Gender Spectrum [web resource]
Gender Spectrum is a nonprofit organization that helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens. Read more >>
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Gender Spectrum [web resource]
Gender Spectrum is a nonprofit organization that helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens. Read more >>
Navigating Teen Relationships & Understanding Teen Relationships in the Digital World [presentation]
Effective communication is a protective factor that can help prepare teens to make informed, safe, and healthy decisions in the future. This session focuses on helping parents and trusted adults engage their children in open and honest conversation on the Read more >>
Debate on LGBT Rights Contributed to Homophobic Bullying
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that heated political discourse over proposed laws involving marginalized groups, such as debates about the rights of LGBT people, can contribute to an increase in bullying linked to students’ identity in schools. It is the Read more >>
Talking to Your Child About Sex and Relationships [web resource]
Many parents feel anxious about talking to their child about sex and relationships, particularly given the wide ranging images and messages we receive on a daily basis about gender roles, relationships, and sexuality. Here are a few tips for parents Read more >>
Big Gaps in Transgender Research: A Team at UCSF Is Working to Change That
Since 2015, researchers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital clinic have been conducting a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health that will involve nearly 300 young patients ages 8 to 18 to understand the long-term effects of transgender treatments. Read more >>
LGBT+ Teens in US, Rejected by Families, Struggling in Foster Care
LGBT+ teens in the United States are three times more likely than heterosexual teens to live in foster care, often after being rejected by their families over their sexuality, according to new research. Read more >>
The Trans Experience: A Panel Discussion
Transgender issues are complex and new to many people. Gain greater understanding of the transgender experience and learn how to better support the transgender youth in your life. Read more >>
Reducing Isolation & Anxiety in LGBTQQ+ Teens [presentation]
Do you have or know a child who is questioning gender identity or has identified as LGBTQ? Hear about how you can support these youth in this session presented by Ryan Fouts, LCSW, Outlet Program Director at Adolescent Counseling Services Read more >>
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network [web resource] [downloadable]
GLSEN (pronounced “glisten”) stands for the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, a national education organization working to create safe schools for all students. Read more >>
Many Ways to Be a Girl, but One Way to Be a Boy: The New Gender Rules
Girls have been told they can be anything they want to be, and it shows. They are seizing opportunities closed to previous generations — in science, math, sports and leadership. But they’re also getting another message: What they look like Read more >>
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