LGBTQIA+ Resources for Pride Month, Weddings, and More!

All About Pride Month

• Everything You Need to Know About Pride Month: Learn about this annual celebration, including its history and achievements.
• What Is Pride Month? Understand Pride Month’s origins and how it is celebrated globally today to promote LGBTQ+ visibility and rights.
• About Pride Month: Discover facts about this celebration, including its traditions and history, and watch a video featuring footage of one of the earliest gay pride marches.
• The First Pride Was a Riot: The Origins of Pride Month: This article delves into the roots of Pride Month, illustrating its origins in the 1969 Stonewall uprising, and the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ rights.
• Six Things Pride Is and One Thing it Isn’t: Find out about the purpose of Pride Month and ways that everyone can support the LGBTQ+ community.
• Why Is Pride Month Celebrated in June? The historical significance of June as Pride Month stems from the date of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, which gave rise to the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
• Everything You Should Know About the Global Pride Celebration: Here’s a detailed exploration of the past and present of Pride, including the largest Pride marches in the world and the creation of the rainbow flag.

Youth and Family Resources

• A Guide to Understanding LGBTQ+ Identities: Parents and friends can learn the basics of what different LGBTQ+ identities are with this resource.
• How to Navigate Coming Out on Either Side of the Conversation: Coming out can be stressful for both the person coming out and those they’re coming out to, who may worry about saying the wrong thing or feel like they don’t know the best way to be supportive.
• COLAGE: If you’re a child of LGBTQ+ parents, this organization can help you find a supportive community of people with similar experiences.
• Tips for Parents and Guardians of Transgender Youth: Read this tip sheet to get help with understanding and supporting a trans child.

Support Groups

• PFLAG Connects Communities: Family members of LGBTQ+ people and members of the community themselves can find support and learn from people with similar experiences through PFLAG’s virtual meetings.
• 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth Group: This support group for 2SLGBTQIA+ teens meets online every other week to provide focused discussion as well as social opportunities.
• How to Start a GSA: Students who don’t have a supportive community at their school can make one by forming a GSA.
• Rainbow Families Support Groups: Find a variety of different online support groups on this page, including groups focused on adoption, divorce, and grief.

Legal Resources

• NCLR: Founded as the National Center for Lesbian Rights, this national legal organization is dedicated to advocating for the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals and their families.
• National Immigrant Justice Center: NIJC provides critical legal services for low-income immigrants, including those in the LGBT community and those living with HIV.
• Transgender Law Center: Transgender and gender-nonconforming people face unique legal obstacles, and this organization is at the forefront of standing up for trans rights.
• Advocates for Trans Equality: This leading organization fights for transgender individuals’ legal and political rights in America, working to shift society toward full equality.
• GLAD Law: For four decades, this nonprofit has been working to end discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV status, or gender expression in the United States.
• Lambda Legal: Lambda Legal has been helping LGBTQ+ individuals and people living with HIV to fight for equality for more than 50 years.

LGBTQIA+ Weddings and Events

• How to Find LGBTQ-Friendly Wedding Vendors: Find supportive professionals to help with your wedding using the advice in this article.
• LGBTQ+ Couples Share How They Personalized Their Wedding Ceremony: If the traditional wedding vows aren’t authentic to who you are and what you intend your marriage to be like, don’t be afraid to change things up.
• How to Handle Questions From Family About the Wedding: Planning a wedding can be stressful for anyone, but LGBTQ+ couples often deal with added stress due to other people’s questions and expectations.
• Trans Couples Are Reimagining What Weddings Can Be: The traditionally cisnormative institution of marriage doesn’t have to feel like it wasn’t really made for you. Learn how trans couples have made their weddings inclusive and joyous occasions that reflected who they are in this article.
• Insuring Your Rings and Your Wedding: Find out how you can protect yourself in the event of a wedding-related mishap with engagement ring insurance for your jewelry and wedding insurance for your big day.
• Top Destinations for LGBTQ+ Honeymoons: Find somewhere where you can have a truly relaxing and enjoyable honeymoon with your new spouse.

Mental Health Resources

• Trans Lifeline: Find support from a fellow trans person anytime you need it with Trans Lifeline, a nonprofit focused on supporting, protecting, and respecting trans people.
• The Trevor Project: The Trevor Project provides 24/7 confidential crisis support with trained counselors as well as an array of other resources for the LGBTQ+ community, including support groups and advocacy efforts.
• How Do I Find LGBTQ-Friendly Therapy? Mental Health America offers advice on how to find an affirming therapist on this page.
• IMI Stress Guide: Life in a heteronormative and cisnormative world can be stressful, taking a toll on your mental health that can also affect your physical well-being. Learn more about the challenges and effects you may experience and what you can do to take care of yourself.
• 988 Lifeline: The 988 Lifeline is always there to provide mental health support, including help for people in the LGBTQI+ community.

LGBTQIA+ Scholarships

• LEAGUE Foundation Scholarships: High school seniors can apply to this program to get help covering the cost of their first year of college.
• Point Foundation Flagship Scholarship: Both LGBTQ+ students and allies are eligible for this scholarship, which can help pay for undergraduate or graduate education.
• Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant: This program supports the study of family psychology with a focus on LGBTQ+ families, offering $10,000 to help pay for graduate school.
• Stonewall Scholarships: The Stonewall Community Foundation offers multiple scholarship programs to help LGBTQ+ students.
• University of Edinburgh Positive Action for LGBTQ+ MSc Scholarship: If you’re interested in studying abroad, you can apply for this program that offers £10,000 to graduate business students at the University of Edinburgh.
• Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship Award: Leroy F. Aarons was a journalist who focused on covering the LGBTQ+ community, and this scholarship aims to help students who want to follow in his footsteps.
• Missouri Courage Scholarship: This scholarship is open to all graduating high school seniors in Missouri pursuing higher education who have worked to advance the cause of LGBTQ+ equality.
• The Markowski-Leach Scholarship: Students studying or planning to study at select California universities can apply for this award.
• Scholarships and Resources for LGBTQIA+ Students: Learn more about some of the programs available to help LGBTQIA+ students nationwide to afford college.