Raising Kids Family Dynamics LGBTQ+ Families The Parents Guide to Supporting LGBTQIA+ Kids It’s a duty for all parents and caregivers to affirm, support, and lift up LGBTQIA+ kids and families—here are tools, articles, tips, and real-life stories to help you take action and create a more inclusive community for all children. By Amber Leventry Amber Leventry Instagram Twitter Amber Leventry is editor, news & trends at Parents and a seasoned writer who has focused much of their career on writing about parenting through a queer lens. They advocate for all LGBTQIA+ individuals and are a professional inclusivity educator. They have three kids, two are twins. None of them are quiet. our editorial guidelines Published on June 7, 2021 Reviewed by Varuna Srinivasan, MBBS, MPH, FRSPH Reviewed by Varuna Srinivasan, MBBS, MPH, FRSPH Instagram Website Varuna Srinivasan is a gender justice activist, writer, sexual health consultant, and co-chair of the Women's Mental Health Conference at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. learn more Share Tweet Pin Email A Call to Action for Pride Month: Parents, It's Your Time to Show Up Members of the LGBTQIA+ community including youth themselves are using every resource possible to fiercely advocate for their rights. We need parents and advocates to be loud allies for progress. Pride needs to happen every day and queer folks—especially our youth—shouldn't have to fight so hard. By Amber Leventry READ IT HERE Getty Images. Art: Caitlin-Marie Miner Ong and Jillian Sellers. Amber Leventry, guest editor The LGBTQIA+ community is like a prism: when given the proper light, it shines in infinite beautiful colors into a variety of angles. — Amber Leventry, guest editor Coming Out What I Wish Parents Would Do When Their Kid Comes Out Yes, Queer Kids Can Grow Up With Faith and Church—But It Takes a Village From Gen Z to Gen X, How Different Generations Talk About Gender Identity Coming Out Is About More Than Who Your Child Dates: They're Inviting You to Understand Their True Selves As more adults living their authentic lives in queer relationships have children, kids are navigating the unique experience of coming out to a parent who can relate to their journey. Coming Out After I Had Kids Made Our Family Stronger Kids Often Come Out to Their Parents Last and That's Okay Support What It Means to Be an LGBTQ+ Ally-And How to Raise One 3 Ways to Make Your Child's School More LGBTQ+ Friendly 5 Ways You Can Support Your Child Who Is Exploring Their Gender or Sexual Identity How Parents Can Best Empower and Support Their LGBTQ Child It's Your Duty to Support Your LGBTQ+ Child's Mental Health, Here's How Supporting Your LGBTQ+ Teen While They're Living Away From Home What Foster Parents Need To Know About Adopting and Affirming a Queer Child How To Support Parents of Transgender Kids in Your Community How Catholic Parents Can Better Support Their LGBTQ+ Children What It Means When Your Teen Says They're Asexual and How to Support Them Gender Pronouns Explained, And Why You Should Absolutely Respect Kids When They Change Them How Grandparents Can Be There For Their Queer Children and Grandchildren Education LGBTQ+ History in Schools: Why Teachers Need to Prioritize Queer Visibility in Classrooms Finding the Right Label For Your Child's Identity Helps Them Feel Seen I'm a Teen Who Is Nonbinary: Here's What I Wish Parents Would Know About Gender It's About Time We Made Sex Ed And Pediatric Health Care LGBTQ+ Friendly The Perils of Navigating the Transgender Health Care System as a Parent Parents, We Need to Change the Way We Discuss Gender, Sexuality, and Identity 13 LGBTQ+ Celebrities and Public Figures Who Are Amazing Role Models for Kids 36 Gender Inclusive Books for Kids and Teens For more resources and support, visit TheTrevorProject, Suicide Prevention Hotline, Born This Way Foundation, The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender National Hotline, Family Equality Council, Trans Lifeline, PLFAG, TextCrisesline.org, PleaseStay, itgetsbetter.org, and Qchatspace.org. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit