What does LGBTQIA2S+ mean?

LGBTQIA2S+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and Two-Spirit. The "+" exists to include additional gender identities and sexual orientation. Learn more about each term HERE. 

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Advocacy, Education & Information

For Educators

These resources are geared toward educators who want to learn more about supporting LGBTQ+ youth and creating safe, inclusive educational environments.

Gender Spectrum: Works to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens. 

GLSEN: Creating a better world for LGBTQ students. 

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation: seeks to fundamentally change the way LGBTQ+ people are treated in our everyday lives. 

Mental Health America (MHA): MHA has developed and identified a number of different resources for the LGBTQ+ community when it comes to mental health. 

StopBullying.gov: provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.

Teaching Outside the Binary: A collection of resources, blog posts, and reading lists to help you deconstruct the gender binary, support LGBTQ+ students in your classroom, and create a more inclusive environment for students. 

Tyler Celementi Foundation: Exists to end online and offline bullying in schools, workplaces and faith communities. 

General

These resources are great for LGBTQ+ allies looking to learn more or LGBTQ+ individuals new to the community and looking for information. The organizations listed here promote the understanding and acceptance of LGBT+ individuals and communities.

ACLU: Dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees. 

COLAGE: For thirty years, COLAGE has been the only national organization expressly dedicated to supporting people with one or more LGBTQ+ caregivers, uniting them with a network of peers and supporting them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in their communities.   

GLAAD: GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation: seeks to fundamentally change the way LGBTQ+ people are treated in our everyday lives. 

My Pronouns: MyPronouns.org is a practical resource dedicated to the empowering and inclusive use of personal pronouns in the English language. This website will help you understand why and how to use the pronouns someone goes by. In particular, we are focusing on pronouns used to refer to a singular human in the third person.

PFLAG: The first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies.  

918.749.4901
P.O. Box 52800
Tulsa, OK  74152

PINKMANTARAY: Schuyler is the first trans athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA D1 men’s team, and the only to have competed for all four years. He is an internationally-celebrated inspirational speaker and a respected advocate for inclusion, body-positivity, and mental health awareness. 

Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP): The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence.  

Trans Lifeline: Provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people. 

The Trevor Project: The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. 

Intersectional

The concept of intersectionality describes the ways in which systems of inequality based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, class and other forms of discrimination “intersect” to create unique dynamics and effects. (Source.) These resources focus on individuals whose experiences involve multiple identities, particularly marginalized gender, sexual or racial identities.

Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989 to describe how systems of oppression overlap to create distinct experiences for people with multiple identity categories. (Source.)

Information and resources for understanding addiction in the BIPOC community: https://definingwellness.com/resources/bipoc-addiction-resources/ 

BEAM: A national training, movement building and grant making organization dedicated to the healing, wellness and liberation of Black and marginalized communities. 

DeQH: DeQH is the first and only national Desi lgbtQ+ Helpline in the United States. We offer free, confidential, culturally sensitive peer support, information and resources for LGBTQ+ South Asian individuals, families and friends around the globe. We want to offer a safe and supportive ear for callers to share their concerns, questions, struggles or hopes through conversations with our trained South Asian peer support volunteers. We are a volunteer collective of South Asian queer and trans individuals across the United States.

Gaysi Family: Gaysi Family is a media platform and safe zone for queer desis that was formed in 2008. We hold space for queer folx from across Southeast Asia to share their stories and experiences, while engaging with others from the community.

Human Rights Campaign: The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. 

Immigration Equality: America’s leading LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrant rights organization. 

Indigenous Mutual Aid: An information and support network with an anti-colonial and anti-capitalist framework. We exist to inspire and empower autonomous Indigenous relief organizing in response to COVID-19. 

MASGD: Works to support, empower, and connect LGBTQ+ Muslims. 

National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA): The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations. 

National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network: Advancing healing justice by transforming mental health for queer and trans POC. 

NBJC: NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma. 

QLatinx: A grassroots racial, social, and gender justice organization dedicated to the advancement and empowerment of Central Florida's LGBTQ+ Latinx community. 

Queering Desi Podcast: Queering Desi is a podcast that celebrates the unique experiences of South Asian LGBTQ+ people.​ In each episode, a guest chats with long-time community activist and writer, Priya Arora, about their journey and what it means to be true to who you are. To help us share our stories in our own words, and take the burden of representation off each individual, this podcast aims to be a breeding ground for discussion and a platform for being loud and proud, no matter who you are!

South Asian Sexual & Mental Health Alliance: A community for South Asian youth across the diaspora who need a space to dialogue and learn about issues key to who they are. 

Trans Autistic Healthcare Guide (PDF): Tips and advice (life hacks!) for autistic trans people about finding and going to doctors.

The Trevor Project: The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. 

We R Native: A comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth, providing content and stories about the topics that matter most to them. 

Oklahoma-Specific

These organizations are based in Oklahoma and provide both in-person and digital or remote support and resources.

Campaign for Southern Equality: Working to build a South where LGBTQ people are equal in every part of life. A South where your zipcode doesn’t determine your rights. Where all of us are free to be who we truly are and love who we truly love. 

Freedom Oklahoma: Freedom Oklahoma advocates for lived equality for LGBTQ2S+ Oklahomans.  

Law Office of Joshua Payton: Tulsa attorney, Joshua Payton, assists clients and their families through the name and gender marker change process. He pledges to walk in solidarity with those seeking clarity until we have an answer.

Oklahomans for Equality (OkEq): Oklahomans for Equality (OkEq) seeks equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) individuals and families through advocacy, education, programs, alliances, and the operation of the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. 

918.743.4297 
Dennis R. Neill Equality Center 
621 E. Fourth St. 
Tulsa, OK 74120 

Faith Communities

Local Communities

The following faith communities officially welcome and affirm LGBTQ individuals.

Resources

These organization might provide resources or information about finding LGBT+ affirming faith in various religions.

Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV): MPV endorses the human and civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) individuals. We affirm our commitment to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and we support full equality and inclusion of all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, in society and in the Muslim community.

PFLAG: Jewish Faith Resources

  • As they have with many other rights struggles throughout history, Jews have contributed mightily to the fight for LGBTQ equality. In recent years, many Jewish congregations have supported same-sex marriage (and welcomed ceremonies into their temples), and in 2015, the Union for Reform Judaism officially adopted a transgender rights policy. Reform Judaism in particular has a long history of being welcoming to people who are LGBTQ.

Tyler Celementi Foundation: Exists to end online and offline bullying in schools, workplaces and faith communities. 

Glossaries & Guides

Glossaries

Gender Spectrum: Works to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens. 

The Safe Zone Project: A free online resource providing curricula, activities, and other resources for educators facilitating Safe Zone trainings (sexuality, gender, and LGBTQ+ education sessions), and learners who are hoping to explore these concepts on their own. 

Stand With Trans: Aims to provide the tools needed by transgender youth to be empowered, supported and validated as they transition to their authentic life. 

Trans Lifeline: Provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people. 

Trans Student Educational Resources: A youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender nonconforming students through advocacy and empowerment. 

Guides

GLAAD: As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love.

GLSEN: Creating a better world for LGBTQ students. 

Human Rights Campaign: The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. 

PFLAG: The first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies.  

918.749.4901
P.O. Box 52800
Tulsa, OK  74152

The Safe Zone Project: A free online resource providing curricula, activities, and other resources for educators facilitating Safe Zone trainings (sexuality, gender, and LGBTQ+ education sessions), and learners who are hoping to explore these concepts on their own. 

Stand With Trans: Aims to provide the tools needed by transgender youth to be empowered, supported and validated as they transition to their authentic life. 

Pronouns

BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective): BEAM is a national training, movement building, and grant making institution that is dedicated to the healing, wellness, and liberation of Black and marginalized communities.

GLSEN: Creating a better world for LGBTQ students. 

LGBT Life Center: empowers the LGBTQ communities and all people affected by HIV through improving health and wellness, strengthening families and communities, and providing transformative education and advocacy.

Pronouns: Pronouns.org is a practical resource dedicated to the empowering and inclusive use of personal pronouns in the English language. This website will help you understand why and how to use the pronouns someone goes by. In particular, we are focusing on pronouns used to refer to a singular human in the third person.

Health & Wellness

Hotlines

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse. Contacts to The Hotline can expect highly-trained, expert advocates to offer free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.

HOPE (Health Outreach Prevention Education, Inc.): Health Outreach Prevention Education, Inc. (H.O.P.E.) provides health services for Hepatitis C, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in our Tulsa clinic open to all and through outreach across Oklahoma focused on the most at-risk.
3540 E. 31st St., Suite 3
Tulsa, OK 74135

  • About Them
  • Contact: 918.749.8378 or 1.800.535.2437 (HIV/AIDS Hotline)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline for referral and information for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders: 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

The Trevor Project: The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. 

Call: 1-866-488-7386
Text START to 678-678
Chat: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

Local

These local organizations provide in-person and virtual health services or resources.

Freedom Oklahoma: Freedom Oklahoma advocates for lived equality for LGBTQ2S+ Oklahomans.  

HOPE (Health Outreach Prevention Education, Inc.): Health Outreach Prevention Education, Inc. (H.O.P.E.) provides health services for Hepatitis C, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in our Tulsa clinic open to all and through outreach across Oklahoma focused on the most at-risk.
3540 E. 31st St., Suite 3
Tulsa, OK 74135

  • About Them
  • Contact: 918.749.8378 or 1.800.535.2437 (HIV/AIDS Hotline)

Oklahomans for Equality (OkEq): Oklahomans for Equality (OkEq) seeks equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) individuals and families through advocacy, education, programs, alliances, and the operation of the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. 

918.743.4297 
Dennis R. Neill Equality Center 
621 E. Fourth St. 
Tulsa, OK 74120 

Planned Parenthood: Delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide. 

1007 S. Peoria Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74120
918-858-4661

SAMHSA’s National Helpline for referral and information for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) 

ThriveOKC: Thrive serves as the backbone organization for the Central Oklahoma Teen Pregnancy Prevention Collaboration. In this role, we convene and connect partners and change agents, engage and mobilize the community, evaluate and share data, and advocate for youth to have access to resources, services and medically accurate information about sexual health. 

  • About Them 
  • Sexual Health 101 
  • Contact: (405)-486-4974; info@thriveokc.org 

Trans Autistic Healthcare Guide (PDF): Tips and advice (life hacks!) for autistic trans people about finding and going to doctors.

Tulsa Center for AIDS Resources and Education Services (Tulsa CARES): Today, Tulsa CARES is the largest and most comprehensive provider of prevention and care programs serving low income individuals living with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C in the state. We recognize the critical importance of addressing social determinants of health to improve community health and reduce costs, and we specialize in wrap-around, client-tailored care that is rooted in principles of empowerment, self-worth, inclusion, and hope.
(918) 834-4194
3712 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74112

We R Native: A comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth, providing content and stories about the topics that matter most to them. 

National or Virtual

These organizations, though not in Oklahoma, may have valuable digital resources and information for yourself or a loved one.

BEAM: A national training, movement building and grant making organization dedicated to the healing, wellness and liberation of Black and marginalized communities. 

Campaign for Southern Equality: Working to build a South where LGBTQ people are equal in every part of life. A South where your zipcode doesn’t determine your rights. Where all of us are free to be who we truly are and love who we truly love. 

Healthy Native Youth: This site contains health promotion curricula and resources for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. The site is designed for tribal health educators, teachers, and parents – providing the training and tools needed to access and deliver effective, age-appropriate programs. 

Human Rights Campaign: The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. 

Indigenous Mutual Aid: An information and support network with an anti-colonial and anti-capitalist framework. We exist to inspire and empower autonomous Indigenous relief organizing in response to COVID-19. 

LGBTQ and Addiction Center: Since 2014, Addiction Center has been an informational web guide for those who are struggling with substance use disorders and co-occurring behavioral and mental health disorders. Rates of drug abuse and addiction in the LGBTQ community are disturbingly higher than those of other groups. Discrimination, societal pressures, and co-occurring disorders are just a few potential triggers for drug abuse in this population. 

Talk about your options with a treatment provider: 855-751-2508. 

Mental Health America (MHA): MHA has developed and identified a number of different resources for the LGBTQ+ community when it comes to mental health. 

 

Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN) is an organization by and for Indigenous youth that works across issues of sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice throughout the United States and Canada.

QueerDoc: Services to improve LGBTQ+ lives for individuals, providers, and organizations.

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse. Contacts to The Hotline can expect highly-trained, expert advocates to offer free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.

The National Center for Transgender Equality: Advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice. 

National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA): The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations. 

National Queer & Trans Therpaists of Color Network: Advancing healing justice by transforming mental health for queer and trans POC. 

Planned Parenthood: Delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide. 

Pride Institute: Pride Institute offers inclusive and accepting recovery programs for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Pride first opened in 1986 and has since gone on to be one of the leading providers in the area of residential and outpatient program treatment for substance use and addiction needs of the LGBTQ+ population.

South Asian Sexual & Mental Health Alliance: A community for South Asian youth across the diaspora who need a space to dialogue and learn about issues key to who they are. 

Trans Autistic Healthcare Guide (PDF): Tips and advice (life hacks!) for autistic trans people about finding and going to doctors.

Trans Lifeline: Provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people. 

TransPulse: Over half of us have attempted suicide by age 20. We know. That's an alarming statistic. Our mission at TransGender Pulse is to stop the transgender suicide epidemic. It's a lofty goal, and one we take very seriously. We offer a sense of community and kinship for transgender folks, their families, their friends, and their allies. In our forums, you will find a friendly community with a wealth of knowledge and experience at its fingertips. Much the same, our live chat offers experience and moderators who are trained in suicide prevention.

The Trevor Project: The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. 

We R Native: A comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth, providing content and stories about the topics that matter most to them. 

Identity Specific

Asexual

The Asexual Visibility and Education Network: Hosts the world's largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike. 

Bisexual

Bisexual Resource Center: Works to connect the bi+ community and help its members thrive through resources, support, and celebration. 

Transgender

Resources and Website

Human Rights Campaign - Transgender

The National Center for Transgender Equality: Advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice. 

Stand With Trans: Dedicated to developing programs, Educational Events and Support Groups to serve the Transgender Youth. Our mission is to provide the tools needed by transgender youth so they will be empowered, supported and validated as they transition to their authentic life. 

Trans Athlete: A resource for students, athletes, coaches, and administrators to find information about trans inclusion in athletics at various levels of play. This site pulls together existing information in one central location, and breaks down information into easy-to-reference areas to help you find what you need. 

The Transgender District: The first legally recognized transgender district in the world. 

Transgender Awareness Week and Trans Day of Rememberance

Each year in November people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility about transgender people and address issues members of the community face.

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

Two-Spirit

Webpages:

Articles:

Videos: 

Further reading:

Legal & Emergency Assistance

Legal Aid & Resources

Most of these organizations are not based in Tulsa or Oklahoma but still offer resources that may be of service to individuals needing legal assistance or services.

Law Office of Joshua Payton: Tulsa attorney, Joshua Payton, assists clients and their families through the name and gender marker change process. He pledges to walk in solidarity with those seeking clarity until we have an answer.

Campaign for Southern Equality: Working to build a South where LGBTQ people are equal in every part of life. A South where your zipcode doesn’t determine your rights. Where all of us are free to be who we truly are and love who we truly love. 

Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP): The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence.  

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF): Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, and public policy efforts. 

The National Center for Transgender Equality: Advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice. 

PFLAG: The first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies. 

Trans Lifeline: Provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people. 

Housing & Shelter

If you or someone you know is in need of housing and shelter, these organizations may be able to assist.

Freedom Oklahoma: Freedom Oklahoma advocates for lived equality for LGBTQ2S+ Oklahomans.  

SAGE: We make aging better for LGBTQ+ people nationwide. How? We show up and speak out for the issues that matter to us. We teach. We answer your calls. We connect—generations, each other, allies. We win. And together, we celebrate. Learn more about our mission and core values.

Trans Lifeline: Provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people. 

Parents & Families

Helpful Resources

These organizations provide information and resources for parents looking to support their LGBTQ+ child or who want to learn more about LGBTQ+ communities.

Gender Spectrum: Works to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens. 

Human Rights Campaign: The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. 

National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA): The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations.  

Parenting Trans and Non-Binary Youth Fact Sheet from OSU: If you are the parent or friend of a trans or nonbinary person, this guide can help you think through ways to make your home or other space a more welcoming and healthy place for people with diverse genders.

PFLAG: The first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies.  

Planned Parenthood: Delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.  

StopBullying.gov: provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.

Recommended Reading

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Book lists:

For parents:

Easy picture books:

Juvenile nonfiction:

Teens & Youth

Book Recs & Lists

Fiction

Historical Fiction and Alternative History

Fantasy & Science Fiction

Horror

Manga & Graphic Novels

Mystery & Thriller

Nonfiction

Romance

Health & Wellness

Healthy Native Youth: This site contains health promotion curricula and resources for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. The site is designed for tribal health educators, teachers, and parents – providing the training and tools needed to access and deliver effective, age-appropriate programs.  

  • About Them  
  • Resources (including resources specifically for Two Spirit and LGBTQ Youth)  

 

Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN) is an organization by and for Indigenous youth that works across issues of sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice throughout the United States and Canada.

Planned Parenthood: Delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.  

ThriveOKC: Thrive serves as the backbone organization for the Central Oklahoma Teen Pregnancy Prevention Collaboration. In this role, we convene and connect partners and change agents, engage and mobilize the community, evaluate and share data, and advocate for youth to have access to resources, services and medically accurate information about sexual health.    

Trans Lifeline : Provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people.  

The Trevor Project: The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. 

We R Native: A comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth, providing content and stories about the topics that matter most to them.  

Info & Advice 

Bisexual Resource Center: Works to connect the bi+ community and help its members thrive through resources, support, and celebration.  

COLAGE: For thirty years, COLAGE has been the only national organization expressly dedicated to supporting people with one or more LGBTQ+ caregivers, uniting them with a network of peers and supporting them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in their communities.    

College Guide for LGBTQ+ Students: Whether you need help navigating the college application process from start to finish or are looking for solutions and resources to a specific problem, this guide will provide valuable information that prospective LGBTQ+ students need to know about researching, applying to, and attending college.  

Desi Rainbow Parents & Allies: For South Asian families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning individuals to learn about LGBTQ+ issues, find community with one another and learn how to better support their loved ones. We serve Desi individuals and families who trace their origins to South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.  Our mission is to foster understanding and acceptance among families, with the goal of affirming and celebrating our LGBTQ+ loved ones.  

Gender Spectrum: Works to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens.  

GLSEN: Creating a better world for LGBTQ students.  

Human Rights Campaign: The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law.  

It Gets Better Project: Features videos to inspire LGBTQIA+ youth. 

The National Center for Transgender Equality: Advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.  

National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA): The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations.  

PFLAG: The first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies.  

PINKMANTARAY: Schuyler is the first trans athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA D1 men’s team, and the only to have competed for all four years. He is an internationally-celebrated inspirational speaker and a respected advocate for inclusion, body-positivity, and mental health awareness.  

Queerspawn Resource Project: By providing education about queerspawn (people with one or more LGBTQ+ parents/guardians) identities, histories, and needs, broadening communal and organizational support for queerspawn, and increasing access to resources that validate queerspawn experiences − particularly those that are often misunderstood, dismissed, or silenced − the Queerspawn Resource Project works to construct more spaces where queerspawn and their perspectives are welcomed and valued.  

Stand With Trans: Dedicated to developing programs, Educational Events and Support Groups to serve the Transgender Youth. Our mission is to provide the tools needed by transgender youth so they will be empowered, supported and validated as they transition to their authentic life.  

StopBullying.gov: provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.

Trans Athlete: A resource for students, athletes, coaches, and administrators to find information about trans inclusion in athletics at various levels of play. This site pulls together existing information in one central location, and breaks down information into easy-to-reference areas to help you find what you need.  

Trans Student Educational Resources : A youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender non-conforming students through advocacy and empowerment.  

Safe Spaces & Community

Oklahomans for Equality (OkEq): Oklahomans for Equality (OkEq) seeks equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) individuals and families through advocacy, education, programs, alliances, and the operation of the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center near downtown Tulsa.

The Trevor Project: The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. 

United Campus Ministry Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Trans-gendered Alliance: Fosters a benevolent and inclusive environment on The University of Tulsa campus. 
918.899.4764 
2839 E. Fifth St. 
Tulsa, OK 74104 

Youth Services of Tulsa (YST): Dedicated to providing services to adolescents, YST offers a wide variety of innovative programs and services to meet the diverse needs of youth in a strength-based, asset-building model. Maintains the SafePlace program, Adolescent Emergency Shelter,Transitional Living Program, Youth Court, Coffee House and more programs. Offers LGBTQ Support Group for ages 13-20 to foster healthy choices, alliance building and peer community support. Also offers Out and About, which focuses on healthy community activities for LGBTQ youth, heterosexuals and allies. 

918.582.0061 
311 S. Madison 
Tulsa, OK 74120 
(plus numerous satellite offices throughout Tulsa County) 

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