Index Guide

This guide is a comprehensive list of key resources and tools from published media content (articles, videos, podcasts, statistical data, citations, notes, research reports, etc.) referenced throughout our portfolio. It can be used to help you navigate to specific topics and discussions.

Shaun
The Free Spirit
Maxwell
Devyn
Rich
Justice
Ricky
- Queer Love in Color
- Netflix is bringing back Black sitcoms Moesha and Sister, Sister, and I cannot contain my excitement
Logan
- Internalized Homophobia Oppresses LGBTQ People—Here's What to Know
- Internalized Homophobia
- What Is Internalized Homophobia?
Parker
- 19 people share their coming out stories
- A Survey of LGBTQ Americans - Chapter 3: The Coming Out Experience
Kennedy
- Coming out over and over again
- Are L.G.B.T. employees at Catholic institutions protected by the new SCOTUS ruling?
- Special Report: 3.4% of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBT
Vick
- RESEARCH BRIEF: BLACK LGBTQ YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH
- 'He loved everybody': Alabama community picks up pieces after bullied gay teen takes his own life, family says
- Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — the United States and Selected Sites, 2015
Quinn
- Let’s talk about the Black LGBTQ+ community
- Center for Black Equity
- Janet Mock: Up-Front and Unafraid
- Organizations Serving the Black LGBTQ+ Community
Eryn
- The Peculiarity of Black Trans Male Privilege
- Dear Cis Black Men, calling out your cis patriarchy isn’t victimization.
DeAnthony
- Turning Barbershops Into Safe Spaces for Gay Black Men
- Majority Of LGBT Youth Bullied In Gym Class And Feel Unsafe, Research Suggests
- ‘You’re gay, this is gay’: how can we tackle homophobia in PE?
Jay
- The imposter phenomenon in high achieving women: Dynamics and therapeutic intervention.
- Imposter Syndrome Hits Harder When You're Black
- Queer Imposter Syndrome: Battling Internalized Biphobia as an Afro-Latina
- Imposter Syndrome During Pride Month EP.10 | Queer Black & Awkward
- LGBTQ IDENTITY AND IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
Flo
- Kamala Harris brings pro-LGBTQ record to Biden ticket
- LGBT+ history month: Trans black fashion model Aaron Philip is redefining beauty standards
- U.S. Support for Same-Sex Marriage Matches Record High
- Why LGBTQ families like mine are scared and scrambling
- The ‘Trump Pride’ rally won’t win over LGBTQ voters. So why hold it?
Gabriel
- Down-low (definition)
- Why some black men prefer the down low and what it says about the black church in America
- Why can straight white men have sex with men without social consequences?
- Life on the Down Low: One Man’s Story of ‘Living on the DL’
Carter
- When work puts you back in the closet
- All My Clothes Are Queer
- “We Don't Wear Tight Clothes”: Gay Panic and Queer Style in Contemporary Hip Hop
- The best gender-inclusive clothing
Ali
- Before 'Love, Simon': Coming Out And Coming-Of-Age At The Movies
- 'Don't Sneak': Dad's Unexpected Advice To His Gay Son In The '50s
Jackie
- 10 ways to be an ally to Black LGBT people
- Black People! To Love Black Queer and Trans Folxs You Must Reckon with the Intimacy of the Violence you Commit
- Governor Barbara Jordan
- Phill Wilson
Starter Pack Radio: Set I
Starter Pack Radio: Set II
Starter Pack Radio: Set III
Starter Pack Radio: Set IV

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