{"id":1173,"date":"2020-12-11T01:06:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T01:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highlandscouncilpta.org\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2020-12-11T01:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T01:07:29","slug":"how-to-help-lgbtq-youth-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/?p=1173","title":{"rendered":"How to Help LGBTQ Youth Thrive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may not be aware, but every school has LGBTQ youth and families. Is your PTA using inclusive language and offering affirming programs and activities? We sat down with two guests from the Human Rights Campaign Ellen Kahn, senior director of programs and partnerships, and Jodie Patterson, board chair of the HRC Foundation, to learn how to become better allies to the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>National PTA &amp; HRC have collaborated on this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pta.org\/docs\/default-source\/default-document-library\/lgbtq-glossary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new LGBTQ glossary<\/a>&nbsp;to help you understand and use affirming language.<\/li><li>Discover resources for creating more inclusive school environments on HRC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.welcomingschools.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Welcoming Schools page<\/a><\/li><li>Read Jodie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s book&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhousebooks.com\/books\/551563\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation<\/a>&nbsp;and pre-order&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhcbooks.com\/books\/611926\/born-ready-by-jodie-patterson-illustrated-by-charnelle-pinkney-barlow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope<\/a><\/li><li>Follow the Human Rights Campaign at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/HRC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@HRC<\/a>&nbsp;and Jodie at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jodie_GeorgiaNY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Jodie_GeorgiaNY<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Toolkit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Included are sample social media posts, a newsletter blurb and graphics you can use to promote episode 37 of National PTA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Notes from the Backpack podcast. Thank you for your support and for helping us promote season 3 of the podcast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pta.org\/docs\/default-source\/files\/cfe\/2020\/podcast\/notes-from-the-backpack_season-3-ep-37-communications-content.docx\" target=\"_blank\">Season 3, Episode 37: How to Help LGBTQ Youth Thrive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may not be aware, but every school has LGBTQ youth and families. Is your PTA using inclusive language and offering affirming programs and activities? We sat down with two guests from the Human Rights Campaign Ellen Kahn, senior director of programs and partnerships, and Jodie Patterson, board chair of the HRC Foundation, to learn&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/?p=1173\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Help LGBTQ Youth Thrive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}