Promoting Healthy Relationships

This section includes resources on preventing domestic violence and promoting healthy relationships in LGBTQ communities. For more information and prevention tools beyond what is listed here, explore the PreventIPV Tools Inventory.

The Northwest Network's Relationship Skills Class Curriculum, informed by the experiences of LGBTQ survivors, provides facilitators with guidance around 7 weeks of relationship skills workshops. Lessons include:

Anti‐Oppression & Values
Expectations & Negotiation
Accountability
Boundaries
Conflict
Community Connections

Through activities that encourage self-reflection around values, boundaries, conflict and more, participants learn how to prevent patterns of power and control and build loving and equitable relationships.

Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation: Implications for Preventing Sexual Violence and IPV in LBGT Communities

This webinar describes the findings of the NISVS study and discusses implications for developing, implementing and evaluating sexual violence and intimate partner violence prevention efforts in LGBT communities.

Guide for Transformative Prevention Programming, Sexual Violence and Individuals who Identify as LGBTQ

This guide provides an overview of issues and as well as information on engaging in sexual violence work with individuals who identify as LGBTQ. The guide contains information and promising practices around prevention efforts that address the needs of LGBTQ communities.

What You Can Do About Violence and Harassment Against LGBT Individuals

This fact shest contains information for youth and adults about ways to get involved, show support and learn more about violence and harassment against LGBT individuals.

Toward Healthy and Whole: Rethinking Gender and Transformation for Bois of Color

This document describes the Brown Boi Project approach to gender transformation. Gender transformative learning builds an environment where mental health resources are de-stigmatized, new models for masculinity emerge, and boys of color are able to develop an empowering sense of self.

It Takes a Village, People! Advocacy, Friends and Family & LGBT Survivors of Abuse

This toolkit discusses the unique opportunities in LGBTQ communities for engaging friends and family in advocacy and provides advocates with practical strategies for doing so.

LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum

GLSEN's LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum provides lesson plans to integrate LGBT history, themes, and people into the classroom. Lesson plans range from grades K-12 and include themes such as LGBT History Month, Ready Set Respect!, ThinkB4YouSpeak, and more.

Safe Space Kit

The Safe Space Kit for educators provides background information on the experiences of many LGBT students and anti-LGBT bias, describes specific actions that school staff can take to support LGBT youth, discusses ways to teach students about combating bias and bullying, and provides strategies that can be used to promote change within schools.

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