioners who work in primary care, behavioral health, schoolbased services, family service agencies, homeless and runaway programs, and foster care and juvenile justice settings. Its intent is to help practitioners implement best practices in engaging and helping families and caregivers to support their LGBT children. The family intervention approach discussed in this guide is based on research findings and more than a decade of interactions and intervention work by the Family Acceptance Project (FAP) at San Francisco State University with very diverse families and their LGBT children.

Helping Diverse Families Learn to Support Their LGBTQ Children to Prevent Health and Mental Health Risks and Promote Well-Being

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The Family Acceptance Project® (FAP) is a research, education, intervention and policy initiative to help diverse families learn to support their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified (LGBTQ) children to prevent health and mental health risks and promote well-being. Affiliated with San Francisco State University, FAP was founded in 2002 by Dr. Caitlin Ryan and Dr. Rafael Diaz to address a major gap in knowledge, practice and policy related to prevention, wellness and care for LGBTQ children, youth and young adults—family engagement and support. FAP’s family support framework provides a critical opportunity for agencies, care systems and practitioners to engage in public education, upstream prevention, early intervention, crisis intervention and postvention to address and ameliorate a range of serious health and mental health concerns that impact LGBTQ young people. Family support can make a critical difference to build healthy futures for LGBTQ children and youth.

Sexual Health, Gender, & Relationship Educational Resources

Healthy Teen Network

https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/

We believe every young person has the right to live their authentic sexuality.

That means making decisions about their own body and relationships—and feeling good doing it. Decisions about if, when, and how to parent—or not. And the freedom to become who they want to be.

And we see you—teachers and educators, counselors and clinicians, caring adults—helping them do this. Every day, providing honest, affirming care and education, and empowering the next generation to lead healthy, fulfilling lives.

At Healthy Teen Network, we know you do your best when you’re connected to great opportunities and resources—and with others working in sexual and reproductive health. We know the magic of this network, and it comes from you.

Gender Spectrum

https://genderspectrum.org/

Gender Spectrum is a national organization committed to the health and well-being of gender- diverse children and teens through education and support for families, and training and guidance for educators, medical and mental health providers, and other professionals.

Not OK

https://www.notokapp.com/

notOK App® is a free digital panic button to get you immediate support via text, phone call, or GPS location when you’re struggling to reach out.

Open Door Support (Local!)

https://www.opendoorsupport.com/

How different would your life be if you had affirming and honest conversations about sexual health while you were growing up?

Open Door Support is here to help you learn shame-free, age appropriate communication with your children, family and community. Located in Santa Ynez Valley!

Amaze

https://amaze.org/

Amaze takes the awkward out of growing up. Fun, animated videos empowering healthy relationships worldwide, with all the answers you want to know about your body.

Planned Parenthood Chat Service

https://roo.plannedparenthood.org/unifiedonboarding/intro

Did you know that Planned Parenthood offers free, anonymous chatting or texting with Sexual Health Educators to answer any/all questions about sexual health and can offer helpful referrals as well?

What Is Love

https://whatisloveteens.org/

Love and relationships are one of the most important things in our lives, yet we are taught almost nothing about it. What is Love will change this! We teach young people, parents and schools how to identify healthy and unhealthy relationships. With this new understanding, we teach them how to avoid abuse and how to love in a healthy way.

Educate to Empower

https://e2epublishing.info/

Educate2Empower Publishing is an international award winning niché children's book publisher who specializes in children's books on BODY SAFETY, CONSENT, GENDER EQUALITY, RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS, and SOCIAL and EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. Our books combine beautiful illustrations with key educational concepts capturing both the child's imagination as well as teaching them messages crucial to their development and safety. Educate2Empower Publishing also provides free resources for parents, caregivers and educators on these important topics.

Scarleteen

https://www.scarleteen.com/

Sex Ed for the real world. Inclusive, comprehensive, supportive, sexuality and relationships info for teens and emerging adults.

Helpful Organizations

PFLAG

https://pflag.org/

PFLAG is creating a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.

Santa Barbara Trans Advocacy Network

https://www.sbtan.org/

The Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network educates individuals and organizations on best practices for transgender & gender expansive clients, patients, students, congregants and families; creates and develops spaces, actions, and policies that advance the welfare of transgender and diverse gender non-conforming individuals, their families, and allies in California's Central Coast communities.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

https://www.aclu.org/

For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Pacific Pride Foundation

https://pacificpridefoundation.org/

Pacific Pride Foundation’s advocacy and education efforts meet the ongoing and emerging needs of a diverse population in order to create a thriving and visible LGBTQ+ community and to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS.

Not OK

https://www.notokapp.com/

notOK App® is a free digital panic button to get you immediate support via text, phone call, or GPS location when you’re struggling to reach out.

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

https://www.hrc.org/resources/allies

Allies — people who are not LGBTQ+ themselves — have done an enormous amount to advance the cause of LGBTQ+ equality. An ally can show support for LGBTQ+ friends, co-workers, classmates, neighbors, co-congregants, family members and others in a wide variety of ways.

RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network)

https://www.rainn.org/

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.