Resources and information

(Please let us know of other resources and research that you think we should include.)

Resources 

• Suicide and depression resources
• Therapists (local)
• Good books
• Good movies
• Good websites
• Affirming and welcoming Religions
• Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)

Research:

• At-risk behaviors can increase 8-fold when parents reject their children due to sexual orientation.
• A study funded by the NIMH documents LGBTQ youth's attitudes and demographics in Indianapolis (IYG), Boston, and Philadelphia.  The Indianapolis site report is here.
• The Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) surveys LGBTQ youth every two years concerning the climate of their high schools among other research.
• Last year the CDC for the first time used the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to discover the increase in risk behaviors for LGBQ students in states and cities where a question asking the youth's sexual orientation was included.
• Non-heterosexual youth suffer disproportionate educational and criminal-justice punishments that are not explained by greater engagement in illegal or transgressive behaviors.
• Homelessness for LGBTQ youth is difficult to measure, but this seems to be a good article.