LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Ally/Asexual +) Studies: Web Resources and Videos

An Affirmative Mindfulness Approach for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth Mental Health

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth (ages 14–18), commonly referred as sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) in the literature, experience elevated mental health risks and vulnerabilities and increased suicidality. Furthermore, there is a notable gap in the study of empirically supported mental health interventions for SGMY. This conceptual paper will explore the feasibility of mindfulness-based interventions as a mental health approach for SGMY.

Norms and normalisation: understanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth, suicidality and help-seeking.

Young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer transgender have elevated rates of suicidality. Despite the increased risk, there is a paucity of research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer help-seeking and suicidality. We report on a UK sequential exploratory, two-stage, mixed-method study.  Those who self-harmed, had attempted or planned suicide or had experience of abuse related to their sexuality or gender were most likely to seek help.

Family Acceptance and Faith: Understanding the Acceptance Processes of Parents of LGBTQ Youth

LGBTQ youth who are coming out today to family members and peers are experiencing more acceptance and affirmation than ever before. Family acceptance is one of the strongest predictors of the health, mental health, and well-being outcomes of LGBTQ youth. LGBTQ youth with accepting families are more than 8 times less likely to attempt suicide and nearly 6 times less likely to meet criteria for depression. This article explores the overwhelming impact that family acceptance can have on the experiences of LGBTQ youth.

Coming-Out to Family Members and Internalized Sexual Stigma in Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay People.

Coming out has been described as an essential component in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual identity development process and in the mental health of sexual minority people. This study investigated the coming out to family members in lesbian, gay, and bisexual people and analyzed the potential predictors associated to the choice to come out. Results suggest that bisexual people encounter major difficulties regarding the coming out to family members, respect to lesbian/gay people and indicate that internalized sexual stigma is strongly associated with concealing one's sexual orientation.

 

"I'm totally transariffic": Exploring how Transgender and Gender-expansive Youth and Young Adults Make Sense of their Challenges and Successes

 

As transgender and gender-expansive (TGE) youth and young adults (YYA) navigate challenging environments, they often seek spaces for safety and acceptance. This study explores ways in which a group of TGE YYA who were engaged with a community-based service organization make sense of their experiences, challenges, and successes in ways that illuminate the factors and processes associated with resilience.

Love, Simon

Everyone deserves a great love story. But for Simon it's complicated: no-one knows he's gay and he doesn't know who the anonymous classmate is that he's fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, scary and life-changing.

Boys Don't Cry

It became a runaway hit that drew rave reviews for its empathetic portrayal of a young person on a quest for love and acceptance — based on the true story of murdered Nebraskan Brandon Teena — at a time when transgender characters were just not represented on screen. The murder of 21 year old Brandon Teena garnered national headlines. In 1993, Teena was killed in the town of Humboldt, Neb., along with two witnesses, Lisa Lambert and Phillip DeVine.

We're Finally Free to be Who We Are

The Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era ban on gay sex that had been used to to blackmail, harass and sexually assault LGBTQ, video from Begalura, India.

The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth. And That's O.K.

The gay rights movement was born in 1969 at a beloved gay bar called the Stonewall Inn.  The Stonewall Riot began when a drag queen threw a brick at a police officer. Although gay rights didn't begin at Stonewall, it led to the creation of the gay liberation movement.

• American Civil Liberties Union

  For almost 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
• EEOC EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
• Lamda Legal

  Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
• Lesbian and gay parenting

  Information from this publication is provided for the use of clinicians, researchers, students, lawyers and parents involved in legal and policy issues related to lesbian and gay parenting.

• LGBTQ Timeline

  100 years of LGBTQ timeline.

• National Center for Lesbian Rights

  National Center for lesbian Rights has been advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education since it was founded in 1977.
• People with a History: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans* History

  People presents the history of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people [=LGBT]. It includes hundreds of original texts, discussions, and [soon] images, and addresses LGBT history in all periods, and in all regions of the world. Source: Fordham University. Paul Halsall.
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAWS

  National Conference of State Legislatures. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, thereby requiring all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

• Stonewall Uprising Interviews External
  The Stonewall Uprising Interviews Collection is comprised of 48 raw interviews from the American Experience documentary of the same name. The documentary discusses the Stonewall riots, a six-day period beginning on June 28, 1969, during which the LGBTQ+ community protested against a police raid on a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village, NYC
• .Diversity 3.0 Learning Series (AAMC)
• The It Gets Better Project 
• Quality Healthcare for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People: A Four-Part Webinar Series (GLMA)
• Family Acceptance Project a series of short documentaries that show the journey from struggle to support of ethnically and religiously diverse families with LGBTQ children.
• Love Wins: Obergefell v. Hodges  Jim Obergefell is a civil rights activist who embraced his newfound role after the U.S. Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land on June 26, 2015. He has worked with organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign and Equality Ohio and has been honored with awards from organizations such as the Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders (SAGE). Foreign Policy magazine named him one of its 2015 Global Thinkers.
• How to Survive a Plague  David France discusses his telling of the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S..  The grass roots movement of activists, who seized upon scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. This small group of men and women chose to fight for their right to live by educating themselves and demanding to become full partners in the race for effective treatments.