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Resources for Allies
Straight allies who want to support LGBTQ people may be fearful they will use offensive terminology or misunderstand something. The resources below will help you navigate through the terminology, as well as give you resources so you can be a better ally to LGBTQ individuals!
This guide offers an overview of essential vocabulary and terms to avoid. It also includes approaches for talking about LGBT issues using everyday language that emphasizes common values, beliefs, hopes and dreams.
Straight for Equality is a national outreach and education project created by PFLAG National to empower straight allies through the provision of information and resources that will help straight allies understand their role in supporting and advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Each year GLSEN sponsors Ally Week, a student-organized program in which students hold national conversations about the meaning of allyship. Allies are encouraged to learn about what actions they can take to support their LGBT peers, educator allies use Ally Week as an opportunity to teach lessons about compassion and diversity, and LGBT youth can learn about how to support one another's overlapping, intersecting identities.
The American Psychological Association has provided an FAQ document to assist allies who have questions about transgender individuals, gender identity, and gender expression.
A starter list of things allies can do to be supportive, confront homophobia, and resist heterosexism.
Allies Matter
NC Healthy Schools and NC Department of Public Health, inconjunction with ZealSource, produced this video to support their "How to be an Ally" workshop.
From the mind of a gay man to the straight world around him, here is a guide to what he's thinking, how he hopes friends/allies will react, and what this all means for him in the context of friendship.