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Ask the Expert - Transitioning in Schools
Read through an interview with Welcoming Schools Director Johanna Eager on transitioning in schools. -
Clinical Care Programs
Check out our Google-based map of clinical care programs for transgender and gender-expansive youth. -
Post-Election Youth Survey
A new HRC survey of more than 50,000 young people reveals a troubling post-election spike in bullying and harassment. -
Understanding the Basics
This resource is designed to help parents of transgender and gender-expansive children understand the basics of their child’s identity and some simple ways to support their child and affirm their gender. -
Talking to Medical Providers
This resource is designed to help parents talk to their child’s pediatrician, dentist, and other general doctors about their transgender child’s gender identity and expression. -
Finding Support
This resource offers suggestions for where parents and families of transgender children and teens can first go to find support groups, other parents to talk to, and online resources. -
Schools In Transition
This groundbreaking guide, Schools In Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools, is written for administrators, teachers, parents, and other adults who work with youth, and covers topics ranging from basic concepts of gender and the importance of affirming gender identity, to best practices for restroom access and working with unsupportive parents. -
Ask the Expert - Is My Child Transgender?
Read through an interview with Dr. Johanna Olson, Adolescent Medicine, Assistant Professor, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. -
Time to THRIVE
Our annual Time to THRIVE Conference aims to promote safety, inclusion and well-being for LGBTQ youth. K-12 educators, professional counselors, and other youth-serving professionals are highly encouraged to attend. -
More Resources
Find additional resources on transgender and gender expansive children and youth, including how to talk to family members.
Explore: Transgender Children & Youth
Find resources that transgender children, families and other youth-serving professionals need to support one another in their journeys.
For transgender and gender-expansive youth, parental support is incredibly important. In light of growing transgender visibility in recent years, more and more children and their families are looking for transgender youth resources. HRC is committed to providing the kinds of resources children, families and other youth-serving professionals need to support one another in their journeys.
Countless parents of transgender and gender-expansive youth are pledging to make the world safer for their children. Many are joining HRC's Parents for Transgender Equality Council, a coalition of the nation’s leading parent-advocates working for equality and fairness for transgender people.
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We Are With You: Resources for the LGBTQ Community During a Time of Need
To every LGBTQ person across this nation feeling stunned and disheartened by the election results, and questioning if they have a place in our country today, we say this: you do.
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Parents for Transgender Equality National Council
Meet the folks on HRC's Parents for Transgender Equality National Council
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Celebrities Come Out for Equality in 2016
Whether it’s coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or as an ally, countless American actors, athletes, musicians and YouTube sensations have helped advance the movement for equality. In honor of National Coming Out Day, here are a few of the standout coming out moments in pop culture from the last year.
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