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Nurture.Grow.Thrive CULTIVATE Psychological Services LLC nurture.grow.thrive. LGTQ Resource List START LOCAL WHEN YOU NEED INFORMATION/RESOURCES Parents, Friends, and Family of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) pflag.org o LOCAL: http://pflag-springfield.org - PFLAG of the Ozarks – Monthly meeting at National Avenue Christian Church – 3rd Sunday of every month PROMO (Promoting Equality for All Missiourians) - promoonline.org – One Springfield – GET INVOLVED - http://onespringfield.org o https://www.facebook.com/OneSpringfield Rare Breed Youth Services AIDS Project of the Ozarks aidsprojectoftheozarks.org 417.881.1900 HIV Counseling and testing. Risk reduction and interventions for high risk sexual behaviors. Missouri State University LGBT Resource Center (just established!!) http://www.missouristate.edu/MulticulturalPrograms/LGBT-Resource-Center.htm FOCUS, Inc. – “…Provides opportunities for social interaction, business networking, and philanthropic endeavors designed to support and encourage membership wile presenting a positive image of gays and lesbians within the greater community.” Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights and Community Relations St. Louis: TransParent - transparentstl.org – Support and Informational – “Our purpose is to provide support, information and resources to help parents confidently navigate their gender independent child’s personal journey of self-discovery to authentic living. We meet on the third Thursday of every month.” o Their Resource Section is Phenomenal University of Missouri St. Louis – Transgender Spectrum Conference (1st conference this year – plan to make this an annual conference) WELCOMING PLACES OF FAITH (Springfield) National Avenue Christian Church Brentwood Christian Church First Unitarian Universalist The Venues HOTLINES The Trevor Project thetrevorproject.org GLBTQ Youth Crisis Intervention and suicide prevention o Trevor Helpline Toll-free: 866.4.U.TREVOR (866.488.7386)Hours: Seven days a week, 24 hours a day National suicide and crisis counseling for lesbian and gay youth. Local resource referrals available. ▪ Trans Lifeline - http://www.translifeline.org ▪ GLBT National Youth Talkline 800-246-PRIDE (1-800-246-7743) Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:30pm to Midnight, Eastern time Peer support and resources for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, and questioning youth. ▪ CDC National STD and AIDS Hotline Toll-free: (800) 342-AIDS or (800) AIDS-TTY Hours: Seven days a week, 24 hours a day ▪ GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender) National Hotline Toll-free: (888) THE-GLNH, (888) 843-4564 Hours: Monday-Friday, 4:00P.M. to MIDNIGHT, and Saturday, Noon to 5:00P.M. Eastern Standard Time ▪ Linea Nacional del SIDA y ETS Toll-free: (800) 344-7432 Hours: Seven days a week, 8:00A.M. to 2:00P.M. Eastern Standard Time CULTIVATE Psychological Services LLC nurture.grow.thrive. National Runaway Switchboard Toll-free (800) 621-4000 Hours: Seven days a week, 24 hours a day Hotline for runaway/homeless youth and their families. Organizations The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) hrc.org (This is where I get my pins I wear) Movement Advancement Project (MAP) lgbtmap.org It Gets Better Project itgetsbetter.org Gender Spectrum genderspectrum.org Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) glsen.org TYFA - TransYouth Family Allies imatyfa.org Resources for young people and families with gender variant issues Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) colage.org Support for people with LGBTQ families - Colage www.colage.org Rainbow Health Ontario resources for gender independent children and families rainbowhealthontario.ca/admin/contentEngine/contentDocuments/Gender_Independent_Children_final.pdf The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) glaad.org Great resources for media and ways to talk about transgender issues. The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association glma.org The Fenway Institute – Fenway Health fenwayhealth.org National Lesbian and Gay Task Force thetaskforce.org Political advocacy and organizing for LGBTQ issues. The Straight Spouse Network straightspouse.org Support and information to heterosexual spouses/partners, current or former, of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender mates and mixed-orientation Intersex Society of North America isna.org Clinical Family Acceptance Project World Professional Association for Transgender Health – WPATH wpath.org – Standards of Care APA: http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/promoting-good-practices.aspx Creating Equal Access to Quality Health Care for Transgender Patients: Transgender Affirming Hospital policies http://www.lambdalegal.org/publications/fs_transgender-affirming-hospital-policies Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With Gender-Variant People and Their Families by Arlene Istar Lev The Transgender Guidebook: Keys to a Successful Transition by Anne Boedeker Phd. http://transequality.org SAMHSA: A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGT Children, 2014 NASW Moving The Margins CWLA Best Practice Guidelines by Shannan Wilber, Caitlin Ryan, Jody Marksamer with the Childwelfare League of America Center of Excellence for Transgender Health transhealth.ucsf.edu Comprehensive and affirming health care for trans and gender variant communities. Genderbread Person A great infographic to explain sex, gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/wpcontent/uploads/2012/03/Genderbread-2.1.jpg AFFIRM Psychologists Affirming their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Family stonybrook.edu/affirm APA Division 44 apadivision44.org Psychology's focal point for research, practice, and education on LGBT people CULTIVATE Psychological Services LLC nurture.grow.thrive. Vancouver Coastal Health Clinical Pathways - transhealth.vch.ca Informational Videos/Movies Dr. Johanna Olson, MD – Medical Director, Center for Transyouth Health and Development, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles o http://www.kidsinthehouse.com/expert/parenting-advice-from-johanna-olson- md#page=/video/meet-johanna-olson-md Dr. Norman Spack on working with Transgender Youth o http://www.ted.com/talks/norman_spack_how_i_help_transgender_teens_become_who_they_want _to_be?utm_content=roadrunner-rrshorturl&utm_campaign=&utm_source=direct- on.ted.com&awesm=on.ted.com_d08VB&share=12d6144f6d&utm_medium=on.ted.com-none Will Copeland – St. Louis o http://fox2now.com/2013/11/07/medical-services-growing-in-st-louis-area-for-transgender-children/ Hey Doc, Some Boys are Born Girls: Decker Moss at TedxColumbus o https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLsRNoUx8w3rNOT4HxbFqXBlq1NP3- mTW_&v=nOmstbKVebM&index=24&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DnOmstbKVebM%26list %3DPLsRNoUx8w3rNOT4HxbFqXBlq1NP3-mTW_%26index%3D24&app=desktop Lady Valor by Kristin Beck Legal Resources National Center for Lesbian Rights nclr.org Transgender Law Center transgenderlawcenter.org American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) aclu.org Lambda Legal lambdalegal.org Sylvia Rivera Law Project slrp.org Department of Education Office of Civil Rights Book Ideas - Transgender Jacob’s New Dress by Sarah Hoffman Allies and Angels A Memoir of our Families Transition y Terri and Vince Cook Gender Born, Gender Made by Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D. The Transgender Child by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis Second Son by Ryan K. Sallans Transgender Explained by Joanne Herman 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert Raising my Rainbow by Lori Duran, Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka All I want to be is Me by Phyllis Rothblatt Be Who You Are by Jennifer Carr But, I’m Not A Boy by Katie Leone She’s Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband (older book, 2007) by Helen Boyd My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser (older book, 2003) by Helen Boyd She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders (older book, 20013) by Jennifer Finney Boylan The Transsexual and the Cross by Katie Leone Just add Hormones by Matt Kailey .
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