External Resources and Information

For Youth

• Coming Out As YOU (The Trevor Project) 

• Coming Out: A Guide for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth

• Kids Help Phone

• Advocates for Youth

• The Gender Book on Many Gender Identities

• The Asexuality Visibility and Education Network

• Asexuality: A Brief Introduction

• Taking the Cake: An Asexuality Zine 

• LGBTQ Representation in Media

For 2SQTBIPOC Youth

• Supporting Black LGBTQ Youth Mental Health

• Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community | The Underlying Causes (sunshinebehavioralhealth.com)

• Youth Projects Anti-Racist Solidarity Resource List

For 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous Youth

• Visual Cultures of Indigenous Futurisms by Linsday Nixon: 

• Billy-Ray Belcourt’s Radical Poetry

• Dayna Danger has a powerful message for gender non-conforming folks: ‘This work is for you’

• Dirty Words: Appropriation–Aylan Couchie, Raven Davis and Chief Lady Bird address the emotional fallout of cultural appropriation in a conversation moderated by Lindsay Nixon

• What It’s Like to Be a Native Trans Woman on Thanksgiving by Arielle Twist

• Arielle Twist on writing about Indigenous, trans grief: 

• Making Space in Indigenous Art for Bull Dykes and Gender Weirdos by Lindsay Nixon

• On Ekphrasis and Emphasis by Joshua Whitehead

• Montreal Indigenous Community Network

Faith and Spirituality Resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth:

Check out our recently created booklet on Gender, Sexuality, and Faith!

Organizations:

• Affirm United

• Salaam Canada

• Seventh Day Adventist Kinship

• Proud Anglican

• Metropolitan Community Church

• Keshet

• LGBTQ Baha’i Story Project 

• The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists (USA)

Resources:

• HRC: Just As They Are, A Guide to Protecting Our Youth From Conversion Therapy

• GenderSpectrum: Faith Resources

• Transitioning to Inclusion: Embracing LGBTQ Youth in Faith Communities.

• Building an Inclusive Church: A Welcoming Toolkit 2.0

• PFLAG: Faith in our Families 

• The Trevor Project: LGBTQ and Religion

• Human Rights Campaign list of faith-focused resources and organizations

• Gender Spectrum: Gender Identity and Faith in our Communities

Books:

• A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth

• Queer Lessons for Churches on the Straight and Narrow

LGBTQ+  Health

Check out our Safer Sex Supplies Resource HERE

• The Halifax Libraries: LGBTQ+ Health, The Library Guide

• Scarleteen: Sex Education for the Real World

• Check me OUT: A sexual health checklist for gay, bi & queer men in Nova Scotia

• A Self-Help Guide for Trans Survivors of Sexual Violence

For Parents & Family 

• PFLAG Canada: For Parents, Friends and Family of LGBTQ people

• Gender Creative Kids 

• Canadian Parents of Trans and Gender Diverse Kids

• EGALE: Supporting Your Gender-Diverse Child

• So Your Child is Non-Binary: What Does This Mean? 

• My Kid is Gay: Helping Parents and Families Understand Their LGBTQ Kids 

• Mental Health of Transgender Youth: The Role of Family, School, and Community in Promoting Resilience

• Parents for Diversity 

Non-English Resources for Parents & Family 

• Parent Resources in Arabic (العربية)

• Parent Resources in Japanese

• Parent Resources in simplified Chinese 

• Parent Resources in Punjabi

• Multilingual parent & family resources in East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian & West Asian languages 

• Parent Support Booklet in Spanish (PFLAG)

 For Schools  

• Safe and Caring Schools for Two-Spirit Youth 

• Nova Scotia Dept. of Ed: Guidelines for Supporting Trans and Gender Nonconforming Students

• Black and LGBTQ: Approaching Intersectional Conversations

• The Safe Space Kit: Being an Ally to LGBTQ students (GLSEN)

• MyGSA (EGALE Canada): Equity and Inclusive Education Resource Kit 

• Asexuality Inclusion Guide for High Schools

• Non-Binary Defined: How to be Respectful and Supportive 

• Minus 18r

• Supporting Adolescents Exploring Their Sexuality

• Being Safe, Being Me

For Workplaces and Public Spaces

• Creating Authentic Spaces: A Gender Identity and Gender Expression Toolkit to Support the Implementation of Institutional and Social Change.

• Safer Spaces Workplace Inclusion 

For Children of 2SLGBTQIA+ people

• In My Shoes: A youth-produced film by children of LGBT parents. 

• People with Trans Parents Resource Guide

Blogs:

www.feralfeminisms.com – an open access online feminist journal

www.them.us – them, a next-generation community platform, chronicles and celebrates the stories, people and voices that are emerging and inspiring all of us, ranging in topics from pop culture and style to politics and news, all through the lens of today’s LGBTQ community.

The Asexual Agenda – a community center promoting asexual blogs

Tv shows / Movies:

List of 2SLGBTQIA+ Short Films (Accessible Online by Filmmaker) 

Haus by Joseph Amenta: A displaced black queer boy finds refuge in his city’s underground Kiki Ballroom scene. (CC Available)

In a Heartbeat by Beth David and Esteban Bravo: A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.

Kumu Hina by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hammer and Joe Wilson: A transgender Hawaiian school teacher inspires a girl to follow her desires and lead the school’s male hula troupe despite the teacher being unable to find a committed relationship and companionship in her own life.

Miller & Son by Asher Jelinsky: A trans woman mechanic lives between running her family’s auto shop during the day and expressing her femininity at night, until an unforeseen event threatens the balance of her compartmentalized life. (CW: homophobic and transphobic language, flashing strobe lights)

Pronouns by Michael Paulucci: A Chicago teenager decides to reveal their true identity during a spoken word performance. (CW: homophobic and transphobic language)

Rock & Riot: Love Follies by Chelsea Furedi Rock and Riot follows the tales of opposing teenage gangs in the 1950s with an LGBTQ theme! Will the teams set aside their differences to fight for what they have in common? This short pilot is based on the webcomic of the same name. (CC Available, cw: smoking)

The One You Never Forget by Morgan Fox: 14 year Carey nervously prepares for his first dance as his parents reminisce about their own. When Carey’s mother (Tasha Smith, EMPIRE) tasks Carey’s father (Malik Whitfield, THE TEMPTATIONS) with getting the perfect picture of Carey and his date, a moment of tension arises as Carey becomes elusive.

The Real Thing by Brandon Kelly: When a soldier returns home, things have often changed. For Staff Sergeant Michael Waltze, the ultimate change is in his child. While on his tour of duty, his daughter has transitioned and started living her truth. Today he is coming home to surprise her. Parental love is unconditional. It transcends a person’s memory of their child. The Real Thing is an infinitely stronger bond. 

The Swimming Club by Ceci Golding & Nick Finegan: If you happen to be transgender and you want to go swimming, which changing room do you go into? In this short documentary we meet a group of trans activists who have taken matters into their own hands and set up a safe space swimming club. It is a film about the healing effects of community and the relief that comes after taking the bravest plunge of all – to just be yourself. It is also an ode to universal joys of swimming. (CC Available, cw: transphobia mention)

Wildfire by Bretten Hannam: A two-spirit L’nu teenager runs away from his abusive father a long with his younger half-brother. Along the way they meet a two-spirit powwow dancer who joins them on their quest. Together they travel the backroads in search of a new beginning. (CW: abuse mention)

Woman Dress by Thirza Cuthland: Pre-contact, a Two Spirit person named Woman Dress travels the Plains, gathering and sharing stories. Featuring archival images and dramatized re-enactments, this film shares a Cuthand family oral story, honouring and respecting Woman Dress without imposing colonial binaries on them. (CC Available)