Organizations Supporting GLBT Teens and Youth

Advocates For Youth fights for reproductive and sexual health through education and advocacy.

The American Civil Liberties Union runs something called the LGBT Project's Youth & Schools program to address gay teen rights.

The GLBT National Helpline has two phone hotlines, (one specifically for youth) for people in need.

The organization Live Out Loud strives to foster Gay youth pride.

PFLAG is a support and advocacy group for parents and friends of GLBT individuals.

The Trevor Project is an organization committed to fighting suicide among gay youth.

Help for people thinking about suicide and those who care about them.

A New York City organization that serves GLBTQ victims of violence.

Provides support for bisexual individuals.

Call toll-free 1-800-246-PRIDE to talk to a volunteer about issues in your life.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation of GLBT people and events in the media.

The Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network works to promote equality and end discrimination in schools.

An HIV/AIDS awareness campaign launched by Viacom Inc. and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

A national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the rights of the GLBT community.

A Canadian site run by LGBTQ youth for LGBTQ youth to provide confidential peer support through telephone counseling.

The ACLU's project supporting GLBTQ students who are being harassed at school.

An organization working to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people.

Advocates for GLBTQ youth.

Youth Resource is the GLBTQ website of the organization Advocates for Youth.

Are you a GLBT teen who needs help with a problem in your life? Here are some ideas of where you can turn for help with everything from feelings of depression and suicide, to fighting with your parents and coming out.

The It Gets Better Project began as a video posted by a gay man and his partner telling teens that their lives would improve. It became a much bigger movement in a very short time.