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Young
People
Helping Organisations and Resources for working
with LGB Young People
Local organisations
Nottinghamshire Lesbian & Gay Switchboard
A confidential telephone information, support and advice service for LGB people and anyone questioning their sexuality.
Mon-Fri 7-10 pm. 0115 9348485 or 01623 621515
www.nottscity.co.uk/switchboard
Gay Connection
A support network covering the whole of North Nottinghamshire. It provides support for parents and siblings offering help coming to terms with LGB members of families and friends.
01909 484932.
www.gayconnection.fsnet.co.uk
Outreach Project
This is run by a statutory health service and covers North Nottinghamshire. It provides, information, advice, and support for Gay and Bi-sexual men and other men who have sex with men. There is also a service for under 16 year olds. A drop-in facility is available every Thursday 1-6.00pm.
Tel: 01623 652031 or 07813459093
E-mail:
northnottsoutreachproject@hotmail.com
LGB Young Peoples Group (OUTBURST!)
A social and support group for LGB young people up to 21. Meets every Friday at the health shop in Nottingham. 6-8pm.
Tel. 0115 9475414 or Gai project 0115 9476868
LGB 51
A safe confidential environment for young people aged between 12 and 25 to celebrate their sexuality.
Tel. 0115 9525040 for further details.
University of Nottingham Students' Union LGBT Association
Email:
info@uonlgbt.org
Website:
http://uonlgbt.org
Outhouse Project
A project working to meet the needs of LGB communities. Also produces a newsletter.
Tel. 0115 9110545
Homophobic Incident Reporting Line
A free confidential phone line for reporting homophobic incidents to the Nottinghamshire Police Incident Team. Can be anonymous if you wish. Personal details remain confidential. Incidents can be reported by a witness. If you believe the incident is urgent call 999.
Tel. 0800 0858522
UK national organisations and web sites
N.B.
Many of the organisations listed below have web sites that are suitable for both adults and young people to access.
Those marked with a star (*) are either wholly or substantially devoted to information and advice for LGB people.
In addition there are many American and European web sites that are specifically for young LGB people. You can access them through some of the starred (*) organisations.
SRE=Sex and Relationship Education
*AVERT
4 Brighton Road, Horsham, West Sussex. RH13 5BA
Tel. 01403 210202.
Web site:
www.avert.org
Information and SRE materials, particularly about HIV/AIDS and safer sex. Excellent website packed with information.
Brook
421 Highgate |Studios, 53-79 Highgate Road, London. NW5 1TL.
Tel. 020 7284 6040
Web site:
www.brook.org.uk
Information and SRE materials focussed on young people. For publications ring 01865 719410. Also run local centres around the country offering contraceptive advice and sexual health services for young people. They also have a helpline for young people on 0800 0185023 during office hours.
Channel 4 health web site
www.channel4.com/health
Health site that includes information about sex and relationships.
Childline
Freepost 1111, London. N1 0BR
Tel. 0800 1111
Web site: www.childline.org.uk
Free, confidential helpline for children and young people.
Children’s Legal Centre
The University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester. CO4 3SQ.
Tel. 01206 873820.
Web site:
www2.essex.ac.uk/clc
Department for Education and Skills anti-bullying
Web site:
www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying
Information and advice about dealing with bullying.
*Families and friends of lesbians and gays
PO Box 84, Exeter. EX4 4AN.
National tel. and helpline 01454 854418
Web site:
www.fflag.org.uk
National charity with lots of information and links on their web site. Also have regional support groups.
Family Planning Association (for publications see below)
2-12 Pentonville Road, London. N19 FP.
Information about contraception, sexual health and services. Also has an information and advice helpline on 020 7837 4044 that young people can use.
GALOP
Advice for LGB people in dealing with homophobic violence and the police.
Shoutline. 020 7704 2040 Minicom: 020 7704 3111
Web site:
www.galop.org.uk
*Gays the word bookshop
66 Marchmont Street, London. WC1N 1AB.
Tel. 020 7278 7654
Web site:
www.gaystheword.co.uk
Largest LGB bookshop in the UK that includes information books for young people and LGB fiction.
*Gay Youth UK
Web site:
www.gayyouthuk.co.uk
Lots of information and advice for young LGB people.
Healthwise
85-89 Duke Street, Liverpool. L1 5AP.
Tel. 0151 703 7700
Web site:
www.healthwise.org.uk
Publishers of sex and drug education teaching resources.
Kidscape
2 Grosvenor Gardens, London. SW1W 0DH
Tel. 020 7730 3300
Web site:
www.kidscape.org.uk
Charity which aims to keeps children safe and prevent harm and abuse. Provides information, advice, training and materials about bullying.
*London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
Web site:
www.llgs.org.uk
Tel. 020 7837 7324.
Free, confidential information, advice, support and counselling.
Lovelife
Web site:
www.lovelife.uk.com
Sex and relationships web site for young people.
National AIDS Helpline
Tel. 0800 567123
Free, confidential advice.
National AIDS Trust
New City Cloisters, 188/196 Old Street, London. EC1V 9FR.
Tel. 0171 814 6767
Web site:
www.nat.org.uk
Information about HIV and AIDS, including issues concerning children and young people.
National Youth Agency
17-23 Albion Street, Leicester. LE1 6GD.
Tel. 011628 53700.
Web site:
www.nya.org.uk
Have a national co-ordinating role for youth work development. Includes work on SRE, sexuality and combating homophobia.
PACE
Lesbian and gay counselling and mental health project, including advocacy and employment services.
Tel. 020 77001323
e-mail: info@pacehealth.org.uk
Press for Change
Political lobbying and educational organisation on issues affecting transgendered people.
Web site:
www.pfc.org.uk
Ruthinking
Web site:
www.ruthinking.co.uk
Sex and relationships web site for young people.
Safra Project
Research and information on issues relating to LGBT women who identify as Muslim, culturally and/or religiously.
e-mail: info@safraproject.org
Web site:
www.safraproject.org
*Schools Out!
BM Schools Out! National, London. WC1N 3XX
Tel. 020 7635 0476
Web site:
www.schools-out.org.uk
Provides information, advice and support for LGB people who work in education. Also have regional support groups.
Sex Education Forum
National Children’s Bureau, 8 Wakley Street, London. EC1V 7QE.
Tel. 020 7843 6056
Web site:
www.ncb.org.uk/sef
Information and advice about SRE, particularly in schools. Publish a SRE newsletter ‘Sex Education Matters’ and a number of booklets to support teachers and other sex educators.
Sexwise
Freepost 5000, Glasgow. G12 9JQ
Tel. 0800 282930
Free, confidential information and advice line about all aspects of sex for 12-18 year olds all over the UK.
*Stonewall
46-48 Grosvenor Gardens, London. SW1W 0EB.
Tel. 020 7881 9440
Web site:
www.stonewall.org.uk
Campaigns for legal equality and sexual justice for LGB people.
*Terrence Higgins Trust Lighthouse
52-54 Greys Inn Road, London. WC1X 8JU.
Tel. 020 7831 0330.
Web site:
www.tht.org.uk
Information and advice about HIV and AIDS.
Youth Clubs UK
2nd Floor, Kirby House, 20/24 Kirby Street, London. EC1N 8TS.
Tel. 020 7242 4045.
Web site:
www.youthclubs.org.uk
Supports and develops youth work through a network of voluntary organisations. Also provides training and publications, some of which focus on sexual health.
Guidance documents and background information for educators
Citizenship 21 ‘Safe for all – a best practice guide to prevent homophobic bullying in secondary schools’.
Available from The Stonewall Iris Trust.
Tel. 020 7881 9440/9996
Department for Education and Employment ‘Circular 10/99. Social Inclusion. Pupil support’. 1999.
Includes legal responsibilities of schools to take measures to prevent all forms of bullying, including that related to sexual orientation.
Department for Education and Employment ‘Sex and Relationship Education Guidance’, 2000.
Latest SRE guidance for schools that stresses the need to address sexuality in a positive and balanced manner, to address the needs of young LGB people and to offer them support and to combat homophobic bullying.
Department for Education and Employment ‘Don’t suffer in silence – an anti-bullying pack for schools’, 2000.
Guidance about dealing with and preventing bullying.
S. Laws ‘Pride and prejudice: working with lesbian and gay young people’, Save the Children 1999.
Describes the work of the Oxford Wayout group that works to support lesbian and gay young people.
A. Mason and A. Palmer ‘Queer Bashing: A national survey of hate against lesbians and gay men’, Stonewall 1996.
National Healthy School Standard ‘Safe for all – A best practice guide to prevent homophobic bullying in secondary schools’. Dissemination resource 1. 2001.
Series of articles and case studies of schools addressing homophobic bullying.
Ofsted ‘Sex and Relationships’, 2002
Findings of survey of SRE in primary and secondary schools with recommendations for what schools should teach, how and where in the curriculum. Stresses the need for schools to improve the way they address sexuality and combat homophobia.
Ofsted ‘Bullying: effective action in secondary schools’, 2003
Practical strategies and good practice guidance that notes the way homophobic bullying is sometimes not addressed.
Teaching packs and learning resources
‘AIDS: Working with Young People’ AVERT 1990.
Active group work activities and background information for educators.
‘Colours of the rainbow’, Camden and Islington Health Promotion Service 1995.
School resource pack exploring issues of sexuality and difference. Includes many activities to use with young people.
‘Growing Up Gay’ Off Limits’ series, Channel 4 Learning.
Two twenty five minute video programmes for 14 plus age group. The first addresses homophobic bullying, the second 5 young gay people talking about their lives.
‘Living Proof’, North Derbyshire Health Authority 1999.
Short, four part, video based on a young gay man’s experiences of coming to terms with his sexual and social identity and dealing with the reaction of others. Tackles homophobia, social isolation, coming out, masculinity, diversity and prejudice. Accompanying pack includes group work learning activities.
‘Safe and Sound’, Healthwise 2002.
SRE teaching pack with over 130 group work learning activities including some that address sexuality, homophobia and stereotyping.
‘Safe for all – A best practice guide to prevent homophobic bullying in secondary schools’. Dissemination resource 2. National Healthy School Standard 2001.
Training activities to use with teachers, governors and parents/carers and classroom activities to use with students.
‘Talking about homosexuality in the secondary school’, AVERT 1997.
Background information and strategies for developing sensitive and effective approaches with staff, governors, parents and young people.
Books, leaflets and newspapers for young people
N.B. Fiction and non-fiction books can be accessed through the internet. Try Gays the word bookshop (see organisations) and Amazon (www.amazon.co.uk)
AVERT ‘Young Gay Men Talking@
Short, re-assuring booklet.
E. Bass and Kate Kaufman ‘Free your mind: The book for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth’, Harper Collins 1996.
Book giving re-assuring information and advice, including many real life examples.
M. Dane Bauer ed. ‘Am I Blue? Coming out from the silence’, Harper Collins 1994.
An anthology of stories about growing up gay or lesbian or with gay or lesbian parents or friends.
Diva – monthly national lesbian magazine.
Web site:
www.divamag.co.uk
N. Garden ‘Annie on my mind’, aerial fiction 1982.
Fiction about the relationship between two young lesbians.
Gay Times – monthly magazine.
Web site:
www.gaytimes.co.uk
A. Heron ed. ‘Two teenagers in 20’ Alyson books 1995.
An anthology of writings by gay and lesbian youth.
K. Jennings ed. ‘Becoming visible: A reader in gay and lesbian history for high school and college students’ Alyson publications 1996.
Book covering 2,000 years of history in a diverse range of cultures.
Mancunian Health Promotion Service ‘Hold on tight you’ll be alright – A survival guide for young gay and bisexual men’.
Short, re-assuring booklet.
E. Marcus ‘Is it a choice? – Answers to 300 of the most frequently asked questions about gays and lesbians’, Harper Collins 1993.
Excellent paperback book giving honest answers to questions people ask abut gay relationships.
E. Marcus ‘What if someone I know is gay? Answers to questions about gay and lesbian people’, Price Stern Sloan 2003.
Excellent paperback book giving honest answers to questions people ask about gay relationships.
A. Mastoon ‘The sacred Heart: portraits and stories celebrating lesbian, gay and bisexual young people’, Harper Collins 1997.
Book with photographs and personal narratives.
Pink Paper – Weekly national gay newspaper.
Web site:
www.pinkpaper.com
D. Romeburg ed. ‘Young, gay and proud’, Alycat Books, 1995.
Excellent American book for young gay people.
B.L. Singer ed. ‘Growing up gay/growing up lesbian’, New Press 1994.
Literary anthology for gay and lesbian youth.
Terrence Higgins Trust ‘True colours – choices for young men coming out’.
Short booklet.
Terry Sanderson ‘How to be a happy homosexual’, The other way press, 1995.
Excellent guide for young gay men.
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