Supporting Your LGBTQ+ Child
Therapist-curated books, organisations, podcasts and tools to help you affirm, protect and stay close to your LGBTQ+ child.
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Therapist-curated resource guide
Supporting Your LGBTQ+ Child
A Thrive Resource Guide for the Supporting Your LGBTQ+ Child pathway
Last updated 1 May 2024
From the therapist
This guide brings together the books, organisations and everyday tools our therapists most often recommend to parents navigating a child's coming out or gender exploration. It leans on the Family Acceptance Project's research: specific accepting and rejecting behaviours predictably shape a young person's long-term wellbeing. Start with the three "start here" resources, then move at your own pace through the rest.
If you're overwhelmed, start here
- 01
PFLAG(opens in a new tab)
National organisation
Find your local chapter first.
- 02
This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Dannielle Owens-Reid & Kristin Russo
Read this before anything else.
- 03
The Trevor Project(opens in a new tab)
National organisation
Save the crisis line in your phone.
You do not have to become an expert overnight. One affirming conversation, repeated often, does more than a library of perfect answers.
What's inside
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Best Parent Books
7 recommendations
- 01Top pick
This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Dannielle Owens-Reid & Kristin Russo
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The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Stephanie Brill & Rachel Pepper
4 more in the PDF
Best Children's Books
3 recommendations
- 01
I Am Jazz(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings
- 02
And Tango Makes Three(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell
- 03
Best Teen Books
4 recommendations
- 01
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1 more in the PDF
Best Podcasts
3 recommendations
- 01
Queery with Cameron Esposito
Cameron Esposito
- 02
Mombian
Dana Rudolph
- 03
Gender Reveal
Tuck Woodstock
Best YouTube Channels
1 recommendations
- 01
HRC Coming Out Day Resources(opens in a new tab)
Human Rights Campaign
Helpful Organisations
8 recommendations
- 01
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Gender Spectrum(opens in a new tab)
National organisation
5 more in the PDF
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