LibGuides: Wellness Resource Guide: LGBTQIA+ Wellness

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The information in this guide is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

This guide contains health and wellness resources for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community. It focuses on the expertise and lived experiences of members of these marginalized communities, and should be considered gender- and sexuality-expansive.

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Health and Wellness Resources

Local

Queer Wellness Center - An initiative by 864Pride, the Queer Wellness Center provides peer support and connects people with affordable, affirming physical and mental healthcare. A scholarship program exists to help LQGBTQIA+ individuals afford the care they need.

Uplift Outreach Center - Located in Spartanburg, Uplift Outreach offers peer support for LGBTQIA+ youth up to age 23.

PFLAG Spartanburg

PrideLink - PrideLink provides "health and wellness services, social support spaces, and connection to critical resources for the LGBTQ+ community."

Upstate Pride SC - this organization hosts pride events including Spartanburg's Pride Parade and Festival every October, and Greenville's Black Pride Festival every June.

National

The Trevor Project - The Trevor Project provides 24/7 crisis services to LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults.

GLAAD LGBTQ Resource List - This list covers national resources for LGBTQIA+ people, including politcal, military, and legal resources.

Books on LGBTQIA+ Wellness

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition by Sonya Renee Taylor
Call Number: Wellness - BF 575.S37 T39 2021
The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by violent systems. World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds and bodies and celebrate our collective, enduring strength.
Decolonizing Wellness by Dalia Kinsey
Call Number: Wellness - RA 448.4 .K56 2022
Become the healthiest and happiest version of yourself using wellness tools designed specifically for BIPOC and LGBTQ folks. In Decolonizing Wellness- How to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation, registered dietitian and nutritionist Dalia Kinsey will help readers to improve their health without restriction, eliminate stress around food and eating, and turn food into a source of pleasure instead of shame.
Pocket Guide for Understanding LGBTQ Mental Health by Petros Levounis (Editor); Eric Yarbrough (Editor)
ISBN: 9781615372751
Publication Date: 2020-05-07
Written in a conversational style that will appeal to patients and families, as well as clinicians, this book explores the psychological and cultural context for each gender or sexual identity in a comprehensive, realistic, and affirming way.
The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook by Anneliese A. Singh; Diane Ehrensaft (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781626259461
Publication Date: 2018-02-02
This book will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace your true self.
The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook by Anneliese A. Singh
Call Number: Wellness - HQ 76.25 .S566 2018
How can you build unshakable confidence and resilience in a world still filled with ignorance, inequality, and discrimination? The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace your true self.
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth (Editor)
ISBN: 0199325359
Publication Date: 2014-06-10
This title is a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender or genderqueer authors. Each chapter takes the reader through an important transgender issue, such as race,religion, employment, medical and surgical transition, mental health topics, relationships, sexuality, parenthood, and more.
The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being by Katy Lees
Call Number: Wellness - RC 451.4.G39 L44 2022
This empowering self-help guide provides advice and strategies for trans and/or non-binary people on a range of common mental health issues including anxiety, depression, body image, trauma, suicidal thoughts and dissociation. It provides advice on neutralising negative thoughts, coping with transphobia, coming out, dealing with imposter syndrome, and implementing achievable self-care strategies and mindfulness techniques.
The Trans Self-Care Workbook by Theo Lorenz
Call Number: Wellness - HQ 77.9 .L67 2021
If you're transgender, non-binary, or any other gender under the wide and wonderful trans umbrella, this book is for you. A creative journal and workbook with a difference, this book combines coloring pages celebrating trans identity, beauty and relationships, with practical advice, journaling prompts and space for reflection to promote self-affirmation and wellbeing.
Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook by Sonya Renee Taylor
Call Number: Wellness - BF 575.S37 T395 2021
Based on the New York Times bestseller The Body Is Not an Apology, this is an action guide to help readers practice the art of radical self-love both for themselves and to transform our society.