National Coming OUt Day: New Resource for Youth

The Trevor Project’s Coming Out: A Handbook for LGBTQ Young People, is a resource that covers a wide range of topics to support LGBTQ young people in exploring what coming out safely can mean for them. 

• Basics of gender: gender identity, gender expression, and transitioning
• Basics of sexual orientation: physical attraction, romantic attraction, and emotional attraction
• Coming out: planning ahead, testing the waters, environment, support systems, and safety
• Healthy relationships, self-care, mental health, and warning signs of negative mental health outcomes such as seriously considering suicide