Guest/Host

Eric Delehoy | Delehoy College Counseling | edelehoy@gmail.com

Cyndy McDonald, PPA/MA, The College Counselor's Coach | cyndy@cyndymcdonald.com

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Legislation

Resources you can use to check on LGBTQIA+ related legislation

• Legislative Attacks on LGBTQ Rights: https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2025
  
• Human Rights Campaign: https://www.hrc.org/resources/map-state-legislation-lgbtq-rights

Teen Mental Health

Studies show a link between LGBTQUIA+ teens mental health and the state policies where they live. Students have access to a crisis hotline. Calls to the hotline jumped

• LGBTQ+ Youth Policy and Mental Health: Indirect Effects: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11682966/
• LGBTQ+ Support Hotline: Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
• LGBTQ+ Crisis Hotline: 988: https://988lifeline.org/help-yourself/lgbtqi/



Counselor/Student Resource

Free resources for LGBTQ+ students and their counselors

• Campus Q: https://campus-q.com/resource-hub/



Organizations of Support

Many organizations support the queer student community.

• Campus Pride: https://www.campuspride.org/
• PFLAG: https://pflag.org/
• Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
• GLSEN: for K-12 education: https://www.glsen.org/
• Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/
• It Gets Better: https://itgetsbetter.org/



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