TransYouth Family Allies
TYFA empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers and communities, to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected.
Tags: education, families, national, resources, trans, transgender, youth, advocacy, children, siblings, parents
Transfamilies
Trans Families is a nonprofit organization that has been supporting transgender people and their families since 2008. Today, we run parent support groups, a trans youth leadership program, special topics groups, and youth support groups, with more programs in development. Before COVID-19, our groups were all in person. Now they are all online, here, available for families everywhere.
Tags: families, trans, transgender, parents, children, siblings, ally, allies, education, advocacy, community, support
Family Equality Council
Family Equality Council connects, supports, and represents the three million parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender in this country and their six million children.
Tags: families, international, lgbt, national, parents, children, siblings, support, community
PFLAG – Greater St. Louis
PFLAG is a national support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays. Free of charge, open to the public.
Tags: families, get involved, resources, st charles, st louis, support, parents, family, siblings, support, education
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
COLAGE unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities.
Tags: education, family, get involved, national, support, parents, children, peers
Pathways Program @ Ozanam
At Pathways, we’re giving young adults who are homeless or living in out-of-home care the chance to develop the life skills they need to be successful. The Pathways Program operates scattered-site apartments in Kansas City and Wichita. It serves young men and women, as well as young parents with children.
Tags: advocacy, kansas city, mental health, resources, support, youth, western missouri, homeless, shelter, parents, families
Modern Family Alliance
The Modern Family Alliance operates with a mission to support LGBTQ parents and their children through events, resources and education, and to foster a community in the Kansas City metro area that is respectful, encouraging and inclusive of all families.
Tags: advocacy, education, families, kansas city, support, western missouri, parents
PFLAG KC
PFLAG-KC is a group of parents, siblings, friends, and LGBT people who provide a support system for the families and friends of LGBT people to enable them to understand, accept and support their children with love and pride, provide education for individuals and the community at large on the nature of homosexuality, and support the full human and civil rights of LGBT people. Meetings are held at two locations: on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 3:00 pm at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road, Room 307, Prairie Village, KS. (The meeting room is wheelchair accessible.) On the 4th Sunday of each month at 3:00 pm at the LikeMe Light House, 3909 Main St, Kansas City, MO.
Tags: families, get involved, kansas city, resources, support, western missouri, friends, parents, education, rights, accessible
121 Help.me
121 Help.me is an online crisis intervention center that fosters support for teens struggling with crisis and provides information for parents striving to become better at supporting their struggling teens.
Tags: bullying, national, crisis, teens, parents, intervention, support