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Here is a list of resources you can use for your virtual meetings and virtual events. Some resources will need to be slightly adjusted from in person to virtual. This Guide For Online GSA Meetings shares ideas, best practices, and logistical help in meeting online.
Resources
- Resources for Educators During Online Schools
- 10 Back-To-School Tips For LGBTQ Students this guide has helpful tips that are relevant even virtually.
- LGBTQ History Resources
- Pronoun Guide
- Coming Out
- UPC Teens
- LGBTQ+ Student Rights
- LGBTQ+ Utah Community
- Gender and Athletics
- Events
Webinars
- For Educators and GSA Advisors: Creating Safe Virtual Spaces for GSA Meetings
- For Students GSA Leaders: Creating Safe Virtual Spaces for LGBTQ+ Students
- Q&A with the Director and Cast of The Half of ItASL interpretation available)
- How to Organize a Virtual Rainbow Graduation
- Webinars Hosted by GLSEN Research Institute
GSA Activities
- Blogs/discussion topics
- LGBTQ Student Leaders Sound Off on How Youth Can Respond to the Pandemic
- I am a Queer Girl in Sports. My Coach is One of my Biggest Supporters by Jessica Chiriboga
- Together, Our Differences Make a Strong and Beautiful Community in School by Darid Prom (Expeperience of a queer immigrant student and how you can show up in solidarity.)
- Reggie’s Guide to Changing Your Name During Your Transition by Reggie Eaton
- Love In Abundance by El Martinez and JP Grant
- The Earth is Dying, Here’s What You Can Do by Eric Samelo
- Queer and Creative by Nia Sinclair
- To The Parents of LGBTQ Kids by Eric Samelo
- Coping with Holiday Stress
- GSA movie watch party
- Building a Strong GSA
Campaigns
For questions email students@glsen.org and follow us on IG @GLSEN
GLSEN Student Resources
Student organizers across the nation have created content, programs and shared ideas that is available to all.
QPR Trainings
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — 3 simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. (NAMI Utah, Davis Behavioral Help, Liveonutah.org)
Parent Support
- LGBTQUT.COM (helpful app for all things LGBTQ here in Utah)
- Victims of bullying document
- Learn how to be a better ally by reading this resource from the HRC.
- If you need help navigating students’ preferred pronouns, check out this resource from the HRC.
- If you need help with LGBTQ+ terminology, check this out.
- Consider joining one of these support / advocacy groups (Mama Dragons, Dragon Dads)
- Request help with advocacy on behalf of your child at a meeting with your school by sending us an email: northernutah@chapters.glsen.org
- QPR Trainings: QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — 3 simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. (NAMI Utah, Davis Behavioral Help, Liveonutah.org)
- Lead With Love Coaching (Family support for LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent)
- Flourish: At Flourish Therapy, we are committed to expanding access to affordable, culturally competent, evidence-based behavioral and mental health services for LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families.
- Advocates for Youth: Are you an askable parent?
- Advocates for Youth: Fact Sheet Puberty Blocker Pills
- Gender Spectrum ~ Education
- Gender Spectrum ~ Faith
- Gender Spectrum ~ Medical
- Gender Spectrum ~ Mental Health
- Gender Spectrum ~ Parenting & Family
- History is Gay podcast
- HRC A Parent’s Quick Guide for In-School Transitions: Empowering Families and Schools to Support Transgender and Non-Binary Students
- HRC Growing Up LGBT in America
- HRC Supporting Your Young Gender Non-Conforming Child
- It Gets Better Project
- More than Sad (be smarter about mental health) for High school students, Parents, Teachers
- Planned Parenthood: All About Sex, Gender, and Gender Identity
- Planned Parenthood: Sexual Orientation
- Straight for Equality ~ allies toolbox
- The Trevor Project
- TrevorSpace
- ADL Table Talk, guides and questions to start conversations and dig deeper.
- Be Yourself: Questions and Answers for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth, from PFLAG
- Coming Out: A Handbook for LGBTQ Young People, from the Trevor Project Trevor Support Center
- Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University
- Our Children: Questions and Answers for Families of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Gender-Expansive and Queer Youth and Adults, from PFLAG
- Parents and Family by Gender Spectrum
- Transgender/Non-Binary Resources in Utah
- Youth Laws (equality) via Equality Utah, from the State Equality Index and compiled by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute