For Individuals
Resources
Contents
- Bisexuality
- Coming out
- Conversion Therapy
- Domestic Violence support
- End of life support
- Forced Marriage advice
- Hate Crime and Discrimination
- LGBTQ+ terminology
- Mental Health support
- Migrants / Asylum Seeker support
- Parents of LGBTQ+ children
- Religion
- Sexual Health
- Staying safe online
- Support after suicide
- Support for Gay Men
- Trans support and guidance
Bisexuality
Getting Bi in a Gay-Straight World, describes what it can often feel like to be bisexual:
This information sheet outlines how criminal justice and other safety services can address biphobia and biphobic hate crime.
The National LGBT Partnership Bi Report presents a detailed report into the lives of bisexual people
Coming out
LGBT Youth Scotland have produced a coming out guide for young LGBTQ+ people
Conversion Therapy
Conversion therapy fact sheet
LGBTQ+ survivors experiences of conversion practices
Domestic Violence support
Domestic Violence Resource for Gay and Bisexual men
Housing options for LGBTQ+ people experiencing domestic abuse:
Domestic Violence Resource for Lesbians and Bisexual women:
A Guide for Lesbian and Bisexual Women Affected by Sexual Violence:
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind – Transgender People’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse:
Navigating the Criminal Justice System as an LGBTQ+ survivor of Sexual Violence
End of life support
Planning Ahead: making Choices for the End of Life
Forced Marriage advice
Hate Crime and Discrimination
Understanding Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Crime is a guide for LGBT+ people who have experienced anti-LGBT+ hate.
Galop’s 2021 Hate Crime Report
This handbook is a guide for LGBT+ people who have experienced homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, or any type of ant-LGBT+ hate.
This handbook provides people working with those who have experienced anti-LGBT+ hate crimes a practical tool on how to address and accommodate LGBT+ people’s needs.
This information sheet explained the financial assistance available if you experience anti LGBT+ hate or abuse.
LGBTQ+ terminology
Stonewall has put together a glossary of terms and labels commonly used by LGBTQ+ people for LGBTQ+ identities
Mental Health support
Migrants / Asylum Seeker support
Parents of LGBTQ+ children
Mermaids have produced a page especially for parents of young trans people. You can find videos made by parents and find information and support
Religion
“I’m Muslim and I might not be straight” is a guide for all young queer Muslims
The Proud Trust have produced a number of testimonies from young LGBT+ people with religious backgrounds
Sexual Health
Black Beetle Health have produced a guide on sexual health for LGBTQ+ people.
The guide covers:
- What STIs are out there – from gonorrhoea to HPV
- How to test for STIs
- How to protect yourself from an STI
Black Beetle Health have produced a Sexual Health Brochure for Black Queer people
Quick-starting PrEP for anal sex guide by 56 Dean Street
Quick-starting PrEP for vaginal sex guide by 56 Dean Street
Staying safe online
Stonewall have produced a guide to help parents and teachers understand the dangers their LGBT+ children/students could face online
Support after suicide
Support for Gay Men
56 Dean Street- Body Image series for Gay Men: explores the pressures gay men face with ideals of body image and masculinity and how to manage this in a healthy way
56 Dean Street- Grindr and Mindfulness: a healthy approach to using Grindr and related hookup apps
Trans support and guidance
What do I need to know about surgery? is a practical guide designed by TransActual to support trans people through the experience of having transition related surgery.
