LGBTQIA+
Mental Health Resources
This is a set of mental health resources collected from other pages on our website supplemented with a number of online LGBTQI+ mental health resources.
Organizations
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The Trevor Project Mission: To end suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning young people.
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Reach out to a Trevor Counselor
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The Trevor Project 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health is a great resource for designing responses to meet the needs of LGBTQ and queer youth in caring for their mental health.
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LGBT National Youth Talkline offers peer support and resources for people under the age of 25 1.800.246.7743. They also provide space for weekly youth chat rooms and occasional facilitated conversations.
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UU Organizations & Groups Supporting Mental Health for LGBTQI+ people
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Uplift Collective UPLIFT blog is for “Uplifting LGBTQ+ experience within and beyond Unitarian Universalism.” UPLIFT is a platform for the UUA to highlight LGBTQ+ issues and concerns by featuring related programming, reflections, and content circulated in our quarterly email newsletter.
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Pastoral Small Groups for Trans & Non-binary UU's Monthly gatherings for trans, nonbinary, and other not-entirely-or-at-all-cis UUs and friends of UUism.
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Human Rights Campaign LGBT Resources
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Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) LGBT Resources
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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) LGBT Resources
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National Mental Health Coalition LGBT Resources
Books and Publications
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List of LGBTQIA+ Books for Kids and Youth By Matt Davis
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A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families Support Their LGBT Children is an older resource (2014) but offers some good guidelines for organizations seeking to support children and families.
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Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way About Caring for People, Including Myself By S. Bear Bergman and illustrated by Saul Freedman-Lawson