Youth Resource Guide

Note: These resources provide a wide range of information for GLBT youth and their families and friends. The information runs the gamut from scholarship opportunities to practical advice on what to do if one is unexpectedly "outed."

AllTogether.com - A Place to Explore Sexuality and Coming Out
www.Alltogether.com

This site offers diverse voices to introduce GLBT and straight youth, and their families to the GLBT community. It also provides suggestions on coming out to GLBT youth and their families. It is a joint effort of the Human Rights Campaign, the Boston Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Speaker's Bureau, and PlanetOut.

Bi Visibility Project
www.glaad.org/glaad/bi_visibility/index.html

This site, sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), answers questions about bisexuality.

The Cool Page for Queer Teens
www.pe.net/~bidstrup/cool.htm

This site includes a variety of materials including guidance on what to do if "you are outed unexpectedly" and how to handle trouble in school. It has a special section for transgender youth.

My Child is GAY! Now What Do I Do?
Web: www.pe.net/~bidstrup/parents.htm

This site addresses, with honesty and sensitivity, the most common and deeply felt questions of parents.

!Outproud!
The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth
www.outproud.org

This is the site of The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth. It provides a rich collection of online brochures from a wide variety of sources on issues confronting GLBT youth and the educators who serve them. In addition, it identifies, in a link to Queer America, organizations that support the needs of GLBT youth (searchable by area code or zip code). In addition, it identifies and links to organizations and publications focusing on the GLBT community.

Person Project
www.youth.org/loco/personproject

This web is a network of organizations to ensure youth receive unbiased information on the GLBT community. It has links to New Jersey, GLSEN and GLBT scholarship opportunities.

Project Youth - Youth Empowerment & Support
www.projectyes.org

This is the site of an educational organization in Florida that is working to ensure the healthy development of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. It includes teen stories, a parent's page and links to other sources.

Queer Resources Directory
www.qrd.org

This site contains sections about GLBT youth, history, health and more.

Youth Resource
www.youthresource.com/queeryouth

Youth Resource provides a list of sites of and for youth of color, Hispanic youth, bisexual youth and transgender youth. It is sponsored by the Advocates for Youth.