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United Together: Your Resources, Your Rights, Your Future
HRC, our members and supporters, and the LGBTQ+ community have faced many challenges together, from past administrations to ongoing anti-equality challenges. Through resistance and resilience, we’ve always faced the future together. We know the road ahead may be uncertain, and we’re here to support you every step of the way.
This space can serve as a resource to help you make informed decisions. As we monitor the administration, we are committed to defending our progress and sharing updates on how you can join us in protecting equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community.
Facing the Future Together: FAQs, Guidance, and Resources
Many in our community are experiencing the heaviness of the 2024 election and a range of emotions. We are in this together and have created this resource to answer some of your most pressing questions post-election.
Resources for Facing the Future Together
Our Guide for Caring Adults: Supporting & Affirming LGBTQ+ Youth
This guide offers concrete steps, actions, and strategies for caring adults to support and affirm LGBTQ+ youth.
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Our Guide for Parents of Transgender Youth
This guide offers practical advice for parents on fostering emotional resilience and safety. It also empowers them with tools to navigate challenges and provides strategies for addressing critical areas and providing support.
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Our Guide for Educators
Our Welcoming Schools program has compiled a list of 10 actions that ALL classroom educators and school staff can do to support LGBTQ+ youth and families directly.
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Our Guide for LGBTQ+ Youth
In this guide, we’ve gathered answers to some of the most common questions we’ve heard from LGBTQ+ youth and it is meant to help them and their families figure out what steps feel right.
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Our Guide for College Administrators
In this guide, we’ve gathered answers to some of the most common questions we’ve heard from college administrators and it is meant to assist them and the college’s leadership in how to best support the LGBTQ+ community on their campus.
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Our Guide for Preparedness and Safety
Whether you are preparing for an emergency or participating in a peaceful protest, these guidelines will help ensure your safety and well-being.
Explore Our TipsUnderstanding Your Rights
Our partners have developed comprehensive and essential “Know Your Rights” tools, guides, and support to help individuals understand their legal rights. Through their dedicated efforts, these resources serve as crucial information for empowering communities.
ACLU provides resources to educate individuals about their civil rights, including freedom of speech and privacy. They also provide legal assistance and focus on defending rights for all, especially marginalized communities. Visit their website here.
Lambda Legal provides legal resources and information for issues such as discrimination and workplace rights. They also offer guides on topics such as rights for LGBTQ employees, employees with HIV, people living with HIV, those navigating the court system, transgender individuals, and LGBTQ teens and young adults. Visit their website here.
A4TE provides resources for the legal and political rights of transgender people. They also offer tools such as the ID Documents Center and the Transgender Legal Services Network. Visit their website here.
National LGBTQ Task Force offers tools and resources focused on policy advocacy and anti-discrimination rights. Visit their website here.
NAACP offers resources and tools focused on issues, including racial justice and civil rights. They offer guides on topics such as voting rights and law enforcement interactions, as well as workshops and trainings. Visit their website here.
Planned Parenthood offers resources and tools focused on reproductive care and health care. They also offer guides and information on sexual health, birth control, and health and wellness. Vist their website here.
SisterSong offers tools and resources focused on reproductive justice and care for Indigenous women, women of color, and trans people. Visit their website here.
NWLC offers resources and tools focused on gender justice, specifically for women of color, LGBTQ+ people, and low-income women and families. Visit their website here.