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Dramatic Changes: Talking About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity with High School Students Through Drama by Paula Ressler, 2002. ISBN: 0325004145.
Talk About Sex provides young people with basic information about a range of sexuality topics as well as referrals to reputable websites for more information. More than a brochure, but less than a book, SIECUS' new "minibook" includes "chapters" entitled: What is Sexuality; Sexual Rights; Basic Biology; Staying Healthy; Gender Identity; Sexual Orientation; Relationships; Communication Skills; Choosing What to Do; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Response; Sexual Abuse; Birth Control; STDs/HIV; and Find Out More. Hard copies available $3/each by calling 212-819-9770 or order online. Download the publication free here: http://www.siecus.org/pubs/TalkAboutSex.pdf (pdf format)
SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.) Fact Sheets on "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth," "Adolescent Sexuality," "Condoms" and "STDs": http://www.siecus.org/cgi-bin/catalog.pl?pub_type=Fact%20Sheets
"Is It a Boy or a Girl" a one-hour Discovery Channel documentary: http://www.isna.org/videos/boy_or_girl
Why Don't You tell Them I'm a Boy? Raising a Gender-Nonconforming Child. A 4-page essay by the mom of a gender variant young child: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/whydontyoutellthem.pdf (pdf format)
For Better or For Worse comic strip: For five weeks in 1993, Artist Lynn Johnston devoted her strip to telling the story of Lawrence coming out to his friends and parents. The strip was pulled from a number of papers: http://www..cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/scotts/bulgarians/fbofw/index.html
The GLBT Youth pages on the web site of Public Health - Seattle & King County: http://www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt/youth.htm
The Trevor Teaching Guide: Sexual orientation and gender identity alone are not risk factors for suicide. However, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth face many social factors that put them at higher risk for self-destructive behaviors, including suicide. The Trevor Project believes that the high rates of suicide are preventable. To this end, we created The Trevor Teaching Guide, a classroom tool to be used in conjunction with the short film, TREVOR, to constructively generate discussion about the myriad of issues surrounding suicide, personal identity and sexual orientation. Through education and frank, open discussions with all youth about the issues that cause them to feel isolated, alone, misunderstood and "different" from their peers, we can make a difference. By empowering our youth, we make them gatekeepers of one another's lives. Download The Trevor Teaching Guide - FREE: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/education.aspx
And see all these videos: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RG-videos.html
