Follow up for Seattle Girls' School parents and guardians after all-school Alphabet Panel. Thee goals - How to support your kids coming out, How to be your LGBTQ kids' allies, and How to teach your kids to be LGBTQ allies.

1. Seattle Girls’ School
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Supporting LGBTQ Youth
A Conversation with Parents, Guardians, and Supporters
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2. About Seattle Girls’ School
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3. Disclaimers and
Other Food for Thought
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4. Agenda
• Realities of LGBTQ Youth
• Supporting Them Coming Out
• Being Their Ally
• Teaching Them to Be Allies
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5. Realities of LGBTQ Youth
• Academic, Psychological
Differences
• Rates of Homelessness
• Critical Factors: Family,
Teacher, Peer Support
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6. Supporting Them Coming Out
• DON’T Ignore it.
• DON’T Say you “knew all along.”
• DON’T Tell them “this is just a
phase.”
• DON’T Use religion to shame
them.
• DON’T Out them without their
permission
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7. Supporting Them Coming Out
• DO Tell them you believe them and
love them.
• DO Thank them for trusting you and
telling you.
• DO Ask about what kind of support
they need.
• DO Commit to being an ally to the
evolving LGBTQ community.
• DO Get support for yourself.
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8. Being Their Ally
• Listen and be supportive
• Be willing to learn, and do some of
that learning yourself
• Speak openly about LGBTQ issues
• Support Equality and Equity
• Speak up against bias
• Be out as an ally
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9. Teaching Them to Be Allies
• Listen and be supportive
• Model what you want them to do
• Answer questions (or seek answers
together)
• Explain your family’s values and
expectations
• The importance of saying
SOMETHING
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10. Discussions, Questions,
and Answers
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11. Presenter Information
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
6th Faculty and
Professional Outreach
Seattle Girls’ School
2706 S Jackson Street
Seattle WA 98144
(206) 805-6562
rlee@seattlegirlsschool.org
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12. Resources
• Family Equality Article on Do’s and Don’t’s of when your
child comes out
https://www.familyequality.org/2018/06/01/what-to-do-
and-not-do-when-your-child-comes-out-to-you/
• Being an LGBTQ Ally
https://engage.youth.gov/resources/being-ally-lgbt-
people
• My Kid is Gay https://www.mykidisgay.com/
• Gender Spectrum https://www.genderspectrum.org/
• Gender Odyssey http://www.genderodyssey.org/
• Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
https://pflag.org/
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