Sources of support

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• The Proud Trust  is an organisation that helps LGBT+ young people empower themselves, to make a positive change for themselves, and their communities.  
• Available to buy (for £1.20 with a mini guide at just 30p) from The Proud Trust, Faith in Yourself - a pamphlet exploring what it's like to be LGBT+ and a person of faith.
• Galop is an LGBT+ anti-violence charity, supporting all LGBT+ people who've experienced hate crime, domestic abuse or sexual violence
• Diverse Church - Top Tips for the safety and nurture of young people
• TransBareAll is an organisation that believes in improving the health and wellbeing of trans people.
• Twilight People is a project that discovers and celebrates the hidden history of transgender and gender-variant people of faith in the UK past and present. 
• Gendered Intelligence Guide for Parents and Families of Young Trans People
• Gendered Intelligence Good Practice Tips for Working with Young Trans People
• Stonewall is an organisation that campaigns for the rights of LGBT+ people. Its LGBT-Inclusive RHSE Guide for Schools might provide useful insight in a wider setting.
• Also from Stonewall, an Introduction to supporting LGBT+ children and young people and a Glossary of terms.
• The Methodist Church Definition and Guidance on Homophobia is a useful document.
• From the Church of England, Valuing all God’s Children: Guidance for Church of England Schools in Tackling Homophobic, Biphobic and Transphobic bullying.
• From the Catholic Education Service, Made in God’s Image: Challenging Homophobia and Biphobia in Catholic Schools. 

Further reading/listening:

• The Pride and Progress podcast, featuring stories from LGBT+ and ally educators.
• The Book of Queer Prophets, edited by Ruth Hunt, explores the question of whether it is possible to believe in God and be gay.
• Undivided, by Vicky Beeching, tells the story of her coming out as a gay Christian woman.
• Author Sarah Hagger-Holt writes fiction for young people as well as non-fiction about the LGBT+ experience.