LGBTQIA+

Pelham Together has gathered the below resources to support the health, well-being and connections of LBGTQ youth and families of our community. 

If you have additional resources to recommend, please email Melissa Ronan, LMSW, at melissaronan@verizon.net.

Organizations

Service Providers

Articles

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Other Resources

 

TERMINOLOGY

Language to consider

Preferred: gay (adj.), gay man, bisexual person, lesbian(n.), queer person

Avoid: homosexual (as a n. or adj.), gays (n.)

Preferred: sexual orientation, orientation

Avoid: sexual preference

Preferred: LGBTQ people and their lives

Avoid: gay lifestyle, transgender lifestyle

Preferred: marriage equality, marriage for gay/lesbian couples, marriage

Avoid: gay marriage or same-sex marriage

Preferred: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community

Avoid: gay community

Preferred: transgender (adj.), trans (adj.)

Avoid: transgendered, a transgender (n.), transvestite, tranny (slur)

Preferred: gender identity, gender expression

Avoid: sexual identity

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