PBC NOW shares these resources as part of our mission to advocate for the LGBTIAQX+ Community. Visit often as this page grows every week. Please email us at [email protected] if you wish to add to this informational list.
Compass Community Center: https://compassglcc.com/ Compass Resources include A Glossary of Terms and full workshops on multiple LGBTQIA+ topics.
It Gets Better Project – Inspiring LGBTQ+ Youth: https://itgetsbetter.org
Kate Bornstein: “All roads in life lead nowhere. So you might as well choose the road that has the most heart and is the most fun.”
From PBS IndependentLens Aug 11, 2015: An Interactive MAP OF GENDER-DIVERSE CULTURES; Click around for regional info
From Human Rights Watch July 30, 2020: First US Hospital Pledges to End Intersex Surgeries
From THEM.us Aug 7, 2020: Black LGBTQ+ People More Likely to Be Financially Impacted by COVID-19
From THEM.us Aug 10, 2020: Federal Court Rules Transgender Students Must Have Equal Access to Bathrooms
From THEM.us Aug 12, 2020: Kamala Harris Names Black Lesbian Chief of Staff
From THEM.us Aug 24, 2020: I May Destroy You Is Sparking Nuanced Conversations About Black Male Sexual Assault
From IT’S BEEN A MINUTE WITH SAM SANDERS Aug 25, 2020: ‘Pose’ Star Billy Porter: ‘Love Always Wins’
From NYTimes Sept 3, 2020: Transgender People Face New Legal Fight After Supreme Court Victory
From NYTimes Sept 8, 2020: What I Learned as a Parent of a Transgender Child
From THEM.us Sept 13, 2020: 10 Ways to Dismantle the Gender Binary
From Swell Sept Sept 23, 2020: Busting Harmful Myths about Bisexuality
From THEM.us Oct 1, 2020: Trump Thinks LGBTQ+ People Love Him? New Poll Says, “LOL”
From TeenVogue.com Oct 15, 2020: On GLAAD’s Spirit Day, 10 LGBTQ People Explain How to Cope With Bullying
From THEM.us Nov 1, 2020: 1 in 10 LGBTQ+ Youth Identify As Asexual, According to New Research
From TeenVogue.com Nov 20, 2020: Laverne Cox on Trans Awareness Week, the Culture War, and Inclusivity
From THEM.us Nov 21, 2020: TV’s First Queer, Black Batwoman Is Coming
From Allure Nov 23, 2020: Why I Didn’t Tell My Doctor I’m Trans Before My Abortion
From CNN Dec 1, 2020: Ellen Page Transitions and Introduces Elliott Page
From THEM.us Dec 2, 2020: “Shine on, Sweet E”: Elliot Page’s Wife Writes Heartfelt Note Supporting His Transition
From THEM.us Dec 11, 2020: The NYPD Targets Trans People For Simply Existing. These Lawmakers Want to Stop It.
From THEM.us Jan 11, 2021: Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Gut LGBTQ+ Asylum Claims Before Leaving Office
From Wired.com Feb 11, 2021: Games Don’t Judge You for Expressing Your True Self
From THEM.us Feb 19, 2021: A Hate Group Is Reportedly Behind 2021’s Dangerous Wave of Anti-Trans Bills
From THEM.us Feb 23, 2021: Yes, There Are Queer Royals
From THEM.us feb 23, 2021: 7 Trans People Have Already Been Killed Less Than Two Months Into 2021
From THEM.us Feb 24, 2021: 50% of Gen Zers Believe Traditional Gender Norms Are Outdated
From THEM.us Mar 5, 2021: South Dakota Revives Anti-Trans Sports Bill After It Was Killed in Committee
From THEM.us Mar 5, 2021: How To Affirm the People in Your Life Who Use Multiple Sets of Pronouns
From THEM.us Mar 11, 2021: North Carolina Schools Will Now List Trans Students’ Chosen Names
From NBC News Mar 16, 2021: For some queer teens, school clubs were their only safe space. Covid upended that.
From NYTimes Apr 2, 2021: How Do I Define My Gender if No One Is Watching Me?
From THEM.us April 22, 2021: Montana, North Carolina Kill Bills Targeting Medical Care for Trans Youth
From THEM.us May 26, 2021: Texas Bill Banning Trans Student Athletes From Sports Has Likely Been Defeated
From The New Yorker June 2, 2021: In “Flamenco Queer,” Manuel Liñán plays with gender, transforming both his appearance and a traditional art.
From TeenVogue.com June 4, 2021: Male Teachers in Spain Wear Skirts to Support Student Bullied for His Fashion Choices
From THEM.us June 5, 2021: Chick-fil-A’s Owner Is Bankrolling Hate Groups Targeting Trans Kids
From THEM.us June 9, 2021: Young Hollywood is coming out in droves, and earlier in their careers than stars of previous generations.
From THEM.us June 16, 2021: These 25 Major Corporations Are Bankrolling Extreme Anti-LGBTQ+ Politicians
From NYTimes June 17, 2021: I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This, but You Are Bi Enough
From THEM.us June 17, 2021: Bisexual Girls Are More Likely to Experience Sexual Harassment at School
From The Lily, a Washington Post publication, June 8, 2021: The pandemic empowered me to realize I’m nonbinary
From THEM.us June 16, 2021: LGBTQ+ people of color are 38% more likely to be discriminated against than white LGBTQ+ individuals.
From NPR’s It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders June 18, 2021: ACT UP: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism
From THEM.us June 22, 2021: A Groundbreaking Study Reveals There Are Over One Million Nonbinary Adults in the U.S.
From NYTimes June 30, 2021: The ‘Double Closet’: Why Some Bisexual People Struggle With Mental Health
From THEM.us July 13, 2021: This Year’s Emmy Noms Are Here and They’re Extremely Queer
From THEM.us July 27, 2021: A Record Number of Adults Know Someone Who Uses Gender-Neutral Pronouns
From TeenVogue.com July 28, 2021: DaBaby, Lil Nas X, and Homophobia in Hip Hop
From THEM.us Oct 8, 2021: High School Students Stage a Walkout to Support Gay Classmate
From THEM.us Nov 6, 2021: What Lily Cade’s Anti-Trans Screeds Reveal About TERF Logic At Large
From THEM.us Dec 20, 2021: Canada Just Made It Illegal to Subject Anyone to Conversion Therapy
From TeenVogue.com Feb 24, 2022: How Anti-Trans Bills Affect Trans Youth
From THEM.us Mar 28, 2022: Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Has Been Signed Into Law. What Now?
From THEM.us Apr 4, 2022: What Does It Mean to Be Pansexual?
From THEM.us Apr 5, 2022: This Florida Student is Taking Queer Education Into Their Own Hands
From THEM.us May 17, 2022: Chick-fil-A Owner Bankrolling Hate Groups Targeting Trans Kids
From THEM.us June 6, 2022: The Book of Queer Creator Eric Cervini Looks for the Joy in LGBTQ+ History
From THEM.us June 13, 2022: Don’t Say Gay: What School Feels Like for LGBTQ Florida Teens Now
From THEM.us July 6, 2022: A 13-Year-Old Wearing a Bisexual Flag Was Arrested While Protesting in Florida
From THEM.us July 21, 2022: Queer Wrath Month
From THEM.us. July 28, 2022: Why the Right Doesn’t Want Kids to Talk About Gender. In the end, it’s about white supremacy.
From THEM.us Sept 8, 2022: Florida’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws are ‘Intentionally Vague.’ Students Are Paying the Price
From Pitchfork.com Nov 21, 2022: Resources to Advocate For and Support LGBTQ+ Communities
From GQ.com Dec 16, 2022: Are There Legitimate Religious Objections to Insurance Coverage for Drugs That Prevent HIV Infection?
From The New Inquiry.com Dec 24, 2022: On Hating Men (And Becoming One Anyway)
From THEM.us Jan 5, 2023: Arizona’s New Governor Katie Hobbs Issued LGBTQ+ Protections on Her First Day in Office
From Self.com Jan 25, 2023: Yet Another Study Shows That Trans and Nonbinary Teens Benefit From Gender-Affirming Care
From THEM.us Feb 15, 2023: Over 200 New York Times Contributors Condemn Paper’s Anti-Trans Coverage in Open Letter
From THEM.us Feb 17, 2023: Florida University Students Plan Mass Walkout to Protest DeSantis “Destroying Our Schools”
From TeenVogue.com Feb 21, 2023: After DeSantis Criticized, Florida Teacher Fired Over Video of Empty Library Shelves
From THEM.us Mar 3, 2023: A Win: The Michigan Legislature Passed Statewide Protections for LGBTQ+ People
From THEM.us Mar 10, 2023: 6 Orgs Fighting Back Against Anti-Trans Legislation in Tennessee and Beyond
From The Conversation March 27, 2023: Gender Affirming Care has a Long History in the U.S. and not Just for Transgender People
View on Amazon Prime or Tubi from 2012, viewed April 2023: Intersexion: When a baby is born, the first question we ask. Is it a boy or a girl? What if it’s neither?
From Goodgoodgood.com, May 16, 2023: Trans Folks Share What They Wish Lawmakers Knew About Their Lives
From StoryMaps.arcgis.com, viewed May 20, 2023: Mapping diversity, equity, and inclusion
From Media Matters.org viewed June 14, 2023: LGBTQ Matters
From Human Rights Campaign, viewed June 15, 2023: National State of Emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans
From Sun Sentinel, June 20, 2023: LGBTQ activism can counter Florida’s state of hate
From NYTimes June 24, 2023: Coming Out Late — and Finding a New Life in Midlife
From THEM.us June 30, 2023: What Does It Mean To Be Nonbinary?
From NPR Fresh Air July 5, 2023: For the intersex community, ‘Every Body’ exists on a spectrum
From The Daily Beast Sept 25, 2023: California to Fine Schools That Ban Books on LGBTQ+ or Racial Issues
From popular.info Sept 26, 2023: Charlotte Co FL School District Librarians Ordered to Purge ALL Books with LGBTQ+ Characters
From Southern Poverty Law Center newsletter October 9, 2023: Freedom to Read, Freedom to Learn
From Kimberlé Crenshaw’s Internationality Matters Podcast Sept 29, 2023: All My Heros Were Stolen From Me
From The Stranger Oct 30, 2023: Anti-Trans Laws in Florida Forced a Woman to Quit Her Dream Job with NASA
From GoodGoodGood.co Nov 12, 2023: Good News Stories about Drag Queens
From THEM.us Dec 14, 2023: In All But Six Countries, Intersex People Are Not Protected from Medical Abuse
From Interactadvocates.org: Intersex Media Guide
From The Guardian April 19, 2024: Backlash after gay actor’s middle school appearance cancelled over his ‘lifestyle’
From THEM.us July 16, 2024: Florida Is Quietly Denying Transgender Residents Updated Birth Certificates
From AP News August 21, 2024: Florida quietly removes LGBTQ+ travel info from state website
From GoodGoodGood.co December 16, 2024: sheryl-lee-ralph-advocate-of-the-year
From THEM.us January 10, 2025: Zuckerberg: Oks Anti-LGBTQIA+ language
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