How To Support LGBTQ+ Youth This Pride Month

This Pride month, as the Supreme Court ruled to allow states to ban medical care for trans youth and a national suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth was shuttered, nonprofits led by and for LGBTQ+ communities have risen to meet the moment. From advocating for LGBTQ+ rights to maintaining life-saving crisis intervention phone lines, these organizations fill crucial gaps to make sure that youth are protected and able to live authentically. They’re not backing down, and neither can we.

This June, we’re calling on our community to support the groups working to support LGBTQ+ youth — and to keep supporting them throughout the year. Tides is proud to be the 5th-largest funder of LGBTQ+ issues in the US, and we’ve put together a short list of current or former Tides Foundation grantees working to build a world where LGBTQ+ youth can thrive. Support them if you can, or find a local organization to support directly in your own community. LGBTQ+ advocates give their all every day to protect LGBTQ+ communities. It’s time for funders to do the same.

Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund

Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund fights for the legal and political rights of transgender people in America. Leveraging decades of experience on the frontlines of power, they shift government and society towards a future where the trans community is no less than equal.

Campaign for Southern Equality

Campaign for Southern Equality is working to build a South where LGBTQ+ people are equal in every part of life and where your zip code doesn’t determine your rights. The Campaign offers funding and training to the next generation of LGBTQ+ leaders and provides resources and direct service to LGBTQ+ folks in the South.

GLSEN

GLSEN works to ensure that LGBTQ+ students can learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment. GLSEN’s national network of educators, students, and local chapters believes that together we can transform our nation’s schools into the safe and affirming environment all youth deserve.

It Gets Better

It Gets Better envisions a world where all LGBTQ+ youth are free to live equally, connect to their communities, and know their power as individuals. It Gets Better aims to connect with LGBTQ+ youth before they experience crisis, connecting them to community and equipping them with the language, tools and resources they need to better navigate adolescence and their unique sexual orientation and/or gender identity journey.

Point Foundation

Point Foundation provides financial support, leadership training, mentoring, and community to LGBTQ+ college students from around the world. Their work improves the representation of LGBTQ+ people and allies in nearly every industry, ensuring that LGBTQ+ people have a voice and are provided equal access and opportunity in every sector.

Transcending Adolescence

Transcending Adolescence’s summer camps and year-round retreats encourage transgender and gender-diverse youth to experience the power of community and the great outdoors in a safe, welcoming environment. Their mission is to empower and build resilience amongst trans and gender diverse youth, giving them the confidence and skills they need not only to survive, but to thrive.

Transgender Law Center

Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity and expression.

Trans Justice Funding Project (TJFP)

Trans Justice Funding Project (TJFP) is a community-run trust that funds trans-led grassroots organizations in the US and US territories who exist to serve and improve the lives of their local and national trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary communities. TJFP is staffed by all trans and non-binary individuals who are Black, Brown, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).

Trans Lifeline

Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Trans Student Educational Resources

Trans Student Educational Resources is a youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender non-conforming students through advocacy and empowerment. Founded in 2011, it is the only national organization led by trans youth.

The Trevor Project

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. In addition to crisis services, The Trevor Project engages in advocacy work, provides peer support, conducts research for policymakers and work with educators to understand the needs of LGBTQ+ young people.

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