THE
MAIL CREW. This new group of high schoolers seeks to help local students
to establish their own intra-school Internet support email lists based
on what they've done in their school. Led
by the 17-year old Trey and his partner Eric, both on the the high school
football team, their own group is a mix of gay and straight, including
straight jocks who would never attend a Gay/Straight Alliance. What The
Mail Crew seeks to do is to show students how they created their anonymous
intra-school list, and how others can do the same. Take some time to read
this site, especially the How
It Started page.
Gabi
Clayton's Youth Resource Page
Camp Ten Trees - WA - an overnight
summer camp located on Lake Wenatchee in Washington State. Camp Ten Trees
features one week for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and questioning (LGBTQ)
youth, and one week for the children of LGBT parents. At Camp Ten Trees,
children and youth build self-confidence and strength in diversity in an
environment which challenges homophobia and provides a range of traditional
camp activities. http://www.camptentrees.org
Stonewall Youth - Olympia, WA
- http://www.stonewallyouth.org/
and Stonewall Youth - Lewis
County, WA - http://www.stonewallyouth.org/COUNTIES.HTM
- Dedicated to providing peer support, information and advocacy for bisexual,
gay and lesbian youth and youth who have questions about their orientation,
age 21 and under.
Lambert House - Seattle, WA
- An activities and resource center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered,
and questioning youth between the ages of 14-22. http://www.lamberthouse.org/
Oasis Youth Center - Tacoma,
WA - A Youth Driven program - all policies and group activities are set
by the youth for the youth. Oasis is a safe and educational environment
for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth ages 14-24.
http://members.xoom.com/OasisYouth/index.html/
http://gaylesteens.about.com/teens/gaylesteens/
Advocates for Youth - Dedicated
to creating programs and promoting policies which help young people make
informed and responsible decisions about their sexual and reproductive
health. They provide information, training, and advocacy to youth-serving
organizations, policy makers, and the media in the U.S. and internationally.
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/
Bisexual Youth - Information
and resources, a project of the Bisexual Resource Center. http://www.biyouth.org/
The Cool Page for Queer Teens!
- Resources for gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered youth. A wonderful
site by Scott Bidstrup, who also does "For parents of the newly-out" (see
families/friends page). http://www.bidstrup.com/cool.htm
DALnet's #GayTeens IRC Channel
- "Our goal is to foster a safe and sane channel for gayteens and their
friends where sharing, support, friendship, and fun are a focus." http://dalnets_gayteens.tripod.com/dalnetsgayteens/
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay,
Lesbian and Bisexual Youth -- and Their Allies - by Ellen Bass and
Kate Kaufman. (ISBN: 0060951044 --1996 -- HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.)
http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060951044
Getting Real - From NSW Australia
has excellent information and resources for GLBTQ youth. "Just as our relationship
with our parents change, there is the added complication of thoughts about
being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered or just unsure. Most of us
are fairly unprepared for this kind of challenge, so Getting Real helps
out by providing you with resources and information on these issues, as
well as things like homophobia and coming out. We've also put together
a good list of role models that we can look towards for inspiration and
direction." And more... http://www.gettingreal.asn.au/
High Contrast: Shades of Our Identity
- An exhibit by a group of LGBTQQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
Queer, and Questioning) and straight ally high school students from the
Bay Area who came together to use photography to express their experiences
and convictions. These students, of different races, sexualities, genders,
and class backgrounds, have shared their vision and voice in the hope that
people will see and hear them. They created High Contrast to be used as
an organizing tool for GSAs and a curriculum tool for teachers. This exhibit
uses art as a means for change -- to show people what they may not choose
to see, to incite dialogue, and to inspire transformation. This was a collaboration
of the Gay Straight Alliance Network, LYRIC and the Wedge Program of the
San Francisco Department of Health. http://www.gsanetwork.org/highcontrast/
Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans Youth
of Color - from Youth Resource, a project of Advocates for Youth. Articles
and resources for Black, Asian and Pacific Islander American, Latina &
Latino and Native American LGBT youth. http://www.youthresource.com/feat/poc/
The National
GLBT Years Book - sponsored by PFLAG in
Reno Nevada, is on-line gallery of the middle and high school
year book pictures of gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender adults presented
anonymously. "Our purpose in building this collection is to show that:
(1) GLBT teenagers aren't a new phenomenon. (2) GLBT youth aren't just
statistics, but individuals. (3) GLBT youth look just like all other youth
- and have, for generation upon generation of year book pictures."
http://www.gayyearbook.com
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
(NYAC) - Improving the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
youth. Information on the site on the Bridges Project, Youth Connections,
and Safe Zone. http://www.nyacyouth.org/
Oasis - an online webzine written
by, about and for queer and questioning youth. http://www.oasismag.com/
!OutProud!, The National Coalition
for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth - Provides advocacy,
information, resources and support. "Our goal is to help lesbigay youth
become happy, successful, confident and vital gay, lesbian and bisexual
adults. We provide outreach and support to lesbigay teens just coming to
terms with their sexual orientation and to those contemplating coming out.
We let them know they're not alone by helping them find local sources of
friendship and support. We believe in effecting change at a grass-roots
level by catalyzing and fostering the development of a new generation of
lesbigay teen activists who will take positions at the forefront of our
civil rights and social movements." http://www.outproud.org
The Peer Listening Line - 1-800-399-PEER
- provides an anonymous and confidential forum where young people can get
help, information, referrals, and support for a range of issues. Young
people up to about 23 years of age can talk to a peer without being judged
or rushed into any decision they are not prepared to make. Issues include
sexuality and safer sex practices, coming out, HIV and AIDS, depression
and suicide, and anti-gay/lesbian harassment and violence. http://www.fenwayhealth.org/
Politically Minded Gay Youth-
an online community for preteen to college aged gays who like politics,
created by a political science major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/politicallymindedgayyouth
RESYST - a national political
and cultural resource for queer activists and educators, particularly young
women, youth of color, working class youth, trans youth and other young
people from marginalized communities, working to build a movement of youth
united for radical social change. http://resyst.org/
Revolutionary Voices - an online
art & culture forum for queer youth. Through poetry, painting, prose,
sculpture and other forms of creative expression, the youth in RV speak
about oppression, resistance, identity and survival. http://resyst.org/revolutionaryvoices/index.html
Scouting For All - working to
get the Boy Scouts of America to rescind its policy of discrimination against
gay youth and adults. http://www.scoutingforall.org/
The Shared Heart - Portraits
and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People - Educational
Resources on Sexual Orientation. (a book/photo exhibit/curriculum on LGBT
young people) http://world.std.com/~shheart/
and The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project has a
great brochure for it in .pdf
format.
Students Against
Violence Everywhere (SAVE) empowers students inelementary/middle/high
school and college to create their own solutions and strategies for safer
schools and communities, to promote awareness
of non-violence and pursue a message of peace. http://www.mavia.org/save/default.html
Youth Assistance Organization (YAO
or YOUTH.ORG, sometimes also known as Youth Action Online) - This organization
was formed to provide for the needs of queer youth; the need for a rare
opportunity to express themselves, to know they are not alone, and to interact
with others who have already accepted their sexuality. http://www.youth.org/
Youth Resource (YR) - A project
of the Advocates for Youth in Washington, DC. "We are here to help youth
who are questioning their sexual orientation. If you do not identify with
being straight, then check us out and we can help you with any questions
you have that you need help with answering. YR offers a confidential place
where kids can get information about things in their life - where they
can feel comfortable and ask the questions that are on their mind." http://www.youthresource.com/and
the excellent YR library at http://www.youthresource.com/library/
