National Suicide Hotline
1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line
741-741
National Runaway Safeline
1-800-RUNAWAY or 1800runaway.org
The Trevor Project
Trevor Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386
Crisis Intervention and suicide prevention
TrevorChat: http://trevorproject.org/get-help-now/
Online instant messaging with a Trevor Counselor
TrevorText: START to 678678
Text messaging with a Trevor Counselor
TrevorSpace: https://www.trevorspace.org/
Affirming international community for LGBTQ young people ages 13-24
Remote Support for LGBTQ Youth
Gender Spectrum Lounge:
https://lounge.genderspectrum.org/
Global online community for gender-expansive teens, their families, and support professionals
Q Chat Space: www.qchatspace.org
Bully-free online community of LGBTQ teens
The LGBT National Help Center:
1-800-246-7743
https://www.glbthotline.org/youthchatrooms.html
Talkline and weekly chatrooms for youth
The Trevor Project: See above
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
Peer support service run by trans people
Resources for Families
Helping Families Support Their LGBT Children:
https://nccc.georgetown.edu/documents/LGBT_Brief.pdf
The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/trvr_support_center/family-friends/
Tips for Parents of LGBTQ Youth
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/tips-for-parents-of-lgbtq-youth
Movement Advancement Project
https://www.lgbtmap.org/advancing-acceptance-for-parents
Facebook Support Group for Parents
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Serendipitydodah/
Human Rights Campaign -
State Maps of Laws & Policies
https://www.hrc.org/state-maps
LGBT Guild
Kansas City Anti-Violence Project
Kansas City Center for Inclusion
PFLAG Kansas City
Transgender Medicine
KU Gender Clinic
https://www.kansashealthsystem.com/care/specialties/transgender-medicine
Gender Pathways at Children's Mercy
https://www.childrensmercy.org/departments-and-clinics/endocrinology/gender-pathway-services/
Planned Parenthood LGBT Services
Gender Marker Change
National Center for Transgender Equality
https://transequality.org/documents/
Kansas Legal Services
https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/node/2285/all-about-making-gender-marker-change-kansas
SAMHSA Helpline
(for treatment referral and information for mental health and substance abuse - available in Spanish and English)
1-800-662-4357
National Institute of Mental Health
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
https://www.acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com
SYMBIS (Save Your Marriage Before It Starts)
Domestic Violence Shelters
Safehome
Hope House
Rose Brooks
New House Shelter
https://www.newhouseshelter.org/
Alcoholics Anonymous KC Area
Narcotics Anonymous KC Area
Overeaters Anonymous KC Area
Eating Disorder Treatment
ED Care Kansas City
https://eatingdisorder.care/kansas-city-ks/
McCallum Place
https://www.mccallumplace.com/about/locations/kansas-city/
Thalia House
Reporting Child Abuse
Kansas: 1-800-922-5330
Missouri: 1-800-392-3738
Rape Crisis Line
Kansas: 913-642-0233
Missouri: 816-531-0233
Teen Dating Abuse Resource
Text LOVE IS to 22522 or chat at www.loveisrespect.org
Recommended Phone Applications
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Stoic
Grateful: A Gratitude Journal
SleepMate
