LGBTQ+ Resources
Crisis Support:
- The Trevor Project: Call 866-488-7386, Text “START” to 678678
- The Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
- Blackline for BIPOC folks: 800-605-5841
- Desi LGBTQ+ Helpline for South Asians: 908-367-3374
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Hotline: 988
- Crisis Text Line: Text “REACH” to 741741
- DuPage County Crisis Line: 630-627-1700
- The National Runaway Safeline: 800-RUNAWAY (800-786-2929)
- YWCA Rape Crisis Hotline: 888-293-2080 (Chicago Region)
- RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: 800-656-HOPE (4673)
- THRIVE Lifeline (18+): Text “THRIVE” to 331-662-8209
Comprehensive Resource List and Useful Reports:
- The List for Us: Chicagoland-based TGNC resources
- National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2021
- 2022 US Trans Survey
- Illinois Youth Survey Results
Housing:
- 360 Youth Services: Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing
- DuPage PADS
- Streetlight Chicago: Drop In and Emergency Shelter Resource
- The Night Ministry (Chicago)
Health, Wellness and HIV Resources:
- Lurie Children’s Gender Development Program
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois
- Howard Brown Health
- Open Door Health Center of Illinois
- Top Surgery Resource Guide
- Huma Kahn, MD- Adolescent Medicine
- Dr. Daniel Reine – Northwestern Medicine
- Dr. Kathleen Bock – Northwestern Medicine
- Dr. Jeffery D Eye – Ascension
- Dr. Daniel Hrad – Duly Health
- Jessica Lapinski, DO – OPFMT
- What is PrEP?
- Aids Foundation Chicago
- NAMI LGBTQ Recovery Support Group
- Agape
- WPATH Provider Directory
Substance Use and Recovery:
- Gateway Out in Recovery
- SMART Recovery at Kenneth Young Center
- Pride Institute Recovery Programs (Minnesota)
- New Town Alano Club: LGBTQ+ Substance Use Recovery Meetings
Eating Disorder Recovery:
DV Support:
Other Illinois Youth Groups:
- Virtual: Q Chat Space
- Virtual: Gender Spectrum Groups
- Pinwheels
- Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook Pride Youth Program
- Kenneth Young Center (Schaumburg)
- The Liam Foundation (Rockford)
- The Up Center (Champaign)
- The Phoenix Center (Springfield)
- Rainbow Cafe (Carbondale)
- Broadway Youth Center (Chicago)
- Center on Halsted Youth Program
Recreation, Sports and Camps:
- Action Camp: LGBTQ+ Leadership Camp
- OUT! Bowling (Addison)
- Changing the Game: LGBTQ+ student athlete and educator guide
- Athlete Ally
Books:
Name Change and Identity Documents:
- Transformative Justice Law Project
- Illinois Name Change Forms
- Illinois Fee Waiver Forms
- Odyssey E-file IL (Platform for filing name change)
- National Center for Trans Equality ID Document Center
- Trans Lifeline Microgrants for Name Change and HRT
- Genderbands (Grants)
Legal:
- Lambda Legal
- ACLU of Illinois
- Chase Strangio
- Second Parent Adoption Resource
- Black and Pink
- Liberation Library
Know Your Rights and Advocacy Toolkits:
- Services for LGBTQI+ Youth in Care (DCFS)
- Appendix K (starts on page 115)
- DCFS LGBTQ Liaison: Marla Courts
- The Talk: A Guide to Comprehensive Sexual Health Education in Illinois
- Illinois LGBTQ Students Rights
- Navigating Selective Service when Trans
- Advocates for Youth: Youth Advocacy Toolkit
Binders/Prosestics:
Parent/Caregiver Support:
- PFLAG Illinois
- PFLAG Sauk Valley
- Rainbows: Parenting Trans Children who are on Multiple Spectrums
- Desi Rainbow Families and Allies
- Family Acceptance Project
- TransFamilies
Education:
- CDC LGBTQ Inclusivity Self-Assessment for Schools
- Join Illinois GSA Advisor Listserv
- Illinois Safe Schools Alliance
- Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Transgender Guide
- IHSA Policy on Trans Athletes in Illinois
- Illinois Department of Human Rights Guidance Relating to Protection of Transgender, Nonbinary and Gender Nonconforming Students
- GSA Network
- GLSEN
- Welcoming Schools
- Gender Inclusive Schools
- Teaching Outside the Binary
- Learning for Justice
- Campus Pride: LGBTQ Friendly Colleges and Universities
- How to Create a Gender Support Plan
- Gender Inclusive Schools Assessment
Inclusive Curriculum and Comprehensive Sex Ed Resources:
- History Unerased
- The Legacy Project
- Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement
- Elementary Appropriate Lesson Plans from Welcoming Schools
- Scarleteen
- Amaze: Age appropriate info on puberty for tweens and their families
Professional Resources:
- Community Network: Professionals Serving LGBTQ+ Youth
- Email carolyn.wahlskog@youth-outlook.org to be added to listserv
- DuPage/Kane Network Meetings on 3rd Thursdays from 1-2p on Zoom
- Chicago LGBTQ+ Clinical Therapists
- Illinois LGBTQ Roundtable: supporting youth in care of DCFS
- Email RLehocky@lawrencehall.org to be added to listserv
Disability/Neurodiversities:
- Blind Pride International
- Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
- Deaf Queer Resource Center
- Queer Sign Language
Podcasts:
- Gender Reveal
- Queer America
- How to Be a Girl
- Making Gay History
- The Transgenda Podcast
- Transgender School Podcast
Terminology:
Others:
- Equality Illinois
- Brave Space Alliance
- Naper Pride
- DeKalb Pride
- Bolingbrook Pride
- Plainfield Pride
- Aurora Pride
- Belong Fox Valley
- Joliet Pride Network
- Will County Pride Coalition
- Affinity Community Services
National Resources:
- Centerlink: Community of LGBT Centers
- National Center for Trans Equality
- Gender Spectrum
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- All Children- All Families Program: Human Rights Campaign
- True Colors United
- National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
Employment/Jobs:
Therapists/Psychiatrists:
- For affirming therapists and psychiatrists in your area, please contact carolyn.wahlskog@youth-outlook.org.
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