Zines, Tools & FAQs

 LGBTQ+ Youth Resilience 

Find stories from LGBTQ+ youth themselves, statistics, and resources for building strong communities where LGBTQ+ youth can thrive.

•  LGBTQ+ Youth Resilience

Vermont LGBTQ+ Youth Data 

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).

• Critical Stats: Vermont’s LGBTQ+ Youth
  

Parents and Caregivers

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. 

• Handling With Care

Support LGBTQ+ Youth Liberation

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

• Gender Liberation in Vermont Schools

• Youth Facilitation Tips and Tricks

• GSA Advisor 101

• Resisting White Supremacy
• 2023 Demands for Queer and Trans Youth Autonomy 

Rise Up for Youth Coalition

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.  

Educational tools

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:

• Best Practices for Schools Regarding Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Youth – This accessibility statement gives schools, teachers, and administrators the tools and resources they need to support trans and gender-expansive youth.
• Southern Poverty Law Center – The Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. They have a number of tools, including “Speak Up – a guide to ending everyday bias” that can be effective tools for educators.
• GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) – GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students. Established in 1990, GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. GLSEN seeks to develop school climates where difference is valued for the positive contribution it makes to creating a more vibrant and diverse community.
• Trans Student Educational Resources – TSER, Trans Student Educational Resources, is a youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender nonconforming students through advocacy and empowerment. TSER provides infographics including the adorable, informative Gender Unicorn, trains teachers, provides leadership training and scholarships for trans youth, publishes materials on trans education, and promotes awareness.

Questions

If you need help connecting to a Zine’s author, please send us an email.

Courage V Pearson (they/them)
Director of Organizing

v@outrightvt.org