All God’s Children is an essential guide to open and caring conversations with young children about gender and sexual orientation.  You’ll find that this small, user-friendly book addresses your concerns, your questions, and your search for just the right words; it also suggests ideas for sermons and classroom activities. As you read, you’ll learn to model openness, respect, and the affirming belief that everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender difference, is a beloved child of God.  Anyone who has a loving relationship with young children—parents, family, friends, pastors, Sunday School teachers—will benefit from reading and discussing All God’s Children.

Leanne McCall Tigert and Timothy Brown, eds.

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning teenagers tell of their lives in a fresh, candid, and honest manner. This resource will help individuals and faith communities respond to GLBT youth and young adults.

This is a comprehensive guide to working with lesbian and gay youth. While secular, it addresses many of the issues pastors, youth ministers, and campus ministers will face when they are counseling lesbian and gay young people. It also contains a small section on transgender youth.

Gay and Straight Teens Write About Homosexuality, by Youth Communication, 1996

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This curriculum is designed as a study for youth groups and campus ministries about same-gender marriage. It can be done in one long session, or two shorter sessions.

This comprehensive book deals specifically with transgendered youth and their care and counseling. It is an excellent resource for pastors, youth ministers, and campus ministers. It includes information specific to working with adolescents, as well as their families.

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