Open Doors Youth Service regularly get requests for helpful resources for young people, parents, teachers, support staff and community. We have compiled a list of resources that we know to be safe, inclusive and supportive. Please note, some of these resources and links were provided to us by consumers and clients and we cannot guarantee their suitability for your needs. Open Doors Youth Service takes no credit for creating any content listed below, but simply wish to share it for your access.
We appreciate all feedback and recommendations so if you have any information or resources to add, please do so by emailing us at opendoors@opendoors.net.au
Clinics
GENDER CLINIC FOR UNDER 18’s: Childen’s Hospital Queensland – Gender Service
GENDER CLINIC FOR OVER 18’s: Metro North Hospital & Health Service Gender Service
QUEENSLAND AIDS COUNCIL: Clinic 30 – Gender Clinic
Rainbow Families
Resource Kit for Rainbow Families
Trans and Gender Diverse Parents Guide
REPORTS
Young and Queer Report – Minus 18
Podcasts
My Amazing Body – Children’s Health Queensland Gender Service
LGBTI+ FILMS
The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson (2017) – Netflix
Sylvia Rivera: A Tribute (2011) – Youtube
We Were Here (2011) – iTunes
Milk (2008) – Netflix
Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community (1984) – Amazon Prime
Paris is Burning (1990) – Netflix
Kinsey (2004) – iTunes
We’ve Been Around (2016) – wevebeenaround.com
Vito (2011) – Amazon Prime
No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon (2003) – Amazon Prime
Global Day: The Next Frontier in Human Rights (Documentary)
Articles
Family, Domestic & Sexual Violence in Australia: Continuing the national story (2019)
SHORT FILMS & TALKS
TED TALK: A short history of trans people’s long fight for equality – Samy Nour Younes
TED TALK: Living as a non-binary in a binary world – Graysen Hall
TED TALK: Why we need gender neutral bathrooms – Ivan Coyote
TED TALK: How to talk (and listen) to transgender people – Jackson Bird
TED TALK: A powerful poem about what is feels like to be transgender – Lee Mokobe
TED TALK: Toilets, Bowties, Gender & Me: Audrey Mason-Hyde
QLIVES: Coming Out In To The Light
QLIVES: Bonnie’s Story (Intersex Story)
QLIVES: Scott’s Story (Bisexuality)
QLIVES: Sophia’s Story (Bisexuality)
QLIVES: Stories of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
QLIVES: Rural and Regional Stories
QLIVES: Sam’s Story (Indigenous)
Queer History
12 Trans Women & Non Binary Activists You Should Have Learned About In History Class
Black Trans Women Created the World’s First Trans Cultural District
Video: How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement