The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website dedicated to health issues of LGBT youth — http://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/youth.htm 

This website offers some basic health information (including a discussion of mental health risks of bullying and anti-LGBT violence), and also has links to other useful sites.

LGBTQ: Tools and resources for educators — http://www.healthiersf.org/LGBTQ/ 

The San Francisco Unified School District provides this website to support educators with tools and resources to address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) topics in a school setting. The site is also designed to address the needs of students, families, and staff. Lots of resources and information.

The LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index — http://www.campusclimateindex.org/ 

The LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index helps campuses to improve their LGBT campus life and ultimately shape the educational experience to be more inclusive, welcoming and respectful of LGBT and Ally people. Students and their parents can also use it to check out the climate at colleges and universities they are considering attending. (Requires that you give [some] name and email address.)

Gay-Straight Alliance Network — http://gsanetwork.org/ 

The GSA network is a youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances to each other and to community resources through peer support, leadership development, and training. The website has lots of resources for developing and nurturing GSAs, as well as ideas for connecting with community groups and other GSAs.

Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere — www.colage.org 

COLAGE is a national support and advocacy organization for daughters and sons of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents. Lots of information on their site.

National Youth Advocacy Coalition — www.nyacyouth.org 

NYAC is a social justice organization that advocates for and with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) in an effort to end discrimination against these youth and to ensure their physical and emotional well being.  Sponsors annual conference for youth.

OutProud — http://www.outproud.org 

National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Youth; Refreshingly positive site; lots of resources for and about LGBT youth

Safe Schools Coalition — http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/ 

The Safe Schools Coalition is an international public-private coalition in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth. This site offers a wide range of resources as a starting point for educators, parents/guardians and youth.

We are the Youth — http://wearetheyouth.org/ 

We Are the Youth is a photographic journalism project chronicling the individual stories of queer youth in the United States. The project aims to capture the incredible diversity and uniqueness among LGBTQ youth.

Gender Spectrum — http://www.genderspectrum.org/ 

Gender Spectrum provides education, training, and support to help create a gender sensitive and inclusive environment for all children and teens.

TransYouth Family Allies — http://www.imatyfa.org/ 

TYFA empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers and communities, to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected. We envision a society free of suicide and violence in which ALL children are respected and celebrated.

Transgender Literature for Young Adults — http://www.library.illinois.edu/blog/esslchildlit/archives/2011/01/transgender_lit.html 

It's not easy to locate young adult books with transgender characters or topics using the library catalog, so we have put together a bibliography of these resources. Included are guides to YA transgender literature as well as fiction and nonfiction about transgender characters and people.