PARTNERS & RESOURCES
We are deeply appreciative of our nonprofit partners who offer incredible support, resources, and direct services to marginalized communities. Please take a moment to learn about their important work and review the helpful organizations & resources at the bottom of the page.
PFLAG is an organization of LGBTQ+ people, parents, families, and allies who work together to create an equitable and inclusive world. We are hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of chapters from coast to coast who support families, educate allies, and advocate for just, equitable, and inclusive legislation and policies. Since 1973, PFLAG works to ensure LGBTQ+ people everywhere are safe, celebrated, empowered and loved. Learn more, find support, donate, and take action at PFLAG.org.
Founded in 1979 at the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, Family Equality has spent more than four decades ensuring that everyone has the freedom to find, form, and sustain their families by advancing equality for the LGBTQ+ community, providing resources for families at all stages, and creating community through our in-person and virtual events.
Advocates for Trans Equality fights for the legal and political rights of transgender people in America. Leveraging decades of experience on the frontlines of power, we shift government and society towards a future where we are no less than equal. A4TE was founded in 2024 as the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), two long-time champions for the trans community, merged together as one organization.
Transhealth is the only independent, non-profit healthcare organization in the United States devoted solely to serving trans and gender-diverse communities. As a trans and gender-diverse led organization rooted in Western Massachusetts, we expand the healthcare possibilities for our community. Through expert care, community support, education, and advocacy, we work to secure a healthy, affirming future for all of us.
MassEquality is the leading statewide grassroots advocacy organization working to ensure that everyone across Massachusetts can thrive each and every day without discrimination and oppression based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
The Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (“Lambda Legal”) is a national organization working to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (“LGBTQ+”) people and everyone living with HIV, through impact litigation, education and public policy work. For over fifty years, Lambda Legal has been at the forefront of the fight for legal and lived equality for the LGBTQ+ community and everyone living with HIV+.
Rainbow Railroad believes that governments around the globe should enact and enforce laws and policies that protect LGBTQI individuals and enable them to live in freedom and safety in their own country. However, until that day arrives, we are focused on providing solutions for LGBTQI people who need immediate assistance because they are facing a serious threat to their lives and safety.
The Center For LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion(CLGS) was established at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA and opened its doors in the fall of 2000. Our mission is to advance the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgender people and to transform faith communities and the wider society by taking a leading role in shaping a new public discourse on religion, gender identity and sexuality through education, research, community building and advocacy.
BOOK LIST
The Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators: Essential Resources to Combat Book Bans
We Need Diverse Books: List of Blogs, Articles, & Organizations Dedicated to Diverse Reads
Teaching For Change: Early Childhood Anti-Bias Education Book List
Teaching For Change: Social Justice and Diversity Book List
Here Wee Read: Essential List of Diverse Children’s Books
LGBTQ+ RESOURCES
PFLAG: The nation's largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.
GLISTEN: Dedicated to creating safe and respectful learning environments for youth of all sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions, race and abilities.
GLAAD: A non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change. GLAAD ensures fair, accurate, and inclusive representation that rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance.
HRC: The Human Rights Campaign is the nation's largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBTQ+ equality.
The National LGBTQ Task Force: Dedicated to achieving freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer people, and their families through proactive, targeted, change-inducing initiatives.
NCLR: National Center for LGBTQ Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of LGBTQ+ people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education.
A4TE: Advocates for Trans Equality fights for the legal and political rights of transgender people in America. The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), two long-time champions for the trans community, merged to create this new organization.
THE TREVOR PROJECT: 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.
FOR TEACHERS & FAMILIES
We welcome you to explore our updated guide that links to various organizations and guides that address the topics of social justice, equity around culture and race, the Black Lives Matter movement, the history of injustice and change, LGBTQ+ empowerment, immigrants and refugees, and advocacy for people that are differently abled. These websites are filled with clear language, educator resources, lesson plans, and booklists for both adults and students. We hope you delve deeply into them and contact us to share additional resources you find useful.
Teaching for Change – www.teachingforchange.org
Teaching for Change (formerly Teaching Tolerance) provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world. Link to Anti-Bias Education
National Association for the Education of Young Children – www.naeyc.org
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children. Link to Anti-Bias Resources
Bank Street College of Education Center on Culture, Race, and Equity – www.bankstreet.edu
Our work supports change on personal, professional, and institutional levels through research and professional development. Our approach to both our research and our professional development is grounded in a number of theoretical frameworks: critical race theory, culturally responsive practice, developmentally and culturally appropriate practice, and adult learning theory. Link to Children’s Programming
Rethinking Schools –www.rethinkingschools.org
Our magazine, books, resources, and projects promote equity and racial justice in the classroom. We encourage grassroots efforts in our schools and communities to enhance the learning and well-being of our children, and to build broad democratic movements for social and environmental justice. Link to Resources Archive
Black Lives Matter At School – www.blacklivesmatteratschool.com
Black Lives Matter at School is a national coalition organizing for racial justice in education. Provides resources, publications and curriculum. They are a project of Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change. Link to “A Guide for Black Lives Matter at School”
Facing History and Ourselves – www.facinghistory.org
Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. Professional development, powerful classroom resources, and unique historical/cultural/ emotional/ social curriculum. We equip schools, districts, and teachers with the tools they need to shape the future by nurturing empathy, curiosity, and civic responsibility in young people. Link to Resource Library
Human Rights Campaign: Welcoming Schools -www.welcomingschools.org
HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is the most comprehensive bias-based bullying prevention program in the nation. They provide LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive professional development training, lesson plans, booklists and resources specifically designed for educators and youth-serving professionals. Link to New Welcoming Schools Resources
GLISTEN: Championing LGBTQ+ Issues in K-12 Education – www.glisten.org
GLISTEN is a national organization founded on the principle that every student has the right to a safe, supportive, and LGBTQ+-inclusive K-12 education. GLISTEN is a network of educators, students, and local chapters working to make this right a reality. Their mission is to ensure that every member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Link to Glisten Resources
Raising Race Conscious Children – www.raceconscious.org
Resources for supportive adults who are trying to talk about race with young children using clear and communicative language. The goals of the conversations are to dismantle the color-blind framework and prepare young people to work toward racial justice. If we commit to collectively trying to talk about race with young children, we can lean on one another for support as we, together, envision a world where we actively challenge racism. Link to Race Conscious Resources
The UNHRC – www.unrefugees.org
The UNHRC provides direct aid to refugees, helps them build new lives, and educates people about the different types of refugees in the world and what they can do to help. Link to “What Is A Refugee?” Fact Sheet
Refuge America – www.refugeamerica.org
A resource for LGBTQ displaced people in America, Refuge America is on a mission to redefine what it means to be a socially conscious, globally focused, and locally oriented LGBTQ citizen. Link to Blog Archives