Faith Formation: LGBTQIA+

This four-session guide is for middle- and high school youth (confirmation classes or youth groups); for exploring safe and healthy relationships and imparting lifelong skills to make safe and healthy choices.

Sessions include:

• Healthy Relationships
• Online Safety
• Understanding and Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking
• Making a Safety Plan and Resources

Hope Church (UMC) offers a great list of resources for parents, faith formation leaders, clergy, and allies to create justice, hospitality, and study.

Austen Hartke shares The Blessings of a Complex Story

Jennalynn Fung explores What It Means to Be Nonbinary in TeenVogue.

In RevGalBlogPals, The Pastoral Is Political blog, Rev. Emily Heitzman clarifies the importance of creating Affirming Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Youth.