LGBTQ+ Youth Resources: Identity, Self-Acceptance, and Health 

(Watch)

“I really recommend exploring ways to celebrate yourself. It can be as easy as reading more queer literature, watching more movies about queer people, listening to queer musicians, playing dress-up by yourself…Whatever it is that makes you feel celebrated on your own, let’s not let that go to waste just because we are in quarantine. You are strong, beautiful, and amazing. Your identities deserve to be celebrated. ” – Maddy, Peer Health Exchange 

JOIN THE CONVERSATION

In partnership with Peer Health Exchange, we’ve compiled a list of resources for LGBTQ+ youth to help young people access spaces and structures that support, affirm, and celebrate their identities. In this video, we’ve tapped college student Maddy—who identifies as queer—to share how she is staying in touch with that aspect of her identity while at home. Even while social distancing Maddy explains how she finds ways to celebrate her identity in this video. 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

• When the School Doors Closed: Voices of Empathy and Resilience 

  • (Watch)
    We’ve added another video to our series When the School Doors Closed. Filmed by the award-winning documentarian Lee Hirsch, the series explores the crucial role that educators play in the lives of students and families during the COVID-19 crisis. This installment offers advice from students to educators on how to support students. 

• Artifacts That Made America: From Space Suits to Writing Desks

  • (Watch)
    Check out these video resources from Driving Force Institute to get a deeper look at the history of America through American designs and inventions. For instance, in this post, you can learn how expert seamstresses from the undergarment industry helped send the first American astronauts to space. 

• Does Voting Matter? Find Out With Logan Browning

  • (Watch)
    Logan Browning—the star of Netflix series “Dear White People”—surprised Da Vinci RISE High students to talk about the importance of voting. If you’re a high school student, know that your voice matters. And you can use it to empower others to vote. 

Be sure to browse upcoming content too.

Hana Beach

Editorial Associate, XQ Institute. Hana is a recent graduate of Barnard College in New York and has spent the last two years working around issues of economic inequality, welfare reform, and gender justice.