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    • Context: Background & Level-Setting
      • Level-setting 1: Aren’t sex and gender the same thing? What about sexuality? And what are all the other terms I’ve heard, like “pansexual” and “LGBTQA”?
      • Level-setting 2: How queer & trans tweens & teens experience life in the 2020s US
    • Hot Topics in Queer & Trans Communities
      • Advocating for political and cultural change
      • Bathrooms (and locker rooms)
      • Bullying
      • Conversion/reparative therapy
      • Gender non-conformity and autism
      • Find a fantastic therapist to help you out
      • HIV and AIDS
      • Identity labels
      • Our opponents: See them, know them, avoid them
        • Red flag language: How to tell which sources to steer clear of
        • Some specific sources you should avoid under all circumstances
      • Queer and trans joy, hope, and strengths
      • Restricting TGNC young people’s access to healthcare
      • Sex and sexuality
      • Sports and TGNC young people
      • Suicide and other crisis-related resources
      • Trump 2.0
      • Understanding identity development and changing labels
      • Vocabulary
  • Do Something!
    • Use Your…
      • Use your hearing
      • Use your sight
      • Use your speech — both written and spoken
        • Advocate for — and with — queer and trans young people
        • Names, pronouns, current events, encouraging words
      • Use your home, business, or vehicle
      • Use your money
        • Buy banned books
        • Make donations
          • Make donations to student groups
          • Make donations to queer and trans non-profits
        • Send gift cards (and thank-you cards)
        • Buy things on Transanta or Trans Meals
      • Use your passion
        • Choose books that reflect LGBTQA+/ SGL lives
        • Look for books that include some of these themes
          • Books and movies, fiction and non-fiction, should cover at least one of these topics.
          • The history of LGBTQA+/ SGL movements
        • More actions to take around banned books
      • Use your time
      • Use your problem-solving skills
      • Use your calm
        • When young people are kicked out of their home
        • When young people feel suicidal
    • Ideas For…
      • Ideas for parents or parent-type figures
        • Where parents may want to start
        • Be compassionate with yourself
        • Queer and trans media
        • Social media
        • Support your child coming out within your family
          • Work with others in your immediate family: siblings, spouses/ partners/ exes, and others
        • Realize the importance of healthcare for TGNC tweens and teens
        • Help your child connect with other queer and trans young people
        • Advocate for them in school
        • Advocate for them in sports
        • Educate your young person (and yourself) about safer sex and HIV
        • Choose open celebration over tolerance
        • Go to Pride!
        • Special resources for actual or potential foster parents
      • Ideas for mentors
        • Where mentors may want to start
        • Why mentoring overall is impactful
        • Reasons to mentor a queer or trans young person specifically
        • Find a mentee
        • Mentoring goes both ways
        • I’ve found a mentee! Now what?
        • Choose open celebration over tolerance
        • Choose from a host of fantastic activities
      • Ideas for both parents and mentors
        • Discuss challenging but important topics
        • Ideas especially for LGBTQA+/SGL parents, parental figures, and mentors
      • Ideas for other relatives
        • Overall ideas for other relatives
        • Religion
        • Siblings
        • Grandparents who aren’t parenting
        • Aunts, uncles, and cousins
        • Parents’ significant others/ stepparents
      • Ideas for friends
        • Practice makes perfect!
        • If you know you have a big problem with queerness and transness
        • If you’re not sure what to think about queer and trans people
        • If you’ve been a passionate ally/ accomplice to LGBTQA+/ SGL people for months or years
      • Ideas for educators
        • For everyone in education
          • Ways you can improve your school climate
        • Teachers
          • Teachers in a safe school and community
          • Teachers in a hostile school or community
        • Librarians
        • Counselors
        • Administrators
          • Administrators in a safe school and community
          • Administrators in a hostile school or community
        • School board members
        • A special note for LGBTQA+/ SGL people in education
      • Ideas for primary care providers
        • Critical context for primary care providers
        • For primary care providers’ young queer and trans patients
          • Make sure your office has gender-neutral restroom(s) available.
          • Have honest conversations with all your patients/ clients about their sexuality.
          • Patients/ clients who may be either in or considering entering recovery for substance use
          • Taking a broader role
        • For your young queer patients
        • For your young TGNC patients/ clients
          • Trans women, trans girls, and sex work
          • Where to get potential referrals for your TGNC patients
          • If you work or live in a state that has criminalized providing gender-affirming care to children and youth
        • Other resources for primary care providers
      • Ideas for therapists & similar mental healthcare providers
        • Why therapists are often essential for queer and trans youth
        • For therapists’ young queer and trans clients
        • For your young queer clients
        • Other resources for therapists
      • Ideas for supervisors and coworkers
      • *NEW* Ideas for child welfare workers *NEW*
      • Ideas for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
      • Ideas for other groups
        • Friends’ parents
        • Religious leaders
        • Youth group leaders
        • Camp directors and counselors
        • Neighbors
        • Parents of a teen’s significant other (i.e., my kid is dating someone who’s queer or trans)
  • Resources for Tweens to Adults
    • What Young People Want Adults To Know
      • Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Acceptance, respect, and support: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Understanding and respect: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Accept us as we are, where we are: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • You can learn to do better: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Adult homophobia and transphobia: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Pronouns: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Names (and pronouns): Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Other: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • It’s okay that we’re exploring ourselves: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Adultism: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • We know ourselves: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Don’t tell us who or what to be: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Try to decenter yourself: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Being queer or trans is not…: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Changing identities or labels and finding ourselves: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Labels: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Going through this process can be hard: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • You still need to support and respect us: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Once we’ve settled on an identity: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Coming out: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • You and me: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Coming out in general: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Discrimination and violence: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Fear: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Facing the world: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Educate yourself: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • General thoughts: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Things you might not know: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • We’re human and like everyone else: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • We aren’t…: Messages for straight, cis adults
      • Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Acceptance, respect, and support: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Accept us as we are, where we are: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Understanding and respect: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Affirmation: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You can learn to do better: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Adult homophobia and transphobia: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Pronouns: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Names (and pronouns): Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Other: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Adultism: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • We know ourselves: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Don’t tell us who or what to be: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Try to decenter yourself: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Changing identities or labels and finding ourselves: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • It’s okay that we’re exploring ourselves: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Generational label (and other) changes: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You still need to support and respect us: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Coming out (or not): Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Discrimination and violence: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Fear: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Facing the world: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Activism and community: Please help and protect us!: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Role modeling: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You give us hope: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You accept me and are there for me: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • We want to learn from you: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • It’s just so much easier to talk with you: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Challenges finding LGBTQA+/ SGL adults: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You make life better: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Things you might not know: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
      • Messages about intersecting identities: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • General intersectionality: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Foundational ideas: Definitions, hate/ racism/ privilege: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Being queer AND trans: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Yes, it’s easier to talk with people who share my other identity/ identities: Messages about intersecting identities
          • No, it’s not necessarily easier to talk with people who share my other identity/ identities: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism/neurodivergence/neurodiversity
          • The intertwining of autism with queerness and transness: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Connection and isolation: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Experiences of ableism and queer- or trans-antagonism: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Religion: Messages about intersecting identities
          • General/ unspecified religion: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Specific religions: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Disability: Messages about intersecting identities
          • General/ unspecified disability: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Specific disabilities: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Race & ethnicity: Messages about intersecting identities
          • General race/ethnicity: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Specific races & ethnicities: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Disability & religion: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Race/ethnicity & religion: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism & disability: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism & fat: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism & race: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism & religion: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism, disability, & race: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism, disability, & religion: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Language & immigration
        • Language & immigration: Messages about intersecting identities
      • About the survey
        • What you’ll find here
        • Survey participation: Who submitted, who didn’t
        • Survey process: the nitty-gritty
    • What Shannon Wants Young People to Know
      • A special note for tweens
      • A special note for teens
    • Adults: Where you can go to learn more
      • Adult resources: Advocacy/activist, education, legal, and support organizations
      • Adult resources: Books & bookstores
      • Adult resources: Facebook
      • Adult resources: Instagram
      • Adult resources: Podcasts
      • Adult resources: Religion and faith
      • Adult resources: Websites
    • Youth: Where you can go to learn more
      • Youth resources: Advocacy/ activist, education, legal, and support organizations
      • Youth resources: Books
      • Youth resources: Movies/ streaming
      • Youth resources: Podcasts
      • Youth resources: Websites
  • Contact
    • General Contact Form
    • LGBTQA+/SGL adults: Do you have a message for rainbow tweens & teens?
    • Tweens & teens: Ask Shannon to share this site with an adult in your life
    • Let’s stay in touch!
      • Your R2T2 Subscription Management Page
  • Merch!!
  • Search
  • About
    • All About R2T2
      • All about R2T2’s stock (and other) photos
    • How R2T2 is organized
      • Categories
    • FAQ
    • Glossary: LGBTQA+/ SGL vocabulary and definitions
    • About Shannon
    • Slideshow: Amazing photos of queer and trans young people
  • Context & Hot Topics
    • Context: Background & Level-Setting
      • Level-setting 1: Aren’t sex and gender the same thing? What about sexuality? And what are all the other terms I’ve heard, like “pansexual” and “LGBTQA”?
      • Level-setting 2: How queer & trans tweens & teens experience life in the 2020s US
    • Hot Topics in Queer & Trans Communities
      • Advocating for political and cultural change
      • Bathrooms (and locker rooms)
      • Bullying
      • Conversion/reparative therapy
      • Gender non-conformity and autism
      • Find a fantastic therapist to help you out
      • HIV and AIDS
      • Identity labels
      • Our opponents: See them, know them, avoid them
        • Red flag language: How to tell which sources to steer clear of
        • Some specific sources you should avoid under all circumstances
      • Queer and trans joy, hope, and strengths
      • Restricting TGNC young people’s access to healthcare
      • Sex and sexuality
      • Sports and TGNC young people
      • Suicide and other crisis-related resources
      • Trump 2.0
      • Understanding identity development and changing labels
      • Vocabulary
  • Do Something!
    • Use Your…
      • Use your hearing
      • Use your sight
      • Use your speech — both written and spoken
        • Advocate for — and with — queer and trans young people
        • Names, pronouns, current events, encouraging words
      • Use your home, business, or vehicle
      • Use your money
        • Buy banned books
        • Make donations
          • Make donations to student groups
          • Make donations to queer and trans non-profits
        • Send gift cards (and thank-you cards)
        • Buy things on Transanta or Trans Meals
      • Use your passion
        • Choose books that reflect LGBTQA+/ SGL lives
        • Look for books that include some of these themes
          • Books and movies, fiction and non-fiction, should cover at least one of these topics.
          • The history of LGBTQA+/ SGL movements
        • More actions to take around banned books
      • Use your time
      • Use your problem-solving skills
      • Use your calm
        • When young people are kicked out of their home
        • When young people feel suicidal
    • Ideas For…
      • Ideas for parents or parent-type figures
        • Where parents may want to start
        • Be compassionate with yourself
        • Queer and trans media
        • Social media
        • Support your child coming out within your family
          • Work with others in your immediate family: siblings, spouses/ partners/ exes, and others
        • Realize the importance of healthcare for TGNC tweens and teens
        • Help your child connect with other queer and trans young people
        • Advocate for them in school
        • Advocate for them in sports
        • Educate your young person (and yourself) about safer sex and HIV
        • Choose open celebration over tolerance
        • Go to Pride!
        • Special resources for actual or potential foster parents
      • Ideas for mentors
        • Where mentors may want to start
        • Why mentoring overall is impactful
        • Reasons to mentor a queer or trans young person specifically
        • Find a mentee
        • Mentoring goes both ways
        • I’ve found a mentee! Now what?
        • Choose open celebration over tolerance
        • Choose from a host of fantastic activities
      • Ideas for both parents and mentors
        • Discuss challenging but important topics
        • Ideas especially for LGBTQA+/SGL parents, parental figures, and mentors
      • Ideas for other relatives
        • Overall ideas for other relatives
        • Religion
        • Siblings
        • Grandparents who aren’t parenting
        • Aunts, uncles, and cousins
        • Parents’ significant others/ stepparents
      • Ideas for friends
        • Practice makes perfect!
        • If you know you have a big problem with queerness and transness
        • If you’re not sure what to think about queer and trans people
        • If you’ve been a passionate ally/ accomplice to LGBTQA+/ SGL people for months or years
      • Ideas for educators
        • For everyone in education
          • Ways you can improve your school climate
        • Teachers
          • Teachers in a safe school and community
          • Teachers in a hostile school or community
        • Librarians
        • Counselors
        • Administrators
          • Administrators in a safe school and community
          • Administrators in a hostile school or community
        • School board members
        • A special note for LGBTQA+/ SGL people in education
      • Ideas for primary care providers
        • Critical context for primary care providers
        • For primary care providers’ young queer and trans patients
          • Make sure your office has gender-neutral restroom(s) available.
          • Have honest conversations with all your patients/ clients about their sexuality.
          • Patients/ clients who may be either in or considering entering recovery for substance use
          • Taking a broader role
        • For your young queer patients
        • For your young TGNC patients/ clients
          • Trans women, trans girls, and sex work
          • Where to get potential referrals for your TGNC patients
          • If you work or live in a state that has criminalized providing gender-affirming care to children and youth
        • Other resources for primary care providers
      • Ideas for therapists & similar mental healthcare providers
        • Why therapists are often essential for queer and trans youth
        • For therapists’ young queer and trans clients
        • For your young queer clients
        • Other resources for therapists
      • Ideas for supervisors and coworkers
      • *NEW* Ideas for child welfare workers *NEW*
      • Ideas for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
      • Ideas for other groups
        • Friends’ parents
        • Religious leaders
        • Youth group leaders
        • Camp directors and counselors
        • Neighbors
        • Parents of a teen’s significant other (i.e., my kid is dating someone who’s queer or trans)
  • Resources for Tweens to Adults
    • What Young People Want Adults To Know
      • Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Acceptance, respect, and support: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Understanding and respect: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Accept us as we are, where we are: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • You can learn to do better: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Adult homophobia and transphobia: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Pronouns: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Names (and pronouns): Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Other: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • It’s okay that we’re exploring ourselves: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Adultism: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • We know ourselves: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Don’t tell us who or what to be: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Try to decenter yourself: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Being queer or trans is not…: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Changing identities or labels and finding ourselves: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Labels: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Going through this process can be hard: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • You still need to support and respect us: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Once we’ve settled on an identity: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Coming out: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • You and me: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Coming out in general: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Discrimination and violence: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Fear: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Facing the world: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Educate yourself: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • General thoughts: Messages for straight, cis adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • Things you might not know: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • We’re human and like everyone else: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • We aren’t…: Messages for straight, cis adults
      • Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Acceptance, respect, and support: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Accept us as we are, where we are: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Understanding and respect: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Affirmation: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You can learn to do better: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Adult homophobia and transphobia: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Pronouns: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Names (and pronouns): Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Other: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Adultism: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • We know ourselves: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Don’t tell us who or what to be: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Try to decenter yourself: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Changing identities or labels and finding ourselves: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • It’s okay that we’re exploring ourselves: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Generational label (and other) changes: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You still need to support and respect us: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Coming out (or not): Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Discrimination and violence: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Fear: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Facing the world: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Activism and community: Please help and protect us!: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Role modeling: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You give us hope: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You accept me and are there for me: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • We want to learn from you: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • It’s just so much easier to talk with you: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Challenges finding LGBTQA+/ SGL adults: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • You make life better: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
          • Best practices for adult allies: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
        • Things you might not know: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults
      • Messages about intersecting identities: Messages for straight, cis adults
        • General intersectionality: Messages for LGBTQA+/ SGL adults: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Foundational ideas: Definitions, hate/ racism/ privilege: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Being queer AND trans: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Yes, it’s easier to talk with people who share my other identity/ identities: Messages about intersecting identities
          • No, it’s not necessarily easier to talk with people who share my other identity/ identities: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism/neurodivergence/neurodiversity
          • The intertwining of autism with queerness and transness: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Connection and isolation: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Experiences of ableism and queer- or trans-antagonism: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Religion: Messages about intersecting identities
          • General/ unspecified religion: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Specific religions: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Disability: Messages about intersecting identities
          • General/ unspecified disability: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Specific disabilities: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Race & ethnicity: Messages about intersecting identities
          • General race/ethnicity: Messages about intersecting identities
          • Specific races & ethnicities: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Disability & religion: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Race/ethnicity & religion: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism & disability: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism & fat: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism & race: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism & religion: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism, disability, & race: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Autism, disability, & religion: Messages about intersecting identities
        • Language & immigration
        • Language & immigration: Messages about intersecting identities
      • About the survey
        • What you’ll find here
        • Survey participation: Who submitted, who didn’t
        • Survey process: the nitty-gritty
    • What Shannon Wants Young People to Know
      • A special note for tweens
      • A special note for teens
    • Adults: Where you can go to learn more
      • Adult resources: Advocacy/activist, education, legal, and support organizations
      • Adult resources: Books & bookstores
      • Adult resources: Facebook
      • Adult resources: Instagram
      • Adult resources: Podcasts
      • Adult resources: Religion and faith
      • Adult resources: Websites
    • Youth: Where you can go to learn more
      • Youth resources: Advocacy/ activist, education, legal, and support organizations
      • Youth resources: Books
      • Youth resources: Movies/ streaming
      • Youth resources: Podcasts
      • Youth resources: Websites
  • Contact
    • General Contact Form
    • LGBTQA+/SGL adults: Do you have a message for rainbow tweens & teens?
    • Tweens & teens: Ask Shannon to share this site with an adult in your life
    • Let’s stay in touch!
      • Your R2T2 Subscription Management Page
  • Merch!!
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Adult homophobia and transphobia: Messages for straight, cis adults

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