[family behaviours that increase your LGBTQ+ / Two Spirit child's health and well-being]

"Research from the Family Acceptance Project found more than 50 family accepting behaviours that help protect your lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified (LGBTQ) / Two Spirit child against health risks like depression, suicide and illegal drug use and help to increase your LGBTQ / 2S child's self-worth, health and well-being." (from poster)

"A little change makes a difference in decreasing your child's isolation and risk
and giving them hope that their family will be there for them."

This project has several great posters available for free in PDF, sized for various printing purposes. This image shows a portion of one of the posters. 

Article on this project: https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/11/26/saving-two-spirit-and-indigenous-lgbtq-youth

Direct link to project page and posters: https://familyproject.sfsu.edu/content/family-acceptance-project-healthy-futures-posters-american-indian-communities

[lgbtq newcomers to canada: strengthening support and understanding - videos]

Are you in contact with newcomers to Canada? Whether as a volunteer, at your place of worship, or during your daily routine, you likely are in contact, and some of the newcomers (whether you know it or not) will be LGBTQ.

The AMSSA (Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC) website has a series of web videos shot in 2015 focuses on highlighting the issues and needs of LGBTQ immigrants and refugees and provides settlement workers with greater understanding of how to strengthen the support.

The titles of the five videos are:

• Exploring the Issues Affecting LGBTQ Immigrants and Refugees
• Exploring Gender and Sexual Identity Affecting LGBTQ Immigrants and Refugees
• The Journey of LGBTQ Immigrants and Refugees in Canada
• The Intersection of Immigration and Gender & Sexual Identity
• Exploring Spirituality and the Role of the Home Culture for LGBTQ Immigrants and Refugees

Check them out at: https://www.amssa.org/resource/lgbtq-newcomers-strengthening-support-and-understanding/

[museum of black joy]

Skyways, 2019, Bartram's Garden
(c) Andrea Walls

Andrea Walls began the Museum of Black Joy in response to ever frequent days filled with bad news about violence and hatred, often directed toward people of colour and other minorities. As a poet and photographer, she began taking photos of everyday joy in the Black community and posting them on her site.

Check them out at:

https://www.museumofblackjoy.com/

You can read an article the NPR wrote about her:

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/14/1026447517/museum-of-black-joy-andrea-walls?s=09