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"How and Why to Use LGBTQ+ Inclusive Language in Psychology"
Education/Schools/Training

"In this guidebook, we raise awareness and help inform readers and mental health professionals about inclusive language best practices, why inclusive language is crucial for people's mental health, and how the LGBTQ+ community can be affected by the language we choose to use in our practice and daily communication. We worked with David Alonzo, a GLSEN certified professional development facilitator, to create this in-depth resource and to provide our readers with the best tips for developing inclusive language skills."

https://www.onlinepsychologydegrees.com/inclusive-language-gender-sexuality/
National - All
Beauty School's Directory of LGBTQ+ Scholarships
Organizations/Agencies/Projects

Scholarship awards in this list are specifically set for the LGBTQ+ community. All of them cover vocational and trade school, and many of them extend to any tuition-based education program. This resource also includes tips for searching for other scholarship and grant opportunities and ways to pay for school without scholarships.

https://www.beautyschoolsdirectory.com/financial-aid/scholarships/lgbtq-students
National - All
BICAS' WTF (Women, Trans, Femme) Workshop
Recreation/Camps/Sports

BICAS (Bicycle Inter-Community Action and Salvage) is a non-profit bicycle education and recycling center that offers build-a-bike classes. They also offer an exclusive WTF workshop night every Monday 3-7pm.

"The mission of BICAS’ WTF (Women/Trans/Femme) Workshop is to build a knowledge-sharing community with anyone who self-identifies as transgender, femme, female, woman, genderqueer, nonbinary, or feels that their socialization or treatment as a woman, transperson, and/or femme has impeded their participation in bicycle mechanics and/or cycling communities."

2001 N 7th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705

520-628-7950
bicas@bicas.org

http://www.bicas.org/
Tucson - All
Counseling and Advocacy with Transgender and Gender-Variant Persons in Schools and Families
Literature/Reports/Fact Sheets

by Stuart F. Chen Hayes. In Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education & Development Volume 40, Issue 1(2003), pages 34-49.


Other - Family
Crisis Text Line
Crisis Intervention

Text HOME to 741741 in US

Text from anywhere in the USA to text with a trained Crisis Counselor.

Every texter is connected with a Crisis Counselor, a real-life human being trained to bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem solving. All of Crisis Text Line's Crisis Counselors are volunteers, donating their time to helping people in crisis.

https://www.crisistextline.org/
National - All
Desert View High School
Education/Schools/Training

Serves 9-12th grade students.

Dominque Fierro
4101 E. Valencia Road, Tucson, AZ 85706
Dominquef@susd.org

https://www.susd12.org/desert-view
Tucson - Youth
Early Medical Treatment for Transsexual People
Healthcare/Wellness, Literature/Reports/Fact Sheets

by the Gender Identity and Research Society

https://www.gires.org.uk/early-medical-treatment-for-transsexual-people/
Other - All
Embracing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in School Based Settings
Education/Schools/Training, Literature/Reports/Fact Sheets

by Nicole J. Little. In Child & Youth Care Forum, volume 30: Issue 2 (2001), pages 99-110.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1011681218718
Other - Youth
Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse
Crisis Intervention

Provides domestic abuse crisis intervention and housing, prevention, education, support, and advocacy services to anyone experiencing domestic abuse. Their services are available to anyone regardless of gender. 24-Hour Bilingual Crisis Line and Shelter: 888-428-0101

https://www.emergecenter.org/
Tucson - All
Eon Youth Lounge
Organizations/Agencies/Projects

Eon works to strengthen the lesbian, gay, bisexual, two spirit, transgender, queer, questioning, intersexed, and straight allied youth communities by creating social opportunities, providing information and support on health issues, advocating for youth rights and challenging society's perceptions of youth as they face institutionalized oppressions that target the many facets of their identities.

https://www.facebook.com/eonyouth
Tucson - Youth
Extending the Boundaries of Research on Adolescent Development
Healthcare/Wellness, Literature/Reports/Fact Sheets

M.R. Goldfried and A.C. Bell. In Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Volume 32 (2003), pages 531-535.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8930741_Extending_the_Boundaries_of_Res...
Other - Youth
Family Acceptance Project
Education/Schools/Training, Faith, Parenting/Family Support

The Family Acceptance Project® is a research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to prevent health and mental health risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children and youth, including suicide, homelessness and HIV – in the context of their families, cultures and faith communities. We use a research-based, culturally grounded approach to help ethnically, socially and religiously diverse families to support their LGBT children.

http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/
National - Youth
From Silence to Safety and Beyond: Historical Trends in addressing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Issues in K-12 Schools
Education/Schools/Training, Literature/Reports/Fact Sheets

by Pat Griffin and Mathew Oullett. In Equity and Excellence in Education, volume 36 (2003), pages 106-114.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10665680303508
Other - Youth
From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America
Education/Schools/Training, Literature/Reports/Fact Sheets

GLSEN and Harris Interactive

http://www.glsenboston.org/GLSENFromTeasingToTorment.pdf
Other - Youth
GenderQueer.me
Online

Transgender & nonbinary resources and blog.

https://genderqueer.me/
Other - All
Hatred In The Hallways: Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students in U.S. Schools
Education/Schools/Training, Literature/Reports/Fact Sheets

by the Human Rights Watch (2001)

https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/usalbg01.pdf
Other - Youth
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