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GLSEN
GLSEN is an awareness organization working to conclude discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression and to prompt LGBT cultural inclusion and awareness in K-12 schools.
Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign is the largest LGBTQ advocacy organization and LGBTQ political lobbying organization in the Joined States.
It Gets Improve
The It Gets Surpass Project’s mission is to uplift, empower, and combine lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth around the globe.
National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Center for Transsexual Equality is the nation's leading social justice support organization winning life-saving alter for transgender people.
Poly Amiable Professionals
Directory of various professionals who have experience and/or training in the distinct needs of the polyamorous community.
resources for the autistic community
At akt we understand that there are many contributing factors to a young LGBTQ+ person’s homelessness. We think it’s important to highlight the intersectional issues faced by young people, and to offer back, community and advice.
Many of the juvenile people we back are neurodivergent and autistic, and we will be flexible in how we communicate and function with you to suit your needs.
In this resource we will also be signposting to charities and groups that can help Autistic young people direct their mental health and find protected spaces to articulate themselves.
offer a lgbtq+ support group who meet weekly via zoom, as adequately as other events such as helping out at an allotment in the Reading area.
is a social group for autistic adults and people with knowledge disabilities from the LGBTQ+ community. They meet weekly in Leeds city centre.
is a specialist service for LGBTQ+ people that has a mental health center, learning new skills in a supportive atmosphere.
are a social group for Homosexual people with education disabilities.
have a variety of community groups from performing arts to gardening.
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Autistic and Neurodivergent Programme Launch Announcement
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LGBT Foundation is excited to proclaim the launch of a brand-new Community Programme focusing on the needs of Queer autistic and neurodivergent people!
We are active with our colleagues at the National Autistic Society (https://www.autism.org.uk/) to develop this new programme, and GMCVO (https://www.gmcvo.org.uk) will be funding the programme as part of their Inclusion Grant to Support Deaf and Disabled People. It will fund a fixed designation, part time coordinator role to grow and run the programme, with the added aim of further proving the demand for this function in the longer term.
We have consulted with LGBTQ+ neurodivergent community members in the development of this programme, and used their knowledge to shape how we aim to expand this work in the future. The programme will focus on creating approachable social spaces for autistic and neurodivergent LGBTQ+ people. Some of these spaces will be unstructured in how people can socialise and meet others, whereas other spac
Practical Strategies for Parenting Autistic LGBTQIA+ Young People
Written by Anna Cristina with Emma Marsh
Autistic people do a lot of things differently to their non-autistic peers.
It is little wonder, then, that Autistic people can experience gender differently. A 2020 study found that Autistic individuals show greater diversity in gender persona and sexuality than the general population, with autism being three to six times more common among those who do not identify with their assigned sex at birth.
Given this strong intersection, it’s life-giving that we understand how to better support Autistic people who identify outside of conventional gender norms.
Below, The Autistic Realm Australia director and proudly Autistic parent of an Autistic, transgender child, Anna Cristina, shares her practical consultation based on her retain experience and the joint experience of the society groups she’s been running for more than five years.
“The link between gender diversity and Autism is strong, it’s valid, it’s well evidenced. It’s been researched for over ten years now,” says Anna. “Autistic people do gender differently.”
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Autistic individuals face many challenges in life, which can be exacerbated if they belong to another people such as the LGBTQIA+ community. This month’s Resource Spotlight identifies resources to support individuals who are both autistic and a part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN) is a group working to provide community, support, and resources to autistic women, girls, and trans people of all genders. Their Before You Go: Enabling Access to Healthcare for Autistic Trans People in Healthcare webinar features four panelists from AWN and the National LGBTQ Task Force:
- Kayley Whelan, an independent communications consultant whose worked with organizations committed to social justice
- Finn Gardiner, a disability rights activist
- Noor Pervez, a community organizer who has worked at the intersection of race, religion, and disability
- Victoria Rodriguez-Roldan, a senior policy manager for AIDS United
The panelists consider Before You Go: Understand Your Rights and What to Expect at the Doctor and in the Hospital, a guide for trans autistic people, as well as informing listeners about autistic trans access to healt
News and Knowledge
Autistic individuals face many challenges in life, which can be exacerbated if they belong to another people such as the LGBTQIA+ community. This month’s Resource Spotlight identifies resources to support individuals who are both autistic and a part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN) is a group working to provide community, support, and resources to autistic women, girls, and trans people of all genders. Their Before You Go: Enabling Access to Healthcare for Autistic Trans People in Healthcare webinar features four panelists from AWN and the National LGBTQ Task Force:
- Kayley Whelan, an independent communications consultant whose worked with organizations committed to social justice
- Finn Gardiner, a disability rights activist
- Noor Pervez, a community organizer who has worked at the intersection of race, religion, and disability
- Victoria Rodriguez-Roldan, a senior policy manager for AIDS United
The panelists consider Before You Go: Understand Your Rights and What to Expect at the Doctor and in the Hospital, a guide for trans autistic people, as well as informing listeners about autistic trans access to healt