Internet Resources for Queer Culture, Health and Community

We Need Queer Youth Space Seattle
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/qysseattle
kyler0@uw.edu
A tribute to Queer Youth Space, this fan page is a platform to advance trans, queer, and gnc folks of color and progressive movements.

Community United Against Violence
Website: www.cuav.org
Their mission is to prevent and respond to violence against and within our diverse LGBTQQ communities. They accomplish this through peer-based counseling, direct assistance, education and outreach, grassroots organizing, and policy advocacy.

The Daily Queer News
Website: www.dailyqueernews.com
Daily headlines from the nation’s leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender newspapers, mags and blogs.

Forge
Website: www.forge-forward.org
FORGE is a Milwaukee-based, progressive organization whose mission is to support, educate and advocate for the rights and lives of transgender individuals and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies).

Intersex Initiative – Portland
Website: www.ipdx.org
Portland, Oregon based national activist and advocacy organization for people born with intersex conditions.

Intersex Society of North America
Website: www.isna.org
The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.

The Network la Red
Website: www.tnlr.org
The Network la Red is a survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, BDSM, polyamorous, and queer communities.

The Northwest Network
Website: www.nwnetwork.org
Offers free and confidential support for LGBT survivors of abuse and their friends and families.

The Rainbow Center – Olympia
Website: www.rainbowcenteroly.org
A virtual community center for Olympia and surrounding communities, serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allied people.

Safe Schools Coalition
Website: www.safeschoolscoalition.org
The Safe Schools Coalition is an international public-private partnership in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth, that is working to help schools – at home and all over the world – become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.

The Survivor Project
Website: https://iambecauseweare.wordpress.com/the-survivor-project-intersex-and-trans-survivors-of-sexual-and-domestic-violence/
Dedicated to addressing the needs of intersex and trans survivors of domestic and sexual violence through caring action, education and expanding access to resources and to opportunities for action.

Trans Student Educational Resources
Website: www.transstudent.org
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. In addition to our focus on creating a more trans-friendly education system, our mission is to educate the public and teach trans activists how to be effective organizers. We believe that justice for trans and gender nonconforming youth is contingent on an intersectional framework of activism. Ending oppression is a long-term process that can only be achieved through collaborative action.

TransYouth Family Allies
Website: www.imatyfa.org
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.

Youth Guardian Services
Website: www.youth-guard.org
Youth Guardian Services is a youth-run organization that provides support services on the Internet to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and straight supportive youth.

GLBTNearMe
Website: www.glbtnearme.org/
Directly access the nation’s largest collection of 15,000 GLBT resources.

Quit Smoking Community
Website: https://QuitSmokingCommunity.org/
Supports a tobacco-free lifestyle

Vaping Daily
Website: https://vapingdaily.com/support/lgbt-community/
Works to reduce the number of smokers in the LGBT community

Understanding Online Bullying and Cyberbullying