LGBTQIA2S+ Practice Tools

NASW Resources

• A Guide for Understanding, Supporting, and Affirming LGBTQIA2-S Children, Youth, and Families
• 2021 Blueprint of Federal Social Policy Priorities: Advance LGBTQ Rights and Equality
• Sexual Orientation Change Efforts and "Conversion Therapy" with LGBT Persons - NASW Position Statement

LGBTQIA2S+ Inclusive Communication

• PFLAG National Glossary of Terms
• CDC Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication
• Understanding Pronouns

For Transgender & Gender Expansive People

• LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory
• National Center for Transgender Equality
• The Gender Affirming Letter Access Project
•  Transgender and Non-Binary People FAQ - Human Rights Campaign
• World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
• Transform the Vote - National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund

For Children and Young People

• An Open Letter to LGBTQIA2S+ Kids and Youth from NASW
• Coming Out: A Handbook for LGBTQ Young People - Trevor Project
• Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth

For LGBTQIA2S+ Elders

• FORGE Transgender Aging Network
• LGBTQIA+ Aging Project at the Fenway Institute
• National Center on Elder Abuse publications for LGBT+ communities
• SAGE

For Families

• It Gets Better
• PFLAG
• The Family Acceptance Project

For Mental Health and Healthcare Providers

• Gender Spectrum
• GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality
• The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
• Intersex Justice Project
• LGBTQ+ Aging Project: Training and Education
• National LGBT Cancer Network
• National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging
• Out2Enroll
• The Fenway Institute
• The Golden Institute: Innovative Research in Health, Longevity, Sexuality, Gender, and Culture
• The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
• SAGECare Cultural Competency Training Programs
• Health & Human Services LGBTQI+ competency resources
• The Trevor Project Resource Center