Health & Aging, Parenting, LGBTQ+ Youth

Preventing Substance Abuse Among LGBTQ Teens

LGBTQ+ teens may be two times as likely to be bullied, excluded or assaulted at school. And they're nearly 40 percent less likely to have an adult in their family…

Parenting

Professional Organizations on LGBTQ Parenting

The prevailing professional opinion is that a parent's sexual orientation has nothing to do with his or her ability to be a good parent. Read what professional organizations say about…

Parenting, LGBTQ+ Youth

Resources on Gender-Expansive Children and Youth

What is “Gender-Expansive?”
In 2012, The Human Rights Campaign surveyed more than 10,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth across the United States. This report identified 925 youth who…

Adoption, Parenting

Share Your Adoption Agency Information

If you have worked with a foster care or adoption agency that is welcoming and affirming of LGBTQ prospective parents, use the form below to send us the agency's information…

Transgender, Parenting, LGBTQ+ Youth, Health & Aging

Supporting & Caring for Transgender Children

Supporting & Caring for Transgender Children is a groundbreaking resource that explains how families and healthcare professionals are helping transgender children thrive.

LGBTQ+ Youth, Parenting

Supporting Your Young Gender Non-Conforming Child

HRC Foundation’s Parents for Transgender Equality National Council Member Jennifer Solomon and Youth Well-Being Coordinator Pallavi Rudraraju partnered to create HRC Foundation’s 2020 resource for parents of gender non-conforming children,…

Parenting, Health & Aging

Talking to Doctors and Medical Providers

When it comes to navigating health care, parents of transgender and gender-expansive children often struggle to know when and how to talk about their child’s gender identity and expression.