Resources
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LGBTQ Issus - Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer
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LGBTQ Issus - Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer
Queer Web-TV Series
Out With Dad - Award-winning web series - Shows positive portrayals of LGBTQ people & explores LGBTQ issues
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Out With Dad - Award-winning web series - Shows positive portrayals of LGBTQ people & explores LGBTQ issues
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Out With Dad is a Canadian award-winning drama web series created, written, directed, and produced by Jason Leaver.
The series is about teenage lesbian, Rose, and her coming out with her single father Nathan. Themes like challenges of youth in coming out and struggles of parents when a child comes out are dealt openly, and this led PFLAG Canada to officially endorse Out With Dad. |
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What Does It Mean to Be "Transgender?"
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Transgender is the state where one's gender identity (self-identification as woman, man, neither or both) does not match one's assigned sex (identification by others as male, female or intersex based on physical/genetic sex).
Transgender does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, or asexual; some may consider conventional sexual orientation labels inadequate or inapplicable to them. The precise definition for transgender remains in flux, but includes:
- "Of, relating to, or designating a person whose identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender roles, but combines or moves between these."
- "People who were assigned a sex, usually at birth and based on their genitals, but who feel that this is a false or incomplete description of themselves."
- "Non-identification with, or non-presentation as, the sex (and assumed gender) one was assigned at birth."[4]
Transgender people may also identify as bigender, or along several places on either the traditional transgender continuum, or the more encompassing continuums which have been developed in response to the significantly more detailed studies done in recent years.
What is "the Gender Binary?"
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The term "gender binary" describes the system where a society splits people into male and female gender roles and only 2 gender identities.
The gender binary refers to the classification of sex and gender into 2 distinct, opposite and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine. It is one general type of a gender system. As one of the core principles of genderism, it can describe a social boundary that discourages people from crossing or mixing gender roles, or from identifying with third (or more) forms of gender expression altogether. It can also represent some of the prejudices which stigmatize intersex and transgender people, especially those that are genderqueer-identified — individuals who may not always fit neatly into the gender binary.
LGBTV - Youtube Channel - For the Younger / Teen LGBTQ Community
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What is Heteronormativity?
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Pronunciation: het-er-oh-nor-mah-tiv-it-ee
Heteronormativity is the cultural bias that assumes straight/opposite-sex relationships (man/woman) are "normal" and same-sex relationships are "abnormal."
Examples of heteronormativity might include:
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Pronunciation: het-er-oh-nor-mah-tiv-it-ee
Heteronormativity is the cultural bias that assumes straight/opposite-sex relationships (man/woman) are "normal" and same-sex relationships are "abnormal."
Examples of heteronormativity might include:
- The under-representation of same-sex couples in advertising and entertainment media.
- Laws that actively discriminate against same-sex relationships, such as laws banning same-sex marriage.
- Religious bias against same-sex couples.
Queer Organizations
The Trevor Project - Preventing Suicide Among LGBTQ Youth
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The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. In addition to operating the only national crisis lifeline for LGBTQ teens and young adults, Trevor offers unique suicide prevention services to youth in digital spaces. These digital spaces include counseling via instant message through TrevorChat and the largest online social network specifically for young LGBTQ people, TrevorSpace. |
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PFLAG - Parents Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
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PFLAG is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 350 affiliates in the United States. This vast grassroots network is cultivated, resourced and serviced by PFLAG National, located in Washington, D.C., the national Board of Directors and 13 Regional Directors.Founded in 1972 with the simple act of a mother publicly supporting her gay son, PFLAG is the original ally organization. Made up of parents, families, friends, and straight allies uniting with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education and advocacy. Now in its 40th anniversary year, PFLAG has over 350 chapters and 200,000 supporters crossing multiple generations of American families in major urban centers, small cities and rural areas in all 50 states.
GLAAD - Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
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For over 25 years, GLAAD has worked with news, entertainment and social media to bring culture-changing stories of LGBT people into millions of homes and workplaces every day.
Why? Because words and images matter. What people see in the media has a huge impact and GLAAD ensures images of LGBT people and allies grow acceptance, understanding and build support for equality. |
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GLAAD as a Storyteller - GLAAD moves people. By combining our expertise and resources, GLAAD amplifies the voice of our community to keep equality at the forefront of America’s cultural conversation. Our impact on newspapers, magazines, blogs, radio, television, movies and more transforms attitudes to bring about real change.
GLAAD as a Watchdog - GLAAD creates change. We hold the media accountable for the words and images they produce. When media is used as a platform to defame and stereotype LGBT people, GLAAD takes action. We leverage 25 years of media relationships and countless hours of media advocacy to send important messages against homophobia and discrimination.
GLAAD as an Advocate - GLAAD unites the movement. We strengthen grassroots organizations so they can leverage media, engage local communities, and advance social change. Right now, GLAAD is working with local organizations in more than 30 states to build support for equality. This collaboration with LGBT leaders and advocacy groups is key to increasing the visibility of our community, changing hearts and minds, and securing full and lasting equality.
GLAAD as a Watchdog - GLAAD creates change. We hold the media accountable for the words and images they produce. When media is used as a platform to defame and stereotype LGBT people, GLAAD takes action. We leverage 25 years of media relationships and countless hours of media advocacy to send important messages against homophobia and discrimination.
GLAAD as an Advocate - GLAAD unites the movement. We strengthen grassroots organizations so they can leverage media, engage local communities, and advance social change. Right now, GLAAD is working with local organizations in more than 30 states to build support for equality. This collaboration with LGBT leaders and advocacy groups is key to increasing the visibility of our community, changing hearts and minds, and securing full and lasting equality.
Recognized as a national leader, Trevor has played a key role as an appointee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, and has been a leading crisis resource for anti-bullying initiatives, including StopBullying.gov. The Trevor Project is also a Champion of Change, an honor presented by the White House for our innovative work to save the lives of LGBTQ young people.
Queer Young Feminist Blogs
Autostraddle
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Progressively feminist online community for a new generation of kickass lesbian, bisexual & otherwise inclined ladies
Autostraddle is an intelligent, hilarious & provocative voice and a progressively feminist online community for a new generation of kickass lesbian, bisexual & otherwise inclined ladies (and their friends).
Autostraddle is a the world's most popular independently-owned lesbian website with over 450,000 unique visitors and 2.5 million views per month. We are also extremely proud to be the winners of the 2012 Bloggies' Weblog of the Year Award, the most prestigious award of its kind. |
Transgender Children - Teaching Tolerance
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Video: 20/20 Special on Transgender Children: Part 1
Video: 20/20 Special on Transgender Children: Part 2
Video: 20/20 Special on Transgender Children: Part 3
Video: 20/20 Special on Transgender Children: Part 4
Video: 20/20 Special on Transgender Children: Part 5
Video: Boys Will Be Girls: European Pop Star is World's Youngest Transgender Girl to Receive Sex Re-Assignment Surgery
Queer Literature - Positive Portrayals of LGBTQ People
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Great LGBTQ Books for Young Adults
Bitch Media Book Club: Beyond Judy Blume: Queer Young Adult Characters Need Friends Too!
Identity & Sexuality in Young Adult Literature
The House You Pass on the Way - by Jacqueline Woodson
Down to the Bone - by Mayra Lazara Dole
Parrotfish - by Ellen Wittlinger