John –

It’s been an extraordinarily difficult year for LGBTQ+ youth – and that’s why we are honored to publish a new offering to support the healing and resilience of young people in the South "Keep Your Head Up: A Virtual Wellness Toolkit". As a part of our work to support transgender folks in the South, Campaign for Southern Equality has led wellness workshops in states where gender-affirming care for youth has been banned. These workshops create a space where trans people, their families, and allies can process emotions and heal together, while learning about resources and building community. The virtual wellness toolkit has this same intention – and can be accessed anytime, anywhere.

Scroll through the toolkit, and you will find a variety of resources for personal wellness and community care. For those looking for ways to process the stress of living as a trans person in a hostile political climate, there are videos guiding you through exercises to relieve stress and ground you in your purpose, as well as a link to schedule an in-person wellness workshop for your community. For those looking for resources amid youth gender-affirming care bans and “Don’t Say LGBTQ+” school policies, there are links to Campaign for Southern Equality programs that can help, including the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project (STYEP).

Through STYEP, we are working to ensure transgender youth living in states where gender-affirming care is banned can access the care they need, and have tools to process the stress and heavy emotions that so many are feeling. We hope you check out the toolkit, and share with your people!

Be well,

Holiday Simmons
Director of Healing and Resilience
He/Him/His
Campaign for Southern Equality

P.S. We would love your support in continuing this work. Now through the end of October, every gift towards our work supporting trans youth will be doubled, up to $25K. Click here to donate.