- Santa Clara Unified School District
- LGBTQ+
- Resources for Students
Student Services
Local Resources in the Bay Area
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County of Santa Clara Behavior Health Services - The Q Corner
The Q Corner is a peer-driven, Behavioral Health Services Department program dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ community and their friends, families, and allies, in Santa Clara County.
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Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center
Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center - ( Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center strives to provide a diverse platform for our community to meet, learn, be challenged and grow. It offers many support groups, community events, and other helpful information about LGBTQ resources.)
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Outlet
Outlet - Empowering LGBTQ+ youth living in the Peninsula and South Bay through support services, leadership training, community education and advocacy
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Valley Homeless Health Care Program (VHHP)
Valley Homeless Health Care Program (VHHP) - Providing a safe place for transgender, non-binary and gender diverse people experiencing homelessness in Santa Clara County
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LGBT Resources - Santa Clara County
Resources - Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Affairs - County of Santa Clara - LGBTQ+ resources within Santa Clara County
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The LGBT Youth Space
The LGBT Youth Space - A community drop-in center and mental health program for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and ally youth and young adults ages 13-25 who live in Santa Clara County. The space is open from 3pm-9pm Monday through Friday
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Silicon Valley Pride
Silicon Valley Pride - Celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and allies, Silicon Valley Price is now the largest Pride celebration of the South Bay and is a family friendly event
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PFLAG San Jose
PFLAG San Jose Home (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG provides opportunities for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity
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Project MORE
Project MORE Foundation - A leading Bay Area nonprofit providing service and support to the LGBTQ+ Community of Northern California
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Somos Familia
Somos Familia - Building leadership in Latinx families and communities to create a culture where people of diverse genders and sexual orientations can thrive
School Based Clubs
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Buchser Middle School
- Meets Tuesdays at Lunch
- For more information please contact Emily Bolton
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Santa Clara Community Day School
- For information, please contact Amleset Manning
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Wilcox High School
- Wilcox High School GSMA
- Meets Tuesdays at lunch
- For more information, please contact:
- Amy Magagna (408) 423-2427
- Christopher Vargas (408) 423-2520
- Wilcox Alphabet Club
- Meets Wednesdays at lunch
- For more information, pleaes contact Adrienne Aubry
- Wilcox High School GSMA
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Cabrillo Middle School
- For information, please contact Sara DeWeese or Monica Grandia
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Don Callejon Middle School
- Meets on Tuesdays at lunch
- For more information, please contact Jeffrey Bryant
- Meets on Tuesdays at lunch
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Peterson Middle School
- Meets Mondays from 3:00-3:30pm, SSR every other Friday
- For more information, please contact Stefanie Hull
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Mission Early College High School (MECHS)
- For information, please contact Sara Smith
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Santa Clara High School
- Follow the club on instagram at @schslgbtqclub
- Meets every Wednesday at lunch
- For more information, please contact Arantxa Figueroa
Additional Online Resources for Students
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Allies - HRC
Allies - HRC - Focusing on mobilizing those who envision a world strengthened by diversity, where our laws and society treat all people equally
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Communities of Color - HRC
Communities of Color - HRC - Offering resources and information for People of Color in the LGBTQ+ community
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It Gets Better
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The Trevor Project
Informational Materials for Students
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Be Yourself
Be Yourself - Pamphlet of questions and answers to LGBTQ+ youth including questioning youth
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LGBTQ-INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE DOs and DON'Ts
LGBTQ-INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE DOs and DON'Ts - Comprehensive list of inclusive terminology
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GLSEN Pronouns Gender Terminology Infographic
GLSEN Pronouns Gender Terminology Infographic - Infographic on what gender identity is
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The Safe Zone Project Coming Out Handout
The Safe Zone Project Coming Out Handout - infographic for allies - what to do when someone comes out to you
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Resource Guide to Coming Out by Human Rights Campaign
Resource Guide to Coming Out by Human Rights Campaign - Pamphlet of Coming Out Guidance