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Jazz and Friends Readings
Join HRC and host an event for Jazz & Friends National Day of School and Community Readings and show our nation's trans youth that they are seen, supported and loved. -
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. -
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. -
Ask the Expert - Transitioning in Schools
Read through an interview with Welcoming Schools Director Johanna Eager on transitioning in schools. -
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. -
Ask the Expert - Is My Child Transgender?
Read through an interview with Dr. Johanna Olson, Adolescent Medicine, Assistant Professor, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. -
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. -
Clinical Care Programs
Check out our Google-based map of clinical care programs for transgender and gender-expansive youth. -
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. -
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.
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Supporting & Caring for Transgender Children
This groundbreaking resource explains how families and health care professionals are helping transgender children thrive. -
Welcoming Schools
Learn how HRC delivers professional development to elementary schools across the nation to nurture LGBTQ-inclusive schools.
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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Direct Online and Phone Support Services for LGBTQ Youth
Here are some resources that LGBTQ youth and their parents/guardians can access online or by phone.
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Resources for the LGBTQ Community Around COVID-19
This is a global health crisis, and as we’re seeing in the government’s lagging response, our work is more necessary than ever.
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Presidential Candidate Amy Klobuchar on LGBTQ Issues
HRC sent our 2020 Presidential Questionnaire to all candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. Read Amy Klobuchar's responses.
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