Saro Helpinstill
Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Helpinstill Healing, PLLC • 512-826-4842
Please note I am not taking new clients at this time.
Resource List for the LGBTQ+ Community
( an evolving collection by Saro Helpinstill, LPC, LMFT -with help from my friends )
Please email me…
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for local referrals such as therapists, doctors and other support.
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to give me a heads up about any issues with the links.
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to contribute to the list.
Categories below -
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LGBTQ Youth
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Trans*
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General Health / HIV & AIDS / Substance Use
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Other Information
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For Therapists
LGBTQ Youth
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
Works to ensure that LGBT students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment
Gender Spectrum Youth
Helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens
HRC doc “Preventing Substance Abuse Among LGBTQ Teens”
www.hrc.org/resources/preventing-substance-abuse-among-lgbtq-teens
HRC doc “Supporting and Caring for our Bisexual Youth”
www.hrc.org/youth-report/supporting-and-caring-for-our-bisexual-youth#
It Gets Better Project
Out Youth
Offers programs and services including counseling for LGBTQ+ youth in Central Texas
Spiritual Pride Project (SPP)
Exists to create a welcoming and safe community for youth and young adults of all sexual orientations and gender identities to experience and share spirituality, community and acceptance.
Trans Youth Family Allies
Empowers young people and their families through support, education, & outreach about gender identity & expression
The Trevor Project
Provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth
Trans*
30+ Examples of cisgender privilege
“If you identify with the gender you were assigned at birth, here are a bunch of unearned benefits you get that many folks do not.”
www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2011/11/list-of-cisgender-privileges/
ACLU
Transgender Rights
Central Texas Transgender Society
Check It Out Guys
Provides info on cervical health for trans men
Female-To-Male International
Femaletomale.org
Forge Forward
Supports, educates and advocates for the rights and lives of transgender individuals and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies)
Hudson’s FTM Resource Guide
Lambda Legal – Bending the Mold (action kit for transgender students)
www.lambdalegal.org/publications/bending-the-mold
National Center for Transgender Equality
www.transequality.org
Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit
"a grassroots effort to look at strategic approaches to the issues of social justice and policy implementation in regards to the concepts of gender identity and gender expression"
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community
Book by Laura Erickson-Schroth
Transgender 101
Book by Nicholas M. Teich (Who also runs a summer camp in New England for Trans* youth)
Transgender Education Network of Texas
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 or expression
Transgender Resource Page at Human Rights Campaign
www.hrc.org/topics/transgender
Transgender People and Importance of Legal Planning (HRC doc)
www.hrc.org/resources/transgender-people-and-marriage-the-importance-of-legal-planning
“Why I Must Come Out” Ted Talk by Geena Rocero
www.ted.com/talks/geena_rocero_why_i_must_come_out
WPATH - The World Professional Association for Transgender Health
Standards of Care Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People (7th Version)
www.wpath.org “Publications” tab
General Health / HIV & AIDS / Substance Use
Austin Roundup
“LGBTQ conference where all are welcome to celebrate sobriety”
Other Roundups http://gal-aa.org/events/
Austin Galano Club
Offers meeting spaces and social events for LGBTQ & Allies in recovery
AIDS Services of Austin
Gay Men’s Health
Gays and Lesbians in AA
Schedules of meetings world-wide
www.gal-aa.org/meetings/meeting-listing/
Health HIV
Hill Country Intergroup
24-Hour Hotline & Information 512-444-0071
Info about local 12 Step meetings and conferences; opportunities for service work
www.austinaa.org/meetings/ “Meeting Type” menu – select options including “LGBT Friendly,” “Atheist / Agnostic,” “Beginner”
HRC’s resources on HIV and AIDS
www.hrc.org/explore/topic/hiv-aids
Online Intergroup of AA
www.aa-intergroup.org/directory_specialty.php?code=glbt
Other Information
30+ Examples of heterosexual privilege
www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/01/29-examples-of-heterosexual-privilege/
ACLU – LGBT Rights
www.aclu.org/issues/lgbt-rights?redirect=lgbt-rights
ALLGO
“A statewide queer people of color organization”
The American Military Partner Association
Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Austin Gay and Lesbian Senior Services
Bisexual Network of Austin
Bisexual Resource Center
Equality Texas
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Works with print, broadcast and online news sources to bring people powerful stories from the LGBT community that build support for equality
Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) at UT Austin
www.ddce.utexas.edu/genderandsexuality/
Human Rights Campaign
HRC doc: “What the Bible says about homosexuality. What the Bible says about marriage.”
www.hrc.org/resources/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality
HRC doc: “A Christian Conversation Guide: Creating Safe and Inclusive Spaces for People who are LGBT.”
www.hrc.org/resources/a-christian-conversation-guide
Intersex Society of North America
Lambda Legal
Committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
“The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the ground up”
National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
PFLAG
Parents, Families, Friends, and Allies United with LGBT People to Move Equality Forward
For Therapists
Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling
[A Division of American Counseling Association]
Competencies for Counseling LGBQQIA Individuals
Competencies for Counseling Transgender Clients
www.algbtic.org/competencies.html
WPATH - The World Professional Association for Transgender Health
Standards of Care Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People (7th Version)
www.wpath.org “Publications” tab
