Legal & Advocacy
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Current legal LGBTQ+ issues: https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbt-rights
Know Your Rights as an LGBTQ+ Person: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/lgbtq-rights/ - Gender Justice (Based in Saint Paul, MN)
LGBTQ+ Legal Assistance: https://www.genderjustice.us/legal-assistance/ - Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a National LGBTQ Rights Organization
Highlighted issues they work on–
Family: https://www.lambdalegal.org/issues/marriage-relationships-and-family-protections
Teens & Young Adults: https://www.lambdalegal.org/issues/teens
Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Trans Issues: https://www.lambdalegal.org/issues/transgender-rights - Family Equality Council
Grants: https://www.familyequality.org/resources/lgbtq-family-building-grants/
Path2Parenthood: https://www.familyequality.org/family-building/path2parenthood/
Mental & Chemical Health
- NAMI MN (National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota)
LGBTQ resources: https://namimn.org/education-and-public-awareness/nami-resources-lgbtq-community/ - RECLAIM https://www.reclaim.care/
- PRIDE Institute (Eden Prairie, MN)
LGBTQ Mental Health & Chemical Health Treatment Center
https://pride-institute.com/ - Rainbow Health
Non-adoption/ foster care specific LGBTQ & HIV mental health & physical/ sexual health services: www.rainbowhealth.org - SAMSA https://www.samhsa.gov/behavioral-health-equity/lgbt
- The Trevor Project Suicide Hotline/ Chat support: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/
Physical & Sexual Health
- Family Tree Clinic: LGBTQ Health https://www.familytreeclinic.org/services/lgbtq-health/
- Rainbow Health www.rainbowhealth.org
- Hennepin Healthcare Gender Health https://www.hennepinhealthcare.org/specialty/adult-gender-sexual-health/
- Children’s Hospital Gender Health Program https://www.childrensmn.org/services/care-specialties-departments/gender-health/
- HealthPartners Gender Services https://www.healthpartners.com/care/specialty/gender-services/
- U of M Gender Care https://www.mhealth.org/care/overarching-care/gender-care
- CentraCare LGBTQ+ Medicine https://www.centracare.com/services/lgbtq-medicine/
Professional Resources
- MN LGBTQ+ Mental Health Providers Professional Network
http://www.lgbttherapists.org/findtherapist - Adoption & Foster Care Specific
CORE Right Time Video: SOGIE – https://fosteradoptmn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Module-6-CORE_SOGIE_20190405-720×480-1.mp4
Foster Adopt Minnesota webinars: https://fosteradoptmn.org/education/webinar-library/webinars-topic/#1611266438545-894388c5-107d
NACAC resources: https://www.nacac.org/?s=lgbtq
Child Welfare Information Gateway:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/LGBTQyouth.pdf
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/diverse-populations/lgbtq/lgbtq-youth/
National Organizations
- GLAAD https://www.glaad.org/
- The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org
- It Gets Better www.itgetsbetter.org
- GLSEN (k-12 focus) https://www.glsen.org/
- HRC https://www.hrc.org/resources
Trans Specific Resources
- TSER https://transstudent.org/
- MN Trans Alliance http://www.minnesotatransgenderalliance.com/
- MN Trans Health Coalition https://www.mntransgenderhealth.org/
- U of M Gender Care https://www.mhealth.org/care/overarching-care/gender-care
- Transforming Families https://tffmn.org/
- Trans Awareness Project https://www.transawareness.org/
- Lambda Legal https://www.lambdalegal.org/issues/transgender-rights
Directories
- Outfront’s Directory https://www.outfront.org/find-community
- Transforming Families Directory https://tffmn.org/resources
- Quorum: MN LGBTQIA+ Chamber of Commerce https://twincitiesquorum.com/directory
Local Minnesota Resources
- Twin Cities Pride https://tcpride.org/
- OutFront MN https://www.outfront.org/
- Quorum: MN LGBTQIA+ Chamber of Commerce https://twincitiesquorum.com/
- Queerspace Collective https://www.queerspacecollective.org/
Peer Support
- Network of LGBTQ groups https://www.familyequality.org/family-support/national-network-lgbtq-family-groups/
- PFLAG https://pflag.org/
- NACAC https://www.nacac.org/connect/parent-group/
- Adoptive Family Circle http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/groups/group/LGBT_Parents1/
- Gay Parent Magazine http://www.gayparentmag.com/
Read their blog here. - Queerspace Collective https://www.queerspacecollective.org/
Books for Families and Children
- LGBTQIA Adoption Books https://www.lifelongadoptions.com/lgbt-adoption-resources/books-on-lgbt-adoption
- Welcoming Schools Book Selections https://www.welcomingschools.org/resources/books/
- LGBTQ Book Database https://www.familyequality.org/family-support/lgbtq-books/
- OK2BME Media Resources – https://ok2bme.ca/resources/books-and-movies/