Resources on Queer Mental Health, Community, and Identity

The Trevor Project is a suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for queer young people, providing information and support 24/7, all year round. Check out their list of resources for mental health support. 

Use Inclusive Therapists, LGTBQ and ALL, Gaylesta, and National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTN) to find mental health professionals and treatment centers that specialize in and celebrate queer identities.  
 
Learn about asexuality, romantic orientations, and more via The Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN). Asexuality New Zealand Trust has a helpful summary of aromanticism and the aromantic spectrum. 

Learn more about the intersex community and get involved in intersex activism by connecting with organizations such as InterConnect, interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, and Intersex Justice Project. 

Point of Pride offers financial aid and direct support to trans folks in need of wellness and care. They have​ free femme shapewear, free chest binders, and more. B4CK and Trans Essentials have free chest binders for youth and teens. Learn more from Chest Binding 101.

REFUGE is a trans led web application used to provide safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals. Users can search for safe restroom locations, add new listings, and comment and rate existing listings. 

Learn about social, legal, and medical gender transition and connect with people who can assist in this process with Transgender Map. 

Traveling? TSA Information for transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming passengers can be found here. 

If you're trying to figure out which labels may work for you, check out I Think I Might Be Lesbian; Gay; Bisexual; Asexual; Transgender.

Strands for Trans is a global network of hair, beauty, and wellness industries and organizations that seek to create and inspire safe and positive experiences for all, especially the trans community.

Read other people's coming out stories and share your own on When I Came Out. 

Transgender Teen Survival Guide is a blog created for people of all ages who have questions concerning their gender identity. There is also the blog Genderfork, a supportive community for the expression of identities across the gender spectrum.  

The Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) works to support, empower, and connect queer Muslims. It promotes an understanding of Islam that is centered on inclusion, justice, and equity.

The Human Rights Campaign has a Survival Guide for Independent LGBTQ+ Youth, created for queer youth considering leaving unsupportive and unsafe homes. 

How to Get On- How to Have a Great, Disabled Life offers an extremely comprehensive list of self-advocacy guides for anyone who is homebound or bedbound in the US, such as How to Be Poor in America. 

TransTorah helps people of all genders to fully access and transform Jewish tradition. Their website has a collection of trans and genderqueer Jewish texts, sermons, and other literature.

Learn about why queer individuals experience higher rates of eating disorders and more severe symptoms compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers, and find eating disorder treatment. 

Queering the Map is a community generated counter-mapping platform for digitally archiving LGBTQ2IA+ experience in relation to physical space.