Since you’re LGBTQA+/SGL, you have a special role to play in a queer or trans young person’s life. In addition to everything else in the "Ideas for" section, you can…

  • Listen to their stories and learn how their lives differ from your own.
  • Find out their hopes and fears about being queer and/or trans.
  • If relevant, model what a changing, evolving identity can look like. Let them follow along and support you as you continue to discover yourself.
  • Follow their lead in what their changing, evolving identity looks like.
"Just as you want me to respect you, I want you to respect me, and if you don't, I won't do it in return."

"There are many ways to be queer and trans and things shift and change and there's no one right way to look or act."

Two teenagers are standing in a field. The taller one, who could be a girl or a trans boy or non-binary, has brown skin and is kissing the forehead of the shorter one, who is white and presents as a girl.

Image by Emily Heidt from Pixabay.

"LGBTQA+/same-gender loving adults in my life have shown support for my struggles despite not being in the exact same situation. They were the first to support me when I started transitioning."
"My gay moms encourage me and help me figure out parts of my identity and what being gay means for me."

Ideas for LGBTQA+/SGL adults

Ideas for LGBTQA+/SGL adults

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