Support For Our GLBTIQ Youth, Their Parents
And For Kids with GLBTIQ Parents

(Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer)

Transgender Student Runs for Prom King

When school officials announce the name of the Fresno High School prom king on Saturday, Cinthia Covarrubias will be wearing a tuxedo just like the six boys vying for the honor. Click Here to read the story.

YLCG - Young LGBT Christians - for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Christians aged 16 - 30 in the UK.

YLGC is a place for young LGBT Christians to meet, socialise, hear from each other and support each other. We are based around an email list, and have quarterly meetings and regular social activities. For details of upcoming events, see our diary.

OutProud Be Yourself

Welcome to the World Wide Web site for OutProud, The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth. We invite you to take advantage of the wide range of resources available for youth and educators by clicking on any icon to get to the related subject area. You can find information on linking to the OutProud site here. Thank you for visiting.

Find Facts, Figures, Information and Stats, Articles and Reports on Queer Youth, and how to make your Middle and High Schools, Colleges and Universities more queer-supportive.

SAY Outloud - (Support Alternative Youth) Outloud - is an online magazine for youth filled with lots of fun stuff, regular features and good information. It will be of special interest to youth and youth workers in Ontario.

COLAGE - Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere

Our Mission: To engage, connect, and empower people to make the world a better place for children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender parents and families.

People and Place: COLAGE was created for people just like you! In the United States alone, more than 10 million people have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender parent(s). Today, COLAGE is the only national organization in the world specifically supporting children, youth and adults with LGBT parent(s). Using our experiences and creativity, COLAGE offers a diverse array of support, education and advocacy by and for folks with LGBT parents.

Safer Schools - is a project of the Youth Enrichment Services Program of the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (the Center). We're a group of student leaders working to end hate and homophobia in schools by starting Gay Straight Alliances and other student groups.

    - We want to get the word out that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
      Questioning (LGBTQ) youth are not always treated as we should be.

    - We want you to know we understand that you don't have to identify as
      LGBTQ to be a target of homophobia.

    - We want to get all LGBTQ youth and our allies together to step forward
      when something isn't right and say, "We want it changed!"

Background Information - Get statistics about LGBT (and perceived LGBT) students. This is a useful tool for showing school administrators that we exist and that we're often targets of emotional, verbal and physical violence.

Safer Schools - Don't have a gay straight alliance at your school? Don't feel prepared to start one? Get info on how we can take care of ourselves and make our schools safer.

GSA Manual - Want to start a Gay Straight Alliance? Already have a GSA and want to keep it running smoothly? Check out our step-by-step guide!

Diary Read - diary entries of LGBTQ youth and our allies. Or share your own school experiences with us! Get curriculum ideas for your group and educate yourself and others about HIV/AIDS.

Ask the experts! - Got a glitch in your GSA? Want new ideas? The peer leaders at SIGNS will try to provide answers.

Teacher's Lounge - Find suggestions for stopping name-calling, get curriculum ideas, and share creative solutions for making our schools safer and better for all.

Upcoming Events - Stay up-to-date on what's going on at the Center and in the NYC area.

Resource Section - Can't find what you need? Get it from our comprehensive list of resources.

OK2BME - is a set of support services for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) kids and teens in the Waterloo, ON, Canada Region.

These support services include:

• LGBTQ-positive individual and family counselling
• social and recreational groups
• educational groups
• a peer mentoring program
• parental support
• help establishing Gay-Straight Alliances and other similar initiatives in local schools

All of the services are free and confidential.

This is a wonderful website full of great resources including an invaluable list of Links.

Rainbow Rumpus - is a new web-based magazine for kids with lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender parents featuring children's stories, poetry, drawings, cartoons, songs and videos. The magazine breaks new ground as it is the first publication by and for young children with LGBT parents.

"Rainbow Rumpus has attracted an amazing level of talent," said Laura Matanah, the magazine's publisher. "The members of our author advisory board--Marion Dane Bauer, Nancy Garden, Gregory Maguire, and Jacqueline Woodson--are all noted authors in the world of children's literature. The magazine also features music for children. The first issue includes a song by two-time Grammy Award winning children's musicians Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer."

Rainbow Rumpus was conceived when Matanah's daughter was looking at a small photo in the Human Rights Campaign's magazine Equality. She exclaimed, "Look Mommy! A picture of two moms and twins! It's just like us!"

"I'm so excited to provide a venue for this work," Matanah said. "Our children want to see images of their families."

Christian Youth: An Important Voice in the Present Struggle for Gay Rights in America
- by James Deaton, Jamie McDaniel, and Jacob Reitan

This 48-page booklet was prepared especially for the Soulforce action at the Southern Baptist Convention. It contains two Bible studies, an article on the failings of ex-gay ministries, open letters to Southern Baptist youth from young Christian leaders in other denominations, and more!

Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project - Equality for All

"We seek to foster change in our communities and our society at large so that people of all sexual orientations are valued and included. We will achieve this through community development, networking, outreach and political action."

New GLBTIQ Magazine For Young People Launched

April 12, 2005 - YGA Magazine, the first all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, questioning, and "undefined" young persons' magazine introduces a new concept of spirituality for sexually-advanced individuals in the new millennium. See more on the Gay Good News page.

Pride Rainbow Project - How You Can Help in a BIG Way

The Pride Rainbow Project is an initiative started by four youth at the Unitarian Church of Calgary. The goal is to create the longest Pride Rainbow in the world to show support for equal marriage. They plan to make a banner 5 feet wide and 3.2 km (2 miles) long. Though it's a youth-run initiative, anyone can help. The Project is looking for donations of fabric, money, and/or time, and also for the word to be spread about the Project and same-sex marriage. Check out their website at http://www.priderainbowproject.com

There is a new way to help out as well, directed primarily toward youth groups. Groups can put a section of the banner together on their own, then send it to the Calgary youth. They also list other things groups can do to help. Both the list and instructions as to how to construct part of the banner can be found on the youth page of the website at http://www.priderainbowproject.com/youth

1/3 of teenagers who commit suicide are gay. Young gays are two to three times more likely than their straight peers to attempt suicide, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. The American Counseling Association reports that nearly a third drop out of school, largely because of harassment related to their sexual orientation.

Enqueery Inc - is Canada's premiere independent online community and resource site designed to be positive and free of intolerance and fear. We aim to inspire, innovate and educate the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited and questioning youth from ages 13 to 25.

1. News: Providing the latest news relevant to our demographic, both as queer people and young people. We plan to launch this section in Q1 of 2005.

2. Insight: Insight is the educational section of Enqueery. Covering an array of topics, from sex to suicide and everything in between.

3. Resources: A database of groups and organizations across Canada servicing queer youth. It includes social and support groups alongside advocacy groups on college and university campuses.

4. Community: The meeting place for all our members from coast to coast. This is where they can come and connect with one another in the spirit of our generation.

Download   Resources For Gay-Positive and Anti-Homophobia Education
- A 24 page Professional Development Resource for School Staff Administrators, Teachers, Counsellors, Coaches and Support Staff

prepared by:
Jeffry Piker - Educational Consultant
15 Park St.
Kingston, ON
K7L 1J6
Canada

email: Jeffry Piker

Summer 1996 (updated: October 1998, November 2001, June 2002, August 2002, February 2003, March 2004, September 2004, October 2004)