Two-spirit lgbtqia+ Resources
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Rainbow Connections ATX, a program of Family Eldercare
Rainbow Connections ATX provides socialization, services, training on Two-Spirit LGBTQIA+ issues, and advocacy in the Central Texas area.
The Austin LGBT Chamber works to achieve equality and inclusion by promoting economic vitality in our communities and strengthening LGBT and ally businesses.
Austin LGBT Coalition on Aging
The Austin LGBT Coalition on Aging is made up of representatives of LGBTQ community organizations, senior services providers, and interested individuals who have come together to "improve the condition of the LGBTQ aging community through advocacy, research, education and programs/services.”
Coalition for Aging LGBT (North Texas)
Serving the four largest counties of North Texas: Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, and Denton. Their mission is to improve and protect the quality of life of older LGBT adults in North Texas through community engagement and advocacy education.
MyGayHouston.com is a product of Visit Houston, which is charged with marketing and selling Houston/Harris County as a leisure and convention destination. The mission of MyGayHouston.com is to market the Houston experience to LGBT visitors as well as locals looking for entertainment and activities.
Equality Texas works to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Texans through political action, education, community organizing, and collaboration.
North Texas LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing Guide
Online Housing Guide for information about LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing, the Coalition for Aging LGBT, and LGBT cultural competency resources.
Facebook group for the Two-Spirit LGBTQIA+ community who are looking for housing or offering housing. Private group requires sign-up and approval.
Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT)
TENT is an organization dedicated to furthering gender-diverse equality in Texas. We work to accomplish this through education and networking in both public and private forums. Through our efforts, we strive to halt discrimination through social, legislative, and corporate education.
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Self-Care for the Caregiver: Recorded webinar that explores the challenges and joys of caregiving, and tips for caregivers to support self-care and achieve balance.
An LGBT Person’s Guide to Planning for Medical Procedures: Provides a detailed overview of what to expect when undergoing a surgical procedure, and how to plan for a successful recovery. Includes step-by-step instructions to create your own care plan, including worksheets, resources, and tips/encouragement for reaching out to others.
Caregiving in the LGBTQ Community: This guide provides an overview of caregiving in the LGBT community, and specific ideas, lessons learned and best practices for expanding programming to reach and include LGBT caregivers and those caring for LGBT older adults. It’s applicable to both those serving LGBT people but not caregivers, and to those serving older adult/caregivers but not LGBT people. A list of resources, both for service providers and for caregivers themselves, is included.
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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Dial 988
The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.
Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741
Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7, high-quality text-based mental health support and crisis intervention by empowering a community of trained volunteers to support people in their moments of need.
SAGE 24/7 Hotline – (877) 360-LGBT (5428)
SAGE Hotline connects LGBTQ+ older people who want to talk with friendly responders who are ready to listen. Hotline responders are certified in crisis response, offer support without judgment, and are trained in LGBTQ+ cultural competency.
Trans Hotline – Dial 877-565-8860
Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. Call if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.
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CenterLink, The Community of LGBTQ Centers
CenterLink is an international nonprofit organization and member-based association of LGBTQ centers and other LGBTQ organizations serving their local and regional communities. Their mission is to strengthen, support, and connect LGBTQ community centers.
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
WPATH is a non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health. Professional, supporting, and student members engage in clinical and academic research to develop evidence-based medicine and strive to promote a high quality of care for transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming individuals internationally.
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Alicia Roth Weigel is an activist, author and consultant working to improve the landscape for marginalized populations in the South and worldwide. Alicia’s first book is titled, Inverse Cowgirl.
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF)
Video: Between Genders: Exploring Intersex with Hida Viloria | JCCSF (85 min)
Video: Living in a body between female and male | Orchids – My Intersex Adventure (61 min)
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AGE of Central Texas offers a variety of services for older adults and caregivers to help make aging a positive and triumphant journey for everyone.
Aging Services Council of Central Texas
Aging Services Council brings together organizations serving and interested in older adults to identify & address challenges in the larger systems that impact older adults. They address needs of the aging population, identify and fill service gaps, and work on joint projects. They also educate the community and older adults about the needs & available services. They serve as an advocate for elder’s issues, and share information.
Area Agency on Aging Capital Area (AAACAP)
AAACAP serves older adults, people with disabilities and their caregivers with a variety of services and supports throughout the region. It works to ensure people can maintain their best quality of life in the environment of their choosing. It also operates the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Capital Area (ADRC-CAP), which connects people with the support programs that can assist them.
Directory for the different regional offices for the Area Agency on Aging Texas.
Website for the great Austin area physical and digital libraries.
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Different Pride Flags & Their Meanings
LGBTQ Nation’s list of different Pride flags and the meanings behind them.
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1967 CBS Documentary on “The Homosexuals” by Mike Wallace (highlights of the full 88-minute version)
200 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time
1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture
A History of Homosexuality with Mark Thompson
ABC News – Study finds the number of adults who identify as LGBT has doubled in past decade (2022)
Americans who identify as LGBT from 2012 to 2021, by generation
“Before You Know It,” a documentary by PJ Raval
Case Study: Comparison of Two Women
Gen Silent – A Documentary by Stu Maddux
Kathy Baldock: Untangling the Mess
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
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Gender Spectrum’s mission is to create a gender-inclusive world for all children and youth. To accomplish this, they help families, organizations, and institutions increase their understanding of gender and consider the implications that evolving views have for each of us.
National Center for Transgender Equality:
The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, they work to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.
The National LGBTQ Task Force builds power, takes action, and creates change to achieve freedom, justice, and equity for Two-Spirit LGBTQIA+ people. As the progressive voice of the LGBTQ movement and the LGBTQ voice of the progressive movement, the National LGBTQ Task Force organizes people and money in pursuit of liberation for all.
National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging
The National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging, a program of SAGE, is the country's first and only technical assistance resource center focused on improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender older adults, families and caregivers.
We refuse to be invisible. SAGE is the country’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ older people. They offer supportive services and consumer resources to LGBTQ+ older people and their caregivers.
Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.
Center for Applied Transgender Studies (CATS)
CATS brings together academic rigor and activist passion to identify, analyze, and, ultimately, propose solutions to the greatest issues facing transgender communities across the globe.
GLAAD is a non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change. GLAAD works to ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation and creates national and local programs that advance LGBTQ acceptance.
Gay Affirming Christian Churches
Ministering to LGBTQ+ Christians and allies around the globe, Gay Affirming Christian Churches features the largest welcoming and affirming church directory in the world.
PFLAG is the nation's largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.
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AIS-DSD Support Group (Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome / Differences of Sex Development)
The AIS-DSD Support Group offers support of various forms including resources about various differences of sex development, newsletters, and most importantly, the ability to connect with similarly situated others.
Serving LGBTQIA+ and Allies in Recovery. The Austin Galano Club (AGC) is a non-profit corporation formed to serve the recovering community of Austin and surrounding areas, specifically for the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender community, their allies, and serving all 12-Step based programs and related activities. The club is focused on providing a facility and operational support for the meeting spaces for such groups, as well as providing social, community education, and service opportunities to the group members served.
Black Transman Inc. is the first national nonprofit social advocacy organization with a specific focus on empowering African-American transgender men by addressing multi-layered issues of injustice faced at the intersections of racial, sexual orientation, and gender identities.
The Brown Boi Project is a community of people working across race and gender to eradicate sexism, homophobia and transphobia and create healthy frameworks of masculinity and change.
The Center for Black Equality works to build a global network of LGBTQ+ individuals, allies, community-based organizations and Prides dedicated to achieving equality and social justice for Black LGBTQ+ communities through Economic Equity, Health Equity, and Social Equity.
The Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) advocates for policies and programs that improve aging in our communities as racially and ethnically diverse people; American Indians and Alaska Natives; and lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender people.
Hogg Foundation LGBTQ+ Mental Health Resources
The Hogg Foundation focuses on mental health for all ages of Texans, promoting mental health in everyday life with a strategic focus on collaborating with communities.
National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)
The NBJC is America’s leading national civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS through coalition building, federal policy change, research, and education.
National QTPOC (Queer & Trans People of Color)
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) is a healing justice organization actively working to transform mental health for queer and trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color (QTBIPOC).
Online Therapy Resources for the LGBTQ+ Community
This online guide provides an overview of how therapy supports members of the LGBTQ+ community and links to resources that can be helpful for navigating the coming-out process, strengthening your relationships, and learning how to be true to yourself as an LGBTQ+ individual.
The Network/laRed is a survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, kink, polyamorous, and queer communities.
University of Arizona National QTOPC Resources Page
The QTOPC Resources Page is a growing general overview of organizations, individuals and groups who are organizing and educating on issues pertaining to queer people of color. Many of these resources aren’t already in this guide.
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Glossary of LGBTQ terms, including terms to avoid.
Glossary of Transgender terms, including terms to avoid.
What are personal pronouns and why do they matter.
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Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso
Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso promotes the values of diversity and inclusion through education and training, fostering resiliency in professional practice, company culture, and within the community. We offer access to material which will prepare mental health and social services professionals to competently and confidently engage with marginalized groups, expand their knowledge base, and increase social awareness.
Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT)
The mission of Harvard’s Project Implicit is to educate the public about bias and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the internet. Project Implicit scientists produce high-impact research that forms the basis of scientific knowledge about bias and disparities.
National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center – Webinars
The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center aims to advance health equity, address and eliminate health disparities, optimize access to cost-effective health care, and improve the quality of care for LGBTQIA+ people and the populations which may intersect with the LGBTQIA+ community by providing training and technical assistance to health care providers and staff across the globe.
Creating more welcoming care for LGBTQ+ elders - SAGECare is a cultural competency training program for skilled nursing facilities, health care organizations, assisted living communities, hospice and palliative care, long-term care communities, home health providers, and anyone providing services to older adults.
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Family Acceptance Project (FAP)
FAP collaborated with Child and Adolescent Services at San Francisco General Hospital/University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and with community providers to develop a new family-oriented model of wellness, prevention and care for LGBTQ children and adolescents, based on their research. This new family-related approach helps ethnically, racially and religiously diverse families to decrease rejection and increase support to prevent risk and promote their LGBTQ children's well-being.
Founded by a group of teachers, knowing that educators play key roles in creating affirming learning environments for LGBTQ youth. As well as activating supportive educators, they believe in centering and uplifting student-led movements, which have powered initiatives like the Day of Silence, Ally Week, and more.
The work of Gender Diversity – spanning over two decades – has provided tens of thousands of individuals and their families with balance and hope during this time of upheaval.
CenterLink’s imi app to combat LGBTQ+ teen suicide: imi was created through a collaboration of LGBTQ+ organizations, and hundreds of LGBTQ+ young people from across the country – it’s a tool for LGBTQ+ teens, by LGBTQ+ teens and their allies.
The It Gets Better Project is a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe.
Serves Central Texas LGBTQIA+ (lesbian/gay/bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning, intersex, and asexual) youth and their allies with programs and services to ensure these promising young people develop into happy, healthy, successful adults.
CenterLink’s chat app for LGBTQ+ teens, monitored by trained facilitators: Online monitored community for LGBTQ+ teens to find and give support, have fun, connect around shared interests, and get good information. Chat with like-minded peers in live chats designed for teens & by teens, facilitated by folks who care.
Trans Youth Family Allies (TYFA)
Empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers and communities, to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected.
The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ young people. They provide information & support to LGBTQ young people 24/7, all year round.