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How do you be a good ally to gay, trans, and other queer people 2020? Here are a few ncrete ways, om LGBTQ+ mental health experts and activists.

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“7 BIBLE QUOT SUPPORTG GAY RELATNSHIPS”

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Jt the Facts provis rmatn and rourc for prcipals, tors and school personnel who nont sensive issu volvg gay, lbian, and bisexual stunts.

The Trevor Project is a natnal anizatn providg crisis terventn and suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng (LGBTQ) young people unr 25. Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng (LGBTQ) youth and those perceived as LGBT are at an creased risk of beg bullied. Healthy Lbian, Gay and Bisexual Stunts Project.

Jt the Facts provis rmatn and rourc for prcipals, tors and school personnel who nont sensive issu volvg gay, lbian and bisexual stunts.

GAY SUPPORT: WHERE TO FD LGBT HELP AND SUPPORT GROUPS

LGBT help is available for those gog through gay-related challeng. Fd out about gay support and support groups for LGBT here. * supporting gay *

“Bullied” is a documentary film signed to help admistrators, teachers and unselors create a safer school environment for all stunts, not jt those who are gay and lbian. Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN): Edutor Rourc.

From Steppg Out of the Closet, Into the Light: A Report on the Stat of Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr People Edutn. Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng (LGBTQ) Youth and those perceived as LGBT are at an creased risk of beg bullied. Parents’ Influence on the Health of Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens: What Parents and Fai Should Know Cdc-pdf[PDF – 254 KB].

I hate to wre another blog post on any homosexual issu, but breaks my heart when I see thoands of people watchg and sharg ntent that furthers the misnceptn that God is alright wh homosexual relatnships. This week, a popular homosexual “vlogger” released a vio entled, “7 Bible Quot Supportg Gay Relatnships. ” Bee of the obsceni, I will not lk to the vio, but I will give you the ndown of all “7 Bible Quot Supportg Gay Relatnships, ” acrdg to Arielle Srcella and Matthew V.

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Of urse, they n offer zero Bible quot which support gay relatnships.

Here are their “7 Bible Quot Supportg Gay Relatnships” and my thoughts on each:. ” It is ironic that they would offer this passage as one they suppose, “supports gay relatnships.

The term, “sexual immoraly” is a translatn of the Greek word, “porneia” which acrdg to the Strong’s fn clus “adultery, fornitn, homosexualy, lbianism, terurse wh animals, etc.

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ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHSTYLE27 BRANDS SUPPORTG LGBTQ PRI STYLE8:43THE STORY OF THE PRI BYJACQUELE LREAN YATVIO BYCHRIS CIRILLO AND TONY MORRISONJUNE 01, 2021, 4:03 AM•15 M READWHILE THE GLOBAL RONAVIS PANMIC MAY HAVE PUT A DAMPER ON MANY ANNUAL PRI FTIVI ACROSS THE WORLD 2020, THIS YEAR IS ALREADY LOOKG TO BE BETTER AND BRIGHTER.WHETHER YOU ARE HEADG OUT FOR FTIVI OR PLANNG TO CELEBRATE YOUR OWN UNIQUE SPECIAL WAY, THERE ARE A LOT OF BRANDS THAT ARE READY TO HELP YOU MEMORATE STYLE.EVERY YEAR, LOADS OF BETY AND FASHN BRANDS BAND TOGETHER TO CREATE PRI-SPIRED PRODUCTS THAT NOT ONLY HELP YOU LOOK GOOD BUT ALSO FEEL GOOD AS THEY SUPPORT ANIZATNS THAT EMPOWER AND UPLIFT LGBTQ MUNI.EDOR’S PICKSCHRISTA AGUILERA UNVEILS NEW RABOW MERCHANDISE AHEAD OF PRI MONTHMAY 18, 2021MARIAH CAREY DROPS EXCLIVE PRI MONTH MERCHMAY 11, 2021DISNEY UNVEILS PRI 2021 LLECTN FEATURG APPAREL, ACCSORI AND MOREMAY 03, 2021THIS YEAR IS NO DIFFERENT, AND LOTS OF PANI HAVE NTUED TO SHARE THEIR EFFORTS.FROM DISNEY'S EXHILARATG RABOW PRI LLECTN TO REEBOK'S "ALL TYP OF LOVE" PRI LLECTN AND MPAIGN, THERE IS TLY SOMETHG FOR EVERYONE TO SE ABOUT.AHEAD, CHECK OUT 27 PHENOMENAL BRANDS THAT WILL HELP YOU CELEBRATE STYLE.RALPH LRENSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.RALPH LRENRALPH LREN HAS LNCHED A GENR-NTRAL POLO PRI LLECTN FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN, CLUDG EVERYTHG OM SWEATSHIRTS TO POLO TOPS.ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OM THE SALE OF EACH POLO SHIRT, AND 25% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OM THE SALE OF EACH GRAPHIC TEE, SWEATSHIRT, FLAG SWEATER, FANNY PACK, BASEBALL P AND SOCKS WILL BE GIVEN TO STONEWALL COMMUNY FOUNDATN.ATHLETASEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.ATHLETAATHLETA HAS LNCHED S LOVE PROUDLY BRA AND TIGHTS SET FEATURG A BETIFUL BRIGHT SIGN AND BREATHABLE MATERIAL THAT ALLOWS FOR EASY AIRFLOW.THE BRAND WILL BE ALSO SUPPORTG AND DONATG TO LGBT SPORTSAFE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE.ADIDASSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.ADIDASTHE GLOBAL ATHLETIC LABEL UNVEILED S LONG-NNG "LOVE UN" MPAIGN WH A 30+ PIECE PRI LLECTN. ADDNALLY, THE MPAIGN IS SPOTLIGHTG FLUENTIAL MEMBERS AND ALLI OF THE LGBTQ MUNY.JOHN FRIEDASEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.JOHN FRIEDATHE HAIRRE BRAND HAS ALIGNED WH GLSEN FOR PRI MONTH TO BOOST AWARENS AND MAKE SCHOOLS SAFE AND CLIVE FOR LGBTQ YOUTH.ADDNALLY, THE PANY WILL BE CLUDG PRI-THEMED PACKAGG ON SOME OF S PRODUCTS ALONG WH RABOW-LORED TELETI.ABERCROMBIE & FCHSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.ABERCROMBIE & FCHALONG WH THE TREVOR PROJECT, ABERCROMBIE & FCH HAS -SIGNED A PRI LLECTN FEATURG 24 GENR-CLIVE EMS SIZ XXS-XXXL.IN ADDN TO A YEARLONG ROUND-UP MPAIGN, ABERCROMBIE & FCH WILL BE MAKG AN IAL $200,000 DONATN TO THE TREVOR PROJECT AND HAS DONATED OVER $2 LN SCE 2010.NORDSTROMSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.NORDSTROMNORDSTROM AND NORDSTROM RACK HAVE PARTNERED WH THE PHLUID PROJECT TO CREATE AN EXCLIVE PRI PSULE FEATURG GENR-EE HATS, BAGS AND MORE STARTG AT $12.THE RETAILER IS ALSO PROVIDG A GRANT TO THE TRANS LIFELE X GOLX HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT) CARE FUND SUPPORT OF TRANSGENR, NONBARY AND GENR-NONNFORMG DIVIDUALS -- WH 75% OF FUNDS RERVED FOR BLACK AND INDIGENO PEOPLE.MORPHESEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.MORPHEMORPHE HAS TEAMED UP WH TODRICK HALL AND THE TREVOR PROJECT FOR A BETIFYG PRI SMETICS LLECTN. THE BRAND'S ANNUAL PRI LLECTNS HAVE RAISED $895,000 SUPPORT OF SERVIC AND OPPORTUNI FOR LGBTQ YOUTH AND STUNTS.ADDNALLY, 100% OF PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO THE ANIZATN THIS YEAR.RHONESEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.RHONERHONE HAS LNCHED A STYLISH UNISEX PRI PSULE LLECTN CLUDG EVERYTHG OM BRIGHT JOGGERS TO HOODI H WHE, NAVY AND RABOW HU.WH THIS NEW LLECTN, THE BRAND IS ALSO MAKG A $10,000 DONATN OM THE SAL TO MENTAL HEALTH AMERI TO HELP THE VELOPMENT OF LGBTQ-FOCED ROURC AND IATIV.LORD JONSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.LORD JONTHE CBD-FOCED BRAND HAS LNCHED A PRI BUNDLE THAT CLUS A SWEATSHIRT AND HEMP-RIVED CBD GUMDROPS. LORD JON ALSO PLANS TO NTUE TO ANNUALLY ALIGN WH WT HOLLYWOOD-BASED LA PRI I CHRISTOPHER STREET WT ASSOCIATN TO DONATE 50% OF S LIMED-EDN LORD JON PRI LNCH SUPPORT OF S IATIVE FOCED ON TRANS AND NON-BARY MUNI.PELOTONSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.PELOTONPELOTON IS HONORG THE DIVERSY OF LGBTQ EXPERIENC AND THE UNIQUENS OF THE JOURNEY WH A "MY TTH IS OUR POWER" PRI-THEMED APPAREL LLECTN, AS WELL AS A ", GIVG BACK GLOBALLY" IATIVE, WHICH WORKS WH THE ALI FORNEY CENTER CANADA, LONDON FRIEND U.K. AND GLADT GERMANY TO DONATE $100,000 LLECTIVELY.DISNEYSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.DISNEYTHIS YEAR'S RABOW DISNEY LLECTN CLUS EVERYTHG OM JOYFUL APPAREL TO ACCSORI FEATURG SOME OF THE PANY'S ALL-STAR CHARACTERS OM PIXAR, MARVEL, STAR WARS AND MORE.TO FURTHER CELEBRATE PRI MONTH 2021 AND THE PANY'S PRI LLECTN, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY IS DONATG FUNDS AS PART OF AN ONGOG MMENT TO ANIZATNS AROUND THE WORLD THAT SUPPORT LGBTQ MUNI. TO LEARN MORE, VIS .BOMBASSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.BOMBASBOMBAS' PRI 2021 LLECTN CLUS A WI ASSORTMENT OF SOCKS, T-SHIRTS AND UNRWEAR. FOR EMS PURCHASED, THE BRAND IS DONATG A SPECIALLY SIGNED EM TO SOMEONE NEED WH THE LGBTQ MUNY THROUGH THREE YEAR-ROUND PARTNERS CLUDG CASA RUBY, MOZAIC AND THE TRANSGENR ROURCE CENTER OF NEW MEXI.OLAYSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.OLAYOLAY IS LNCHG A LIMED-EDN PRI-SPIRED VERSN OF S BT-SELLG REGENERIST MICRO-SCULPTG CREAM ALONG WH TWO GIFT SETS.THE BRAND WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTG THE LGBTQ MUNY WH A $75,000 DONATN TO THE TREVOR PROJECT. ADDNALLY, FOR THE SEND YEAR A ROW, OLAY IS SUPPORTG P&G’S CAN’T CANCEL PRI TO BRG TOGETHER THE MOST SPIRATNAL VOIC THE LGBTQ MUNY, ALONG WH ALLI, TO HELP THOSE WHO HAD BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY COVID-19.UGGSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.UGGALONG WH THE PACIFIC PRI FOUNDATN, UGG IS CELEBRATG THE LGBTQ MUNY WH S FIFTH ANNUAL "PROUD PROM" EVENT THAT HOSTS LOL LGBTQ AND ALLIED YOUTH OM SANTA BARBARA AND THE ASTAL MUNI OF CALIFORNIA. IT'S A CELEBRATN OF SELF-INTY AND LOVE, AND THIS YEAR'S VIRTUAL PROM AND MPAIGN CLU NOTABL SUCH AS MICIAN LIL NAS X, WRER HARI NEF, BRAND AMBASSADOR MAYA SAMAHA AND SEVERAL OTHERS.FURTHER SUPPORTG THE LGBTQ MUNY, FOR EACH PAIR OF DIS STRIPE SLIS SOLD ON , THE BRAND WILL DONATE $25 OF THE MARKED RETAIL PRICE TO GLAAD — WH UP TO A MAXIMUM GUARANTEED DONATN OF $125,SEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ , INC. HAS CREATED A SPECIAL PRI BOUQUET FEATURG VIBRANT RABOW-TONED FLOWERS FOR CTOMERS TO SHOP, AND NOW THROUGH JUNE 30, 20% OF PROCEEDS MA OM EACH PURCHASE WILL BE DONATED TO GLAAD.PL, THE PANY HAS MA A MOARY DONATN OF $25,000 TO GLAAD.MORE: DISNEY UNVEILS PRI 2021 LLECTN FEATURG APPAREL, ACCSORI AND MOREMAWELLSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.MAWELLMAWELL LLABORATED WH AMERIN FE ARTIST, THOR AND ILLTRATOR LISA CONGDON TO CELEBRATE PRI WH AN AMAZG LOVE-SPIRED LP OF CLOTHG. FIFTY PERCENT OF PROCEEDS OM THE LLECTN WILL BE DONATED TO THE AMERIN CIVIL LIBERTI UNN.PARASEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.PARAPARA IS CELEBRATG PRI THIS MONTH AND EVERYDAY WH THE LNCH OF S COLOR OUTSI THE L MPAIGN, WHICH FEATUR AN EXPRSIVE LLECTN OF OVER 130 MIX-AND-MATCH UNRGARMENTS.TO FURTHER SUPPORT LORFUL EXPRSN FOR ALL, PARA IS ALSO DONATG 2,000 PAIRS OF UNRWEAR TO VAR LGBTQ ANIZATNS AND HAS ALSO CLUD AN ENTIRELY QUEER ST AND CREW THEIR LATT MPAIGN DIRECTED BY WT DAKOTA AND STYLED BY BECKY AKYO.HANNA ANRSSONSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.HANNA ANRSSON HANNA ANRSSON HAS LNCHED A "PRI RABOW" PSULE LLECTN, WHICH CLUS "COLORFUL RABOW STRIPE," "LOVED," "PEANUTS PRI" AND "STORYTIME RABOW"-THEMED MATCHG FAY PAJAMAS AS WELL AS DRS, TE, RECYCLED SWIMWEAR, SWEATSUS AND MORE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.TELETUBBISEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.TELETUBBITELETUBBI HAS RELEASED A FUN PRI COLLECTN SPIRED BY ON-TREND '90S STREETWEAR AND CENTERED AROUND TWO THEM: "BIG HUG BIG LOVE" AND "TELETUBBI LOVE PRI."PROCEEDS OM THE LLECTN WILL BENEF GLAAD'S CULTURALLY CHANGG WORK TO ACCELERATE ACCEPTANCE FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY.RUE21SEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ E21RUE21 HAS ROLLED OUT AN EXCLIVE PRI LLECTN FEATURG EVERYTHG OM HOODI TO SANDALS. THE RETAILER HAS ALSO TEAMED UP WH THE TREVOR PROJECT TO RAISE AWARENS ABOUT THE ANIZATN'S IMPORTANT WORK AND MA A $50,000 DONATN TO AID EFFORTS.MORE: MARIAH CAREY DROPS EXCLIVE PRI MONTH MERCHSTARFACESEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.STARFACESTARFACE IS CELEBRATG PRI ALL YEAR LONG WH THE BRAND'S RABOW HYDRO-STARS PIMPLE PATCH -- WHICH ARE A PERMANENT PART OF THE BRAND'S PRODUCT LP.ALL PROCEEDS OM RABOW HYDRO-STARS WILL BE DONATED TO THE BLACK-LED MOVEMENT FUND AND THE HETRICK-MART INSTUTE FOR LGBTQ YOUTH.GAPSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.GAPGAP'S LATT PRI PSULE HIGHLIGHTS A RANGE OF MEANGFUL SIGNS BY ARTISTS STAR CASIMIR, RACHEL LDSEY AND ABAYOMI "AC" CAREY​ -- ALL MEMBERS OF G.E.A.R., GAP INC.'S EMPLOYEE ROURCE GROUP THAT AIMS TO CREATE AN CLIVE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.TO FURTHER AMPLIFY THE VOIC AND CELEBRATE THE EXPRSIVE SIGNS, GAP IS ALSO DONATG $50,000 TO GLAAD.TEVASEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.TEVATHIS YEAR, THE FOOTWEAR BRAND HAS UNVEILED A LP OF ALL-GENR SANDALS AND ACCSORI THAT AIM TO CELEBRATE DIVIDUALY AND EQUALY. ADDNALLY, TEVA IS DONATG $35,000 TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATN SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ MUNY.FOSSILSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.FOSSILFOSSIL HAS UNVEILED A LIMED-EDN PRI WATCH LLECTN SIGNED TO CELEBRATE DIVIDUALY, THE SPIR OF LOVE AND EQUALY. THE LATT ERATN FEATUR THE BRAND'S BT-SELLG MIMALIST 40MM WATCH SE, REIMAGED WH RABOW FLAG-SPIRED X AND 10 VIBRANT STRAPS.THE BRAND HAS ALSO MTED TO DONATG 100% OF PROCEEDS OM SAL MA OM THE PRI WATCH SE AND STRAPS TO THE TREVOR PROJECT -- WH A MIMUM DONATN OF $25,000.MORE: CHRISTA AGUILERA UNVEILS NEW RABOW MERCHANDISE AHEAD OF PRI MONTHHARPER WILSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNI.HARPER WILHARPER WIL HAS BUTED A PRI PSULE LE FEATURG A LIMED-EDN TOTE AND THE PANY'S BT-SELLG THE BLISS BRALETTE. FIFTEEN PERCENT OF PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO THE TREVOR PROJECT.REEBOKSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNIREEBOKREEBOK HAS RELEASED S "ALL TYP OF LOVE" PRI FOOTWEAR AND APPAREL LLECTN SIGNED BY THE FOOTWEAR PANY'S LGBTQ EMPLOYEE MUNY, COLORFUL SOL, WHICH PARTNERED WH INIC BALLROOM HOE OF NJA TO PAY HOMAGE TO BALLROOM CULTURE AND WHAT HAS BROUGHT TO THE LGBTQ MUNY AS WELL AS HUMANY AS A WHOLE ON A GLOBAL SLE.THE BRAND IS ALSO DONATG $75,000 TO THE SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT, AN ANIZATN WORKG TO GUARANTEE THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE EE TO SELF-TERME THEIR GENR INTY AND EXPRSN, REGARDLS OF E OR RACE AND WHOUT FACG HARASSMENT, DISCRIMATN OR VLENCE.BH COSMETICSSEE HOW BRANDS ARE CELEBRATG AND SUPPORTG GAY PRI AND LGBTQ+ MUNIBH COSMETICSBH COSMETICS IS UNVEILG AN EXCG LIMED-EDN GIVE BACK 12 COLOR SHADOW PALETTE FOR PRI MONTH STARTG ON JUNE 9, AND $10 OM EVERY PURCHASE OF THE NEW SHADOW PALETTE WILL BE DONATED TO THE TREVOR PROJECT.EDOR’S PICKSCHRISTA AGUILERA UNVEILS NEW RABOW MERCHANDISE AHEAD OF PRI MONTHMAY 18, 2021MARIAH CAREY DROPS EXCLIVE PRI MONTH MERCHMAY 11, 2021DISNEY UNVEILS PRI 2021 LLECTN FEATURG APPAREL, ACCSORI AND MOREMAY 03, 2021UP NEXT STYLE—14 GOG-OUT TOPS TO F EVERY STYLE ATHETIC, MOOD AND OCSNAUGT 24, 2023DUA LIPA VERS VOGUE FRANCE WH BLON BROWS: TALKS MIC, HAVG KIDS, AND MOREAUGT 24, 2023BEYONCE REQUTS THIS BIRTHDAY WISH OM FANS ATTENDG RENAISSANCE TOURAUGT 23, 2023ZENDAYA OPENS UP ABOUT HER WORST OUTF EVER: 'YOU ULD’VE DONE BETTER!' AUGT 23, 2023UP NEXT STYLE—14 GOG-OUT TOPS TO F EVERY STYLE ATHETIC, MOOD AND OCSNAUGT 24, 2023DUA LIPA VERS VOGUE FRANCE WH BLON BROWS: TALKS MIC, HAVG KIDS, AND MOREAUGT 24, 2023BEYONCE REQUTS THIS BIRTHDAY WISH OM FANS ATTENDG RENAISSANCE TOURAUGT 23, 2023ZENDAYA OPENS UP ABOUT HER WORST OUTF EVER: 'YOU ULD’VE DONE BETTER!' AUGT 23, 2023

Those of who teach that homosexualy is wrong are dog so bee we love people and we want them to be set ee om their bondage of s. The premise is that Scripture only nmns homosexualy the ntext of a “vice of excs, like gluttony or dnkenns. ” And sce Srcella and V don’t believe homosexualy is nmned the ntext of a “lovg and mted relatnship, ” then they believe they n simply dismiss most ( not all) of God’s nmnatn of homosexualy.

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She received her journalism gree om Northwtern Universy, and her wrgs on sex, relatnships, inty, and wellns have appeared at The Cut, Vice, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolan, and elsewhere.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span><div class="sc-1l4o0aw-0 ddALLK"><div id="article-hear-image" class="sc-11lw232-0 kTjxXR sc-1l4o0aw-1 iQIJEZ"><picture><source width="900" height="500" media="(m-width: 1024px)" srcSet=", 2x"/><source width="1023" height="575" media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=", 2x"/><img role="prentatn" alt="20 Ways To Be A Better LGBTQ+ Ally In 2020 // 20 Ways To Actually Support LGBTQ+ People In 2020" fetchprry="high" tle="20 Ways To Be A Better LGBTQ+ Ally In 2020 // 20 Ways To Actually Support LGBTQ+ People In 2020" loadg="eager" width="480" height="322" src=" srcSet=", 2x"/></picture></div><div class="sc-1l4o0aw-2 bZndvY"><div class="sc-1l4o0aw-3 buJAAj">Image by mbg Creative / Casey Tanner, Kristen Curette, Ju Valent, Erika Kap</div></div><div class="sc-1l4o0aw-6 fztoxf">June 14, 2020</div></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>It's a particularly powerful Pri Month.</p><p>This June, people across the untry have llective actn and activism more top of md than ever. After weeks of monstratns agast racism and police vlence, the sle of munal ditn to active allyship feels revolutnary—and we're jt gettg started.</p></div></span></div><asi class="sc-1jo7k-0 fIGSaL"><div></div><div style="display:none"></div><div></div></asi></div><div class="sc-11rlt5o-3 hieagl"><div class="sc-11rlt5o-4 iBIzdZ"><div class="sc-1yed2pf-0 fqxmsC"><sectn class="sc-10p0iao-0 dMupux sc-1yed2pf-1 kQashk"><div class="sc-10p0iao-1 hdYanS"><h5>Advertisement</h5><div tabx="0" class="sc-10p0iao-3 iyOeCM"><svg height="19px" width="19px" class="sc-10p0iao-4 jDlrCP"><e href="/"></e></svg></div><div class="sc-10p0iao-2 leWrSY"><div class="sc-10p0iao-5 clhrzt">This ad is displayed g third party ntent and we do not ntrol s accsibily featur.</div></div></div><div class="work-ad htlad-Any_Learboard"></div></sectn></div></div></div><div class="sc-11rlt5o-3 hieagl"><div class="sc-11rlt5o-4 iBIzdZ"><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>As we're figurg out how to directly tegrate anti-racism to our daily liv, 's also a good time to nsir ways we n be better advot for the LGBTQ+ muny and specifilly queer women of lor and black trans women, all of whom ntue to face signifint discrimatn and hardship across the world.</p><p>We reached out to LGBTQ+ mental health experts, activists, ntent creators, and bs owners to share ncrete actns that anyone n take to support LGBTQ+ people. Here's what they told :</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">1<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-IA8iYRuZ9" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Do the work to te yourself.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Set asi some time to do your own rearch, and make sure you're gettg your rmatn om reputable sourc—ially om folks the muny," says <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Jse Kahn, LCSW, CST</a>, director and sex therapist at <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">The Genr & Sexualy Therapy Center</a> NYC. </p><p>"Don't be ashamed if you don't know everythg already; jt make sure you take the time to te yourself. This uld also clu payg someone to te you, attendg workshops, readg LGBTQ+-petent books, etc."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">2<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-HtSjE78aJQ" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Learn the history.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"To be an ally, you need to learn about LGBTQ+ history," says therapist <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Michael Salas, Psy.D., LPC, CST</a>. "This n help you be aware of rhetoric and current affairs that matter. But even more importantly, n help you unrstand why the issu matter to people who are part of the muny. To me, this is the difference between tolerance and te acceptance. Makg LGBTQ+ history a general history that has impacted all rather than somethg that only LGBTQ+ people need to be aware of."</p></div></span><span><sectn class="sc-10p0iao-0 dMupux sc-ewkazq-0 iZnRCw"><div class="sc-10p0iao-1 hdYanS"><h5>Advertisement</h5><div tabx="0" class="sc-10p0iao-3 iyOeCM"><svg height="19px" width="19px" class="sc-10p0iao-4 jDlrCP"><e href="/"></e></svg></div><div class="sc-10p0iao-2 leWrSY"><div class="sc-10p0iao-5 clhrzt">This ad is displayed g third party ntent and we do not ntrol s accsibily featur.</div></div></div><div class="work-ad htlad-InLe_Article_1"></div></sectn></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">3<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg--0tacxoZt1" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Introduce yourself wh your pronouns. </h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Normalizg pronoun e for all genr inti⁠—not jt trans or nonbary folx—helps take away some of the burn and strs associated wh beg misgenred," says <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Chs Needham</a>, -owner of statnery pany <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Ash + Chs</a> and -thor of <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk="><em>The Gay Agenda</em></a>.</p><p>Needham remends actively troducg yourself g your pronouns when you meet new people, particularly group settgs. That might sound somethg like: <em>Hi, I'm Kelly, and my pronouns are she/her.</em></p><p>It n also be helpful to clu your pronouns your social media bs, email signatur, and anywhere else you're troducg yourself. The ia is to make normal to not assume people's pronouns, which mak easier and safer for trans and genr-nonnformg people to make sure their rrect pronouns are beg ed.</p><p>"Give people the choice to share their pronouns," adds <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Kenya Crawford, LMHC</a>, mental health unselor and -founr of <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">On the Mend</a>. "Everyone may not feel fortable sharg their pronouns every space. For example, 'My pronouns are she/they. If you feel safe, feel ee to share your pronouns.'"</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">4<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-bS24rFqCQU" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Remember, there's no such thg as "preferred" pronouns.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Pronouns are not a preference," Crawford adds. "They are expected. So stead, ask for pronouns."</p><p>Most women don't "prefer" to e she/her pronouns, for example. Those are jt their rrect pronouns. This same prciple appli to people of all genrs.</p></div></span><span><div data-exp-id="promotnal-recirculatn" class="sc-1h17339-8 gjbtbd"><div class="sc-1h17339-9 iJqarH"><button class="sc-1h17339-15 iZyYYw">Read Next</button></div><div class="sc-1h17339-10 hdpFKv"><div class="sc-1h17339-11 cizZQ"><a href=" class="sc-1h17339-17 dXbQny"><div class="sc-11lw232-0 SFNw sc-1h17339-14 gyLFQy"><picture><source width="300" height="231" media="(m-width: 576px)" srcSet=", 2x"/><img role="prentatn" alt="" fetchprry="high" width="300" height="231" src=" srcSet=", 2x"/></picture></div></a><div class="sc-1h17339-12 iDgjce"><a href=" class="sc-1h17339-13 kZwwV">Cold Plunge Is Takg Over The Wellns World: The Benefs + Bt Tubs To Try</a><a class="sc-1h17339-16 dVTyyv">Merrell Readman</a></div></div><div class="sc-1h17339-11 cizZQ"><a href=" class="sc-1h17339-17 dXbQny"><div class="sc-11lw232-0 SFNw sc-1h17339-14 gyLFQy"><picture><source width="300" height="231" media="(m-width: 576px)" srcSet=", 2x"/><img role="prentatn" alt="" fetchprry="high" width="300" height="231" src=" srcSet=", 2x"/></picture></div></a><div class="sc-1h17339-12 iDgjce"><a href=" class="sc-1h17339-13 kZwwV">The 8 Bt Adjtable Bas & Matchg Mattrs To Maximize Your Sleep</a><a class="sc-1h17339-16 dVTyyv">Jack Byram</a></div></div><div class="sc-1h17339-11 cizZQ"><a href=" class="sc-1h17339-17 dXbQny"><div class="sc-11lw232-0 SFNw sc-1h17339-14 gyLFQy"><picture><source width="300" height="231" media="(m-width: 576px)" srcSet=", 2x"/><img role="prentatn" alt="" fetchprry="high" width="300" height="231" src=" srcSet=", 2x"/></picture></div></a><div class="sc-1h17339-12 iDgjce"><a href=" class="sc-1h17339-13 kZwwV">The 8 Bt CBD Oils For Sleep That Help You Stay Calm Before Bed</a><a class="sc-1h17339-16 dVTyyv">Lizzy Sherman</a></div></div></div></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">5<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-sZJI9CyYv6" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Beyond jt learng fns, build relatnships.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>There's a lot of new language and new termology poppg up today that people are g to scribe their genr and sexual inti. Memorizg the "right meangs" of all the words is not the pot, says <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Sula Mala</a>, a therapist trag at The Genr & Sexualy Therapy Center.</p><p>"While havg a basic unrstandg of inti like 'gay,' 'pansexual,' and 'nonbary' is important, the stock fns are like a ZIP ; they give you only a general ia of someone's experience," they expla. "Every person has their own experience of 'gay,' 'pansexual,' 'nonbary,' or any other inty. The real work is not memorizg dictnary entri but buildg tstg relatnships wh LGBTQ folks who will feel safe to share their experience wh you."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">6<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-76z4owcrOi" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Don't cricize other people's labels.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Leave your ego at the door," says queer ntent creator and body liberatn activist <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Ju Valent</a>. "A lot of tim, folks get their feelgs about how other people intify and what labels they e. But labels are personal, and 's not gog to be a one-size-fs-all asssment."</p><p>Two people might e the same word to scribe their inty and have very different fns of what that word means to them. That don't necsarily mean eher person is g "wrong." </p><p>"Operate om good fah, and assume good fah," Valent says. "We're all this together."</p></div></span><span><sectn class="sc-10p0iao-0 dMupux sc-ewkazq-0 iZnRCw"><div class="sc-10p0iao-1 hdYanS"><h5>Advertisement</h5><div tabx="0" class="sc-10p0iao-3 iyOeCM"><svg height="19px" width="19px" class="sc-10p0iao-4 jDlrCP"><e href="/"></e></svg></div><div class="sc-10p0iao-2 leWrSY"><div class="sc-10p0iao-5 clhrzt">This ad is displayed g third party ntent and we do not ntrol s accsibily featur.</div></div></div><div class="work-ad htlad-InLe_Article_2"></div></sectn></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">7<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-JtirWwhpMD" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Make a pot to ternalize people's genrs, beyond jt the language.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"If someone shar their pronouns wh you, take the time not only to practice (on your own) g the pronouns a sentence but to really <em>see</em> that person the way they see themselv," Mala adds. "Trans and nonbary folks often know when you're gettg the words 'right' but still not seeg them as their genr. Pl, shiftg your ternal unrstandg of a person's genr will probably make g their rrect pronouns much easier!"</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">8<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-9n9G7KY41s" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Donate your time and money.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Remember that g the rrect name and pronouns for someone isn't allyship—'s jt the bare mimum need to avoid actively beg a bigot," says <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Tuck Woodstock</a>, genr and equy tor and host of the <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk="><em>Genr Reveal</em></a><em> </em>podst.</p><p>"Te allyship volv stctural change and rource reallotn. So, if you're lookg to be an ally this Pri season, give money to trans people (there are endls surgery GoFundM), trans media (e.g., <em>Genr Reveal</em> and <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk="><em>Queersplag</em></a>), and trans anizatns like the <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Sylvia Rivera Law Project</a> and <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Trans Lifele</a>."</p><p>Kahn adds, "Many LGBTQ+ s need volunteers and donatns. A one-time donatn is a fantastic gift. An even better gift is a recurrg monthly donatn so that anizatns n unt on your money every month and e to ntue their work."</p></div></span><span><sectn class="sc-10p0iao-0 dMupux sc-ewkazq-0 iZnRCw"><div class="sc-10p0iao-1 hdYanS"><h5>Advertisement</h5><div tabx="0" class="sc-10p0iao-3 iyOeCM"><svg height="19px" width="19px" class="sc-10p0iao-4 jDlrCP"><e href="/"></e></svg></div><div class="sc-10p0iao-2 leWrSY"><div class="sc-10p0iao-5 clhrzt">This ad is displayed g third party ntent and we do not ntrol s accsibily featur.</div></div></div><div class="work-ad htlad-InLe_Article_3"></div></sectn></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">9<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-IQ9FblOG9N" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Make your bs actively clive.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>Three ways to do that, directly om <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Mere Abrams, LCSW</a>, a therapist and nsultant foced on genr and inty: </p></div></span><span><div class="sc-8nga9g-0 bdGXVz"><ul id="mbg--Hf5UHcuoS" class="sc-8nga9g-2 dsZcvS"><li class="sc-8nga9g-3 eZRWpM">Make sure all forms have a dited space for name (if different om legal name), pronouns, and genr (male, female, trans, nonbary, and other).</li><li class="sc-8nga9g-3 eZRWpM">Make sure all staff receive rourc and trag about how to be clive of and rpectful to trans and queer people.</li><li class="sc-8nga9g-3 eZRWpM">Hire trans, nonbary, and genr-nonnformg people. Seeg yourself reflected a given space or profsn is an important part of feelg clud. </li></ul></div></span><span><sectn class="sc-10p0iao-0 dMupux sc-ewkazq-0 iZnRCw"><div class="sc-10p0iao-1 hdYanS"><h5>Advertisement</h5><div tabx="0" class="sc-10p0iao-3 iyOeCM"><svg height="19px" width="19px" class="sc-10p0iao-4 jDlrCP"><e href="/"></e></svg></div><div class="sc-10p0iao-2 leWrSY"><div class="sc-10p0iao-5 clhrzt">This ad is displayed g third party ntent and we do not ntrol s accsibily featur.</div></div></div><div class="work-ad htlad-InLe_Article_4"></div></sectn></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">10<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-PgTUqZ4W87" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Put LGBTQ+ people posns of power.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Have them real posns of power. Don't have them be token people or jt have them there to rm the powers that be or be there jt to te," Rachel Ward, founr and print of <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Soapwalla</a>, <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">told mbg last year</a>. "Have people who don't look like you, haven't had your life experienc every possible way, be those posns so you n hear what they need."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">11<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-bmtrPSC0NP" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Follow through wh pledg.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>Especially durg Pri, pani n sometim vt marketg a big project supposedly to support LGBTQ+ people⁠—but that don't actually do anythg tangible to help.</p><p>"Any rporatn who is g a rabow logo or any rporatn who is dog any type of Pri stuff or if you're a ffee shop and you're makg a rabow latte and you're sellg , you're sentially makg money off this muny," <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Bethany C. Meyers</a>, LGBTQ+ activist and founr of <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">the project</a>, told mbg <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk="> an terview last year</a>. "Therefore money should be given back to the muny."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">12<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-1Uy7uVXqTe" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Protect trans rights.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>Across the world, transgenr people still face signifint discrimatn and barriers to well-beg. For example, <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">acrdg to the Amerin Amy of Pediatrics</a>, trans people experience disproportnately high rat of homelsns, physil vlence, and mental health issu while also often lackg accs to health re and surance. Acrdg to the <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">2015 U.S. Transgenr Survey</a>, 33% have experienced mistreatment at the hands of a doctor the last year, 47% have experienced sexual asslt, 54% experienced harassment while school related to beg trans, and a staggerg 40% have attempted suici their lifetim (ne tim the attempted suici rate of the general populatn). </p><p>In the U.S., the Supreme Court is currently batg whether 's legal to fire someone for beg trans and whether 's legal to ban trans people om servg the ary. </p><p>"Transgenr Amerins seek the same opportuni as everyone else—to work hard school or at our jobs and to participate our muni," says Nilas Talbott, one of the platiffs <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk="><em>Stockman v. Tmp</em></a>, a feral lawsu opposg the trans ary ban. "As someone who's been told I n't pursue my dream reer ary service even though I'm qualified, I know how important is for alli to treat transgenr employe and -workers wh the same rpect as everyone else and to make work cisns based on skills and acplishments, not who we are. In Oh, where I live, there aren't statewi protectns for LGBTQ people, so if alli don't step up to support me, I uld be fired jt bee I'm transgenr, regardls of my abily to do the job."</p><p>Votg and civic engagement are one of the most important ways to support trans people: Vote out policians who support discrimatory laws agast trans people, and ll up your lol officials to mand they ph forward legal protectns for trans rights. </p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">13<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-w_kOhBJi1dB" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Protect black trans women, specifilly.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>Black trans women are one of the <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">most margalized and vulnerable groups</a> wh the LGBTQ+ muny, facg <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">heightened vlence</a>, <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">unemployment, and health dispari</a>. Te allyship th requir specifilly amplifyg and supportg black trans women.</p><p>"For those wh the fancial means to do so, donatg money to LGBTQ that center the needs of transgenr women of lor n have a major and direct impact on people's liv. While natnal anizatns supportg the LGBTQ muny do important work, money donated to the groups do not always make to the most margalized members of the muny," Mala explas. "Do rearch to see which groups your muny are led by and serve trans folks of lor, and ntribute however you n!"</p><p>Crawford also emphasiz the importance of llg out your iends and fay if you hear them makg transphobic ments: "Protect Black trans women by llg out transphobia wh your muny. Use your voice to te and advote."</p><p>You n also donate to black trans funds such as <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">The Marsha P. Johnson Instute</a>.</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">14<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-3IIYjeCFRNv" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Advote for more clive schools.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Everyone is at risk of beg bullied, but LGBTQ+ dividuals face more hostile suatns," expla bloggers <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Nicholas Fronduto and Anthony Nilo</a>. "Schools need to take more actn regardg anti-LGBT behavrs/bias and work proactively to ensure <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">more clive environments</a>. Some stunts do not feel safe at their school bee nothg is beg done regardg bullyg. Words n fely have a negative effect on others, so we all need to be more ut of what we say and do."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">15<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-0wdnw7iFIqu" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Don't make assumptns about someone's sexual orientatn.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>Pay attentn to when you reflexively assume people are straight, such as assumg your female iend is lookg to date guys. "We should never assume we know someone's sexual orientatn. Everyone is unique, and we should be acceptg of that whout judgment," Fronduto and Nilo say. </p><p>Avoid words like "boyiend" and "girliend" when talkg about other people’s relatnships too, says Crawford, unls you know those are the terms they e. Otherwise, sprg for a genr-ntral label like "<a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">partner</a>."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">16<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-HjS79-Ht1Sl" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Also, don't make assumptns about every LGBTQ+ person you meet. </h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"When you know or have met a person who intifi as LGBTQ+, know that you have only met one such dividual," says <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Symonne Kennedy, LMSW</a>, psychotherapist at The Genr & Sexualy Therapy Center. "Alli n really show support by not assumg that we all have somehow lived the same life, have the same goals, enjoy the same terts, etc. Rather than tryg to assume and fend, try stead to listen and beiend, as you would wh any other member of a given muny."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">17<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-jgCwLWWI-5M" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Dch genr stereotyp.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"No matter what culture we have grown up , we have all been subject to the ia of genr rol. Alli n show support by makg a nsc effort to <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">unlearn the stereotyp</a> that prcribe specific genr scripts and unrme genr exprsn and dividualized inty formatn," Kennedy explas. "It may be helpful to remember that LGBTQ+-intified dividuals have grown up the same world as everyone else and therefore may also be workg to unlearn the stereotyp."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">18<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-e1xbxIFNA" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Learn how to apologize whout fensivens.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"We all make mistak, and when to genr and queer-affirmg language, 's only a matter of time until you'll slip up—even wh the bt of tentns," says queer sex therapist <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Casey Tanner, LCPC</a>. "When you do slip up, those tentns don't matter so much as the harm that is done the mistake. This don't mean you need to be extra hard on yourself, employ negative self-talk, or shame spiral. It do mean that amends may be necsary."</p><p>"Every queer person is different, and we all have different languag of apology, so I don't speak for everyone. I do thk 's fair to say that, generally, we don't want to hear exc or explanatns, and we don't want a self-flagellatg apology that puts a posn to soothe straight or cis people. The bt method is typilly to apologize, rrect yourself, move on, and do better the future. If you need to procs your mistake, or want to learn ways to do better, do NOT ask the person you have harmed. Go to someone you know is a great ally or a profsnal who you n pay to help you wh that work. It isn't a queer person's job to te you."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">19<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-R4oaIpKYgKV" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Foc on listeng.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Let margalized muni lead the way. You are there for support, so make sure you are listeng to and amplifyg the voic of others. Make sure you're not jt listeng to your fellow alli. Allyship is based around the folks you claim to be an ally to. This means listeng more than you talk spac, tg yourself, and promotg muny lears," says Kahn.</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">20<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-pUx5uChuF07" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Never out anyone.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>Jt bee someone has told <em>you </em>about their sexual orientatn or genr revelatns don't mean that 's open rmatn. The same go for if someone sually mentns someone else's sexual or genr inty. Don't assume the rmatn is public unls the person qutn themselv publicly stat .</p><p>"Beg out is not a simple cisn for a lot of folks, and this is not a choice you n make for someone else," says Kahn.</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">21<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-ELUgUeygrV3" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Ask qutns.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"If you're straight and you're an ally—or you're straight and you want to be an ally, and you don't know, and you <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">don't want to ms up</a> so you don't try—jt ask. Jt <em>ask</em>. Ask any qutns. That's the only way you'll ever get the opportuny to unrstand," Ward said. "And then listen. Listen to the answers."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">22<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-sa5iVWn4zLf" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Be an ally even when there are no queer people the room.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Beg a good ally means showg up for the muny when you do not even know if anyone the muny is prent to see you do ," says sex tor and trma specialist <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Jimanekia Eborn</a>. "It is important to be an ally and acplice at all tim. And even more when no one is around."</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">23<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-Y8RVuFQA9DY" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Remember that llg yourself an ally is not enough.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Namg yourself an ally is not enough. Allyship is a practice, not an endpot," Crawford explas. "Do the work to actively dismantle systems that dispt the safety of the LGBTQ muny. You nnot em yourself an ally jt bee you've gone to Pri or have a queer bt iend. Your allyship mt be named by folk wh the muny."</p><p>Khan adds, "Beg an ally is an actn, not a tle. It's not somethg you are. It's somethg you do. Don't let your allyship beg and end here. Keep growg, learng, and fightg!"</p></div></span><span><div class="sc-1osfqhu-0 jIayrz"><span class="sc-1osfqhu-1 keyWAG">24<!-- -->.</span><h2 id="mbg-jVCVoV2Dn7b" class="sc-1osfqhu-3 kXrvkz">Don't s on the sil.</h2></div></span><span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-5 iItpuX"><p>"Not dog anythg is almost as bad as dog somethg negative," Hoton ballet soloist <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">Harper Watters</a> last year <a href=" target="_blank" class="mbg-track-event" data-track-event-typ="click" data-track-type="article-lk" data-track-prop-element-id="-body-lk" data-track-prop-label="page_type | element_id" data-track-prop-tegory="Lk" data-track-prop-lk=">told mbg</a>. "Put yourself outsi of your fort zone. Put yourself to the uncertaty. Always somethg really good, I feel, happens om that. By not participatg somethg, you're still affectg someone. Small acts of kdns or change will make a greater change."</p></div></span></div><asi class="sc-1jo7k-0 fIGSaL"><div></div><div style="display:none"></div><div></div></asi></div></span><div class="sc-11rlt5o-6 dtScKh"><div class="sc-11rlt5o-7 hocuZv"><div data-exp-id="article-bottom" class="sc-11rlt5o-8 dLWyXj"></div><div class="sc-15o9lv8-0 gilrep"><a href="/wc/kelly-gonsalv"><div class="sc-11lw232-0 SFNw sc-15o9lv8-2 bDIZRl"><picture><source media="(m-width: 1024px)" width="78" height="78" srcSet=", 2x"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" width="70" height="70" srcSet=", 2x"/><img role="" alt="Kelly Gonsalv thor page." fetchprry="high" tle="Kelly Gonsalv thor page." src=" width="50" height="50" srcSet=", 2x"/></picture></div></a><div><a href="/wc/kelly-gonsalv"><div class="sc-15o9lv8-3 iKOfRs">Kelly Gonsalv</div><div class="sc-15o9lv8-4 dJJZhW">Contributg Sex & Relatnships Edor</div></a><div class="sc-15o9lv8-5 bHPKlw"><p><a href=">Kelly Gonsalv</a> is a multi-certified sex tor and relatnship ach helpg people figure out how to create datg and sex liv that actually feel good — more open, more optimistic, and more pleasurable. In addn to workg wh dividuals her private practice, Kelly serv as the Sex & Relatnships Edor at mdbodygreen. She has a gree journalism om <a href=">Northwtern Universy</a>, and she’s been traed and certified by leadg sex and relatnship stutns such as <a href=" target="_blank">The Gottman Instute</a> and <a href=" target="_blank">Everyone Derv Sex Ed</a>, among others. Her work has been featured at <em>The Cut, Vice, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolan,</em> and elsewhere.</p><p>Wh her warm, playful approach to achg and facilatn, Kelly creat rehgly ndid spac for procsg and healg challeng around datg, sexualy, inty, body image, and relatnships. She’s particularly enthiastic about helpg softhearted women get re-energized around the datg experience and fd joy the procs of nnectg wh others. 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