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Pediatric Gender & Sexual Health Patient Resources

Gender-Inclusive Health Education

Resources for Parents and Educators

Gender Spectrum's Principles for Gender and Inclusive Puberty and Health Education is the first-ever comprehensive approach to gender education for puberty health educators.

Children's Books about Bodies and Puberty

The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families by Rachel Simon
Sex is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings and YOU by Cory Silverberg
What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg
The Gender Wheel: A Story about Bodies and Gender for Everybody by Maya Christina Gonzalez

Gender-Affirming Faith Resources

Christian

First openly Trans Lutheran Pastor
LGBTQ+ friendly Lutheran leader
Transgender Christian leader
Trans Mission Ministry Collective

Jewish

Keshet - LGBTQ equality in Jewish life

Non-Denominational

Trans Faith online
Queer Grace

Reading

Bible and the Transgender Experience: How Scripture Supports Gender Variance by Linda Tatro Herzer
Nonbinary Gender and the Diverse Beauty of Creation by Austen Hartke
Responding responsibly as parents of transgender children: Three dynamic movements
Transgender People in the Christian Family by Arabella Stevenson
Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture by Mark A. Yarhouse
What does God Think? Transgender People and the Bible by Cheryl B. Evans
When God Made You by Matthew Turner

Additional Resources

Advocacy

Gender Diversity
MN Q Youth
OutFront Minnesota
TransYouth Family Allies

Support Groups

Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) LGBTQ Support Group:
PFLAG (parents, friends, family and allies of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual persons)

Transforming Families Minnesota

Therapy Groups

RECLAIM Gender Exploration Group
Queer Space Collective

Legal Support

African American youth boys participating in Pride activities

National Center for Transgender Equality

A one-stop hub for name and gender change information. Find out how to update your name and gender on state and federal IDs and records.

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Transgender Name Change Clinic

Robins Kaplan LLP is partnering with OutFront Minnesota to host a free, remote LGBTQ legal clinic to assist transgender individuals seeking to change their names. In this brief legal advice clinic, volunteer attorneys will walk clients through the name change process and help them draft legal forms to start the name change process.

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Outfront MN

OutFront Minnesota’s mission is to create a state where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are free to be who they are, love who they love, and live without fear of violence, harassment, or discrimination.

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Lamda Legal

Lamda Legal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

Transgender Law Center

Transgender Law Center the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, we employ a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.