Local Organizations serving LGBTQQ Youth

DaCribb serves as an educational resource center for gay and bisexual young men of color. Located in Atlanta, DaCribb also offers free counseling.

Stand Out Youth, located in Savannah, Georgia, provides support and resources for LGBTQ youth.

The Ben Marion Institute for Social Justice is an educational 501c3 tax exempt non-profit working with schools and institutions to create systemic cultural change in the classroom and school environment, thus ensuring that all individuals are treated with kindness, empathy and fairness. The Institute creates and implements custom focused hands-on learning modules that address each school's individual needs in creating a peaceful classroom and school.

All My Children promotes the health and well-being of African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer persons, their families and communities through social justice research and interactive intervention programs.

PFLAG- Atlanta (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) provides support and resources to family members and friends of LGBTQQ people. They also offer confidential support to LGBTQQ youth who may be struggling with how to come out their family and friends.

Lambda Legal provides legal resources for students and schools.

Suggested Resources for Parents
*Note: Some of the resources listed discuss religion, an issue many parents of LGBTQQ youth grapple with.  In such instances, it may be beneficial to recommend affirming religious resources.

Kevin Jennings, Always My Child
Robert A. Bernstein, Straight Parents, Gay Children
Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward, Now That You Know
Mary V. Borhek, Coming Out To Parents
Just Evelyn, Mom, I Need to Be a Girl
Don Clark, Ph.D., Loving Someone Gay
Bryce McDougall, My Child Is Gay