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LGBTQ Youth and Mental Health

May 1, 2018

LGBTQ Youth Today, adolescents are coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) at higher rates than ever before, and at younger ages. With this trend, public awareness and therapeutic services for LGBTQ individuals have significantly increased. Nonetheless,…

How to Handle Rejection After Coming Out to Your Parents

August 31, 2017

Polaris Teen Center

LGBTQ, Resources

While some individuals are able to come out as queer to their families and be embraced with a tremendous amount of support, others are immediately ridiculed, rejected, and made to feel unloved. Individuals with non-binary gender identities or non-hetero sexual…

How to Talk to Your Sibling About Their Sexual Identity

August 10, 2017

Polaris Teen Center

LGBTQ, Resources

Unfortunately, the topic of sexual identity is still largely taboo in our society. For individuals who are LGBTQ, it can be difficult to confide in the people they normally trust. Having a sibling with an LGBTQ identity can inspire a…

Transgender Identity Should Not Be Treated as a Mental Illness

August 4, 2017

Polaris Teen Center

LGBTQ, Mental Health, Resources, Transgender

In a nation that is just 300 years past believing that if a woman floated in water that means she is a witch, there is no denying that our society has quite frequently had a problem with incorrectly labeling things.…

LGBTQ Youth and Mental Health

How to Handle Rejection After Coming Out to Your Parents

How to Talk to Your Sibling About Their Sexual Identity

Transgender Identity Should Not Be Treated as a Mental Illness

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