Facing the Future Together: FAQs, Guidance, and Resources
Many in our community are experiencing the heaviness of recent events and a range of emotions including fear, anger, sadness, grief, hopelessness, and exhaustion.
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Coming Out
The Human Rights Campaign has resources to help you come out and live openly at home, at work and in your community.
Choose from one of our featured topics to explore specific areas of our Coming Out resources.
Celebrating Queer Joy: Hear From Our Community
“You’re not alone.”
“Nobody else is as good at being you as you are.”
Coming Out: Living Authentically as Transgender or Non-Binary
In the United States, gender is often presented to us as the mutually unchangeable opposites of either male or female. The truth is that gender is a rich, broad spectrum…
Transitioning in the Workplace: A Guide for Trans Employees
This guide is intended to help transgender people to navigate aspects of their transition related to the workplace. If you are an employer who wishes to support your transgender employees,…
LGBTQ+ Pride Flags
In the LGBTQ+ community, we signify our pride with flags. With many different identities in the community, there comes many different flags to know. We have collected all of the…
Understanding Neopronouns
What are Neopronouns? Pronouns are the words we use to refer to ourselves and others and are an important part of our daily lives. In English, the most common personal…
Coming Out to Your Doctor
Doctors, nurses, physician assistants, psychotherapists and other professionals treating you need to know about your sexual orientation and gender identity to give the best care possible.
Glossary of Terms
Many Americans refrain from talking about sexual orientation and gender identity or expression because it feels taboo, or because they’re afraid of saying the wrong thing.
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