For Families – Bay Area
- Our Family Coalition has provided LGBTQ+ families in the Bay Area and beyond unparalleled support, education, and advocacy https://ourfamily.org/
- De Ambiente is a community space for bilingual Spanish-speaking LGBTQQ youth, ages 10-25 years old. De Ambiente is the only Spanish speaking support group for LGBT Latino youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. De Ambiente provides an opportunity for building community, health education, leadership development, and social events acs-teens.org
For Families – Central Valley
- The Source LGBT+ Center thesourcelgbt.org. Due to COVID-19, they are currently providing information on Facebook and social media facebook.com/thesourcelgbt
- The Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity http://www.thecenterbak.org/calendar.html. More information on their social media channels facebook.com/thecenterbak.
- Central Valley Pride Center https://centralvalleypridecenter.org/
For Families – Southern California
- San Fernando Valley: Somos Familia’s mission is to support, train, empower, and mobilize LGBTQ+ people of color, immigrants, our families, and allies for racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice in the San Fernando Valley somosfamiliavalle.org
- Los Angeles: Latino Equity Alliance, has a strong focus on family acceptance, LGBT equality, and immigration reform latinoequalityalliance.org/our-work
- The Los Angeles LGBT Center provides services and programs that span four broad categories: Health, Social Services, and Housing, Culture and Education, Leadership, and Advocacy lalgbtcenter.org
Learning
- Information, answers, and articles for individuals and youth wanting to learn more about their own gender identities and of others’. This article looks at the intersection of gender/sexuality with family dynamics and social structures genderspectrum.org/articles/youth-faqs
- A Resource Guide to Coming Out for African Americans https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/Black-ComingOut-Resource-02122020.pdf?_ga=2.121080074.384858971.1671490640-2039488501.1671490640
- Coming out a Resource Guide in Spanish https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/GuiaParaSalirDelCloset_2013_final.pdf?_ga=2.12093750.384858971.1671490640-2039488501.1671490640
- Suggested Reading on Coming Out, Families & Other LGBT Topics pflagnyc.org/support/suggestedreading
- Suggested Books for children grades 0-12 commonsensemedia.org/lists/lgbtq-books
LGBT+ Students
- The College Guide for LGBTQ Students provides a variety of resources for students and parents including evaluating colleges, laws for LGBTQ students, and more
- College Scholarships for LGBTQ Students
- Affordable Colleges affordablecolleges.com/resources/lgbtq-college-resources
- Best College Student Experience Guide: bestcolleges.com/features/best-colleges-for-lgbt-students
- Best College Program Details: bestcolleges.com/features/top-lgbtq-friendly-colleges-by-state/
- Best College Safety Resources: bestcolleges.com/blog/importance-of-safezones-in-college
- College Consensus Ultimate Campus Guide collegeconsensus.com/resources/college-life/lgbtq-student-guide/
- Out to Innovate Career Summit for LGBT People in STEM is a signature biannual event of National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals noglstp.org/outtoinnovate
Advocacy & Engagement
- GSA Network is a next-generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans, and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities gsanetwork.org/mission-vision-history
- API Equity LA empowers Asian & Pacific Islander communities to achieve LGBTQ, racial, and social justice www.apiequalityla.org
- GLSEN is an education organization creating safe schools for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression glsen.org
- The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people. They work at the local, state, and federal levels to advance transgender equality transequality.org