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LGBTQ+ Related Resources

For LGBTQ+ People
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Snohomish County:

Cocoon House

Partners with young people, families, and the community to break the cycle of homelessness through outreach, housing, prevention, education, and employment.
Globe Youth

Seeks to make Snohomish County a safe and nurturing community for LGBTQIA+ youth. GLOBE meets weekly in a confidential, youth-friendly location.

Planned Parenthood Everett

Supports the health and well-being of trans and nonbinary patients. Will continue to provide gender-affirming care whenever and however they can under the law.

SCLGBTQI+ meetup group

Provides safe, fun activities for all ages in the LGBTQI family. They host live face-to-face and virtual groups.

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King County:

Gender Diversity

Improves the well-being of children and adults of all gender identities and expression by providing education, increasing awareness, and offering insight into the wider range of human experience.

Gender Justice League

A civil & human rights organization focused on elevating the rights of TwoSpirit, Trans, & Gender Diverse communities in Washington State and beyond.

GenPride

Advocates for Seattle/King County older LGBTQIA+ adults' unique needs through programs and services that cultivate well-being and belonging.

Lambert House

Empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth through the development of leadership, social, and life skills.

Lifelong

Supports the whole person by breaking down barriers and improving access to nutritious food, stable housing, and vital health resources for people living with diabetes, HIV, kidney disease, and other life-challenging illnesses.​

Seattle’s LGBTQ+ Center

Supports the development and self-determination of LGBTQ youth. A drop-in space is open to youth ages 12-24.

PFLAG Seattle

Provides peer-to-peer support, publications, toolkits, and other resources for families of LGBTQ+ people. They host regular in-person and online meetings.​

Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic

Information needed to access gender-affirming healthcare services and support.

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State & National Resources:

ACLU of Washington

Works to ensure that transgender, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have the same rights as everyone else.

Best Colleges

Explores common experiences and challenges of LGBTQ+ college students, and includes links to the best colleges and scholarships for them.

GenderCool Project

A youth-led movement that works to increase transgender visibility by introducing people to transgender and nonbinary youth who are thriving.

Gender Spectrum

Create a gender-inclusive world for all children and youth. To accomplish this, we help families, organizations, and institutions increase their understanding of gender.

GLAAD

Non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change. GLAAD works to ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation and creates national and local programs that advance LGBTQ acceptance.

Helping Survivors

Advocacy center with a mission to assist anyone who has been victimized by sexual assault or abuse. ​

The Human Rights Campaign

National lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization. Information on many topics, issues and programs worldwide.

Interact

Works to empower intersex youth and advance the rights of all people with innate variations in their physical sex characteristics through advocacy, public engagement and community connection.

It Gets Better

A nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe.

Lambda Legal

Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.​

Lavender Rights Project

Elevates the power, autonomy, and leadership of the Black and Indigenous gender diverse community through intersectional legal and social services.​

Right to be

Our mission is to build safe, inclusive public spaces by transforming the culture that perpetuates harassment and discrimination. They Bystander Intervention Trainings to teach people how to stop harassment.

Strong Family Alliance

Provides interactive and engaging ally training, resources, programs, and more for allies committed to creating diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplaces and communities.

Transequality

Policy experts, litigators, and community organizers work at all levels of government to ensure trans voices are not only heard, but embraced in rooms where they've long been ignored.

TransFamilies

Runs online parent support groups, a trans youth leadership program, special topics groups, and youth support groups.

Trans Lifeline

A grassroots hotline offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for and by the trans community.

Trevor Project

A welcoming online social community for LGBTQ+ young people between the ages of 13-24 years old.
 

FOR ADVOCATES AND ALLIES:

Learn more LGBTQ+ people and the harms they are facing.

 

Facts

Facts about Trans Lives 
TransActual (UK based) is a great overview. 

Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People
Advocates for Trans Equality. 

Get the Facts: Gender Affirming Care 
Provides straightforward answers to questions folks might have about gender affirming care. 

What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows
Scientific American, May 2022

Harms

Adult Trans Care Under Fire: 'Devastating' Impacts for Those Who Lose Access
MedPage Today, October 2025.
The Epidemic of Violence Against the Transgender & Gender-Expansive Community in the U.S.
Human Rights Campaign 2024 Report

Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions Impacting LGBTQ+ Health 
Kaiser Family Foundation - nerdy but packed with important information

Negative Impacts of Anti-LGBTQ Policies on LGBTQ Youth
The Trevor Project January 2023

This Public School Program is Grooming Kids to Hate Through Bible Study
Ms Magazine May 2025

 

Reflections

Christians Should Denounce Anti-Trans Laws, Not Write Them 
Adam Russell Taylor’s article in Sojourners

What will it take you to care about transgender people? 
Mark Wingfield of Baptist News Global, January 2025 

Seven things I’m learning about transgender persons
Mark Wingfield of Baptist News Global, May 2016 

Painful lessons from a pastor’s viral transgender post
Mark Wingield, Baptist News Global, May 2016  

 

Videos

What Does Being Transgender Mean Anyway? 
TEDx talk by Jay Simmons, a bit irreverent but has a good explanation of gender dysphoria.  

Parenting a Transgender Child in Trump’s America
New York Times

How an Evangelical pastor became a trans ally
Tedx Talk by Kevin R. Scott. This is a great video, packed with information. 

The Baptist Pastor and His Transgender Friends
Mark Wingfield’s Ted Talk. This is eight years old, put perhaps even more relevant now. 

Trans People Answer The Most Googled Questions About The Trans Experience
BuzzFeed 

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