Honoring Brenda Churchill
A fierce advocate, a compassionate leader, and an irreplaceable member of our community, Brenda embodied what it means to live your truth and fight like hell to ensure others could do the same.
Read the Report Out from our Loud and Proud Survey!
The growing number of calls and emails we’ve received leading up to and immediately following the election was a clear signal of heightened concern in our community, especially for LGBTQ+ youth. We issued a survey via email and social media to better understand how we can support LGBTQ+ youth, families, educators, and communities throughout the state.
Find stories from LGBTQ+ youth themselves, statistics, and resources for building strong communities where LGBTQ+ youth can thrive.
Critical Stats: Vermont’s LGBTQ+ Youth provides you with important information concerning the well-being of LGBTQ+ youth. In Vermont, the Department of Health works with the Agency of Education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to administer the Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which is part of a national school-based surveillance system conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
You’re likely reading this because a young person close to you has come out to you as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, or Gender Expansive (LGBTQ+). Coming out to you is an incredible expression of trust from that young person, and we are so glad you are in their life.
This resource could support you in beginning to process your own emotions about your child’s identity and give you tools for navigating feelings that may be surprising or hard. This toolkit was designed to offer you best practices, supportive resources, and an introduction to a community of affirming parents and caregivers who share a piece of this story.
These FREE Zines and Toolkits are widely shareable resources to help everyone understand their role in supporting LGBTQ+ youth liberation.
Get an overview of a specific issue or framework from one of the following Zines or Toolkits, written for diverse audiences. Most take less than an hour to read, and some take less than five minutes.
*NEW* Cultivating Safe Spaces: Elementary School Supports Toolkit
Resisting Racism: A Pocket Guide to Act 1 and the EQS (Folding Instructions)
School Walkout Toolkit by Queer Youth Assemble
Rise Up for Youth Coalition is a network of organizations united to support and protect young people from the impacts of today’s challenging political and social climate. Together, we provide critical resources, advocacy, and safe spaces that help youth navigate their lives and thrive amid rising threats to their rights, identity, well-being and existence. We work alongside young people to ensure that they have access to the care, support, and opportunities they deserve.
Download and post this events flier by Rise Up for Youth Coalition.
Outright Vermont partners with hundreds of schools, organizations, and state agencies across the state. Many of these organizations can provide educators, families and youth with services that extend beyond the capacity of what Outright Vermont is able to provide. Learn more by visiting our collaborators’ websites:
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Courage V Pearson (they/them)
Director of Organizing
A fierce advocate, a compassionate leader, and an irreplaceable member of our community, Brenda embodied what it means to live your truth and fight like hell to ensure others could do the same.
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