Protecting Your Transgender Child - Resources

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• Lambda Legal (includes FAQ for parents and guardians)

  • lambdalegal.org

  • lambdalegal.org/helpdesk

  • lambdalegal.org/sites/default/files/publications/downloads/texas_fact_sheet_on_gender-affirming_care_for_families_ll.pdf

• ACLU Texas

  • aclutx.org/en/request-legal-assistance

  • intake.aclutx.org

• NCLR

  • nclrights.org/get-help

• Foster Care Advocacy Center

  • fcactexas.org/contact​

  • 713-814-3930 

• Child Protective Services Investigations 

  • dfps.state.tx.us/Investigations/default.asp

• Emphasizing and Empowering the T in LGBTQ for Allies and Transgender People in Tech (University of Denver)

  • bootcamp.du.edu/blog/transgender-people-in-tech

• Equality Texas

  • equalitytexas.org

• GLAAD Transgender Resources

  • glaad.org/transgender/resources

• Handbook for Families Involved with Child Protective Services 

  • texaslawhelp.org/article/handbook-for-families-involved-with-child-protective-services-cps

• Handbook for Families Involved with Child Protective Services

  • texaslawhelp.org/article/handbook-for-families-involved-with-child-protective-services-cps

• Human Rights Campaign

  • hrc.org/resources/lgbtq-youth/p2

• PFLAG

  • pflag.org

• Transgender Texans (comprehensive regularly updated collection of Texas Tribune stories)

  • texastribune.org/series/transgender-texans/

• Texas Children’s Commission Resource Guide

  • texaschildrenscommission.gov/media/1155/final-online-pdf.pdf

• Transgender Education Network of Texas

  • transtexas.org/services

• TransYouth Family Allies (General resources including safe folder information)

  • imatyfa.org

• The Trevor Project (provides 24/7 support for transgender and non-binary youth)

  • thetrevorproject.org

• New York Times (supporting a transgender child)

  • nytimes.com/2022/03/15/well/family/support-child-gender-identity-trans-non-binary.html

• KQED (research overview)

  • kqed.org/futureofyou/441784/the-controversial-research-on-desistance-in-transgender-youth

• Washington Post (overview)

  • washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/22/transgender-child-sports-treatments/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_34