LGBTQ+ Supports

 

Creating Safe, Supportive and Inclusive Schools for All!
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What We Believe

Fresno Unified believes that all schools should be safe, supportive, and inclusive places where students, families and staff feel accepted, respected, and welcome! We are committed to providing inclusive practices and coordinated culturally responsive supports for our LGBTQ+ students and families across our district.

Local Resources

• LGBTQ+ Resource Center – Fresno EOC  provides supportive services to enhance the health and well-being of individuals of all ages in the LGBTQ+ community in the Fresno County area, located on the Fulton Mall in downtown Fresno. (559) 325-4527 (call/text)
• PFLAG Fresno Families & Friends Allied with the LGBTQ+ Community is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for the loved ones, friends, family members, partners, and parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender expansive people here in California’s Central Valley. (559) 434-6540
• Fresno Youth Alliance is a program of Community Link and provides a safe and substance free environment where LGBTQ+ youth can be themselves, express their concerns and discuss issues of importance that affect their lives.
• Trans-E-Motion focuses on providing support, advocacy, and education for the transgender community and allies. They offer monthly support groups and also put on Fresno’s annual Transgender Day of Visibility and Transgender Day of Remembrance.
• Fresno Spectrum Center provides connections to local resources and a safe space for meetings and activities.
• The Source LGBT Center -Visalia is focused on providing in-person and online services including support groups as well as a trans closet, food pantry, lending library, HIV support and more. (559) 429-4277

Online & National Resources

• The Trevor Project operates the only accredited, nationwide, around‐the‐clock crisis and suicide prevention helpline for LGBTQ+ youth. (866) 488-7386 (Available 24/7)
• California Department of Education Supporting LGBTQ+ Students provides instructional guidance, law, and policies for local educational agencies support students and to provide safe learning environments that protect the health and safety of LGBTQ+ students.

• GLSEN is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students.
• GSA Network empowers and trains queer, trans and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities.
• It Gets Better Project is the world’s largest storytelling effort to empower LGBTQ+ young people where they live, learn, and socialize.
• Family Acceptance Project promotes education about the powerful impact of increasing accepting behaviors and reducing rejecting behaviors of families towards LGBTQ+ adolescents.