Gender & Sexuality
For anyone who has questions, these sites will help you get answers. Whether you’re a parent, ally, or figuring it out yourself.
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD: Understanding Gender Identity
Your gender identity is an important part of who you are. Learning more about gender identity can help you understand yourself and the people around you.
Gender Spectrum works to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens.
FIREWEED COLLECTIVE: Mental Health Education and Mutual Aid
Fireweed Collective offers mental health education and mutual aid through a Healing Justice and Disability Justice lens. We support the emotional wellness of all people and center QTBIPOC folks in our internal leadership, programs, and resources.
Our work seeks to disrupt the harm of systems of abuse and oppression, often reproduced by the mental health system. Our model for understanding ‘severe mental illness’ is community and relationship-based and divests from the prison industrial complex and psych wards.
SOGIE CENTER: SOGIE Basic Definitions
Even though we are providing these definitions, the best practice remains to ask youth how they self-identify and ask about language that makes them feel safe. If they choose to avoid self-identifying terms, honor their decision—doing so will clearly indicate to children and youth their right to be who they are and to be safe.
TREVOR PROJECT: Healthy Relationships
Here are some helpful resources to help you explore the topic of healthy relationships.
UC DAVIS LGBTQIA RESOURCE CENTER: COMING OUT RESOURCES
There is no right or wrong way to come out. Only you can decide what’s right for you. Everyone’s process is unique and based on a number of factors, including personal comfort level, environment, and many other considerations.
UW MILWAULKEE: LGBTQIA+ Resource Center
AMAZE leverages the expertise of master sexuality educators, the creativity of animation professionals, the input of young people, and the power of the internet to create and market:
Engaging, educational, age-appropriate, often humorous sex education videos for young adults.
Educational resources, including short videos, to build the skills of parents and guardians to better communicate with their children about sex and sexuality.
Toolkits, lesson plans, promotional materials and other resources to help educators and health care providers refer students and young patients to AMAZE as an available, free and fun resource to learn about sex and sexuality.
