Community Resources
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Note: It is strongly encouraged to take an advocate with you when you are reaching out to resources and services. While all of the resources listed here have been known to work with the 2SLGBTQ+ community, each person’s experience may be different. With an advocate by your side, you have someone there to support you and your needs while accessing the resources you need.
Evidence-Based Sexual Health Education Programs
Amaze Amaze makes growing up less awkward. Learn about your body and relationships with fun, animated videos that answer all your questions. Always free!
Sex Positive Families Sex Positive Families provides the education and resources that help families raise sexually healthy children.
Positive Prevention Plus curriculum materials are evidence-based instruction in Comprehensive Sexual Health Education and Teen Pregnancy Prevention. All materials are aligned with National Health Education Standards (NHES), and in full compliance with California Education Code including California Healthy Youth Act (CHYA).
Amplify Tulsa coordinate collective efforts within our community to expand access to sex education, promote healthy relationships, and engage the public in this conversation through education, collaboration, and advocacy.
Youth Leadership Council a group of young people committed to advancing adolescent sexual health and well-being in Tulsa. YLC members select, implement, and lead projects dedicated to sexual health, reproductive health, healthy relationships, and wellness.
Tulsa Health and Education Coalition (THE) Coalition is a sexual health alliance supporting youth in Tulsa. THE Coalition’s diverse membership includes health organizations, nonprofits, faith communities, schools, and community advocates, and convenes monthly to ensure continuous communication between programs, participate in networking activities, and learn from experts in the field of adolescent sexual health promotion.
Honestly OKC the Central Oklahoma Teen Pregnancy Prevention Collaboration, a county-wide network of services and nonprofits.
Oklahoma Prevention Leadership Committee builds multi-disciplinary connections and fosters collaboration among violence prevention specialists and allies in an effort to create a safer and more equitable Oklahoma.
Youth Advisory Subcommittee Council promotes sexual violence prevention through education and resource navigation for Oklahoma youth, so that they feel empowered to make healthy decisions about their actions, bodies, and relationships.
Healthy Teen Network promotes better outcomes for adolescents and young adults by advancing social change, cultivating innovation, and strengthening youth-supporting professionals and organizations with others working in sexual and reproductive health.
Elavatus works to empower, motivate, and educate self-advocates, professionals and parents, to gain confidence, comfort, knowledge and skills to teach and talk openly about sexuality which will enable people with developmental disabilities to lead sexually healthy lives.
Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.
State Wide Resources and Services
H.O.P.E. Testing provides health services for hepatitis C, HIV, and other STIs at their Tulsa clinic open to all, and through outreach across Oklahoma focused on the most at-risk, especially individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, or underserved.
Oklahoma Department of Sexual Health protects and promotes the public’s health by intervening in the transmission of HIV, STIs, and Hepatitis. through prevention and intervention - to prevent the spread of disease; care delivery - to connect those living with disease to the care they need; and surveillance and analysis - to review data and develop plans to control the spread of disease and prevent future outbreaks.
Freedom Oklahoma Virtual Community Gatherings Monthly virtual meetings set up for educators, caregivers, and students to come together and share in their experiences, ask questions, and find answers to whatever they may be facing.
Mental Health Wellness Centers Telehealth provides clients and community with a wellness approach through prevention, intervention, treatment and education. In-person appointments are for Cherokee County, but telehealth appointments are available throughout the state.
Trust Women provides access to healthcare for those in need. The Oklahoma clinic provides gender-affirming care and low-barrier, medication-assisted treatment for opioid use. Both clinic locations, located in Kansas and Oklahoma, provide sexual health services.
National Services and Resources
Love is Respect offers comprehensive resources to engage, educate, and empower young people to prevent and end abusive relationships.
RAINN the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization.
It Gets Better works to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth around the globe.
The Trevor Project the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ young people. We provide information & support to LGBTQ young people 24/7, all year round.
GLSEN works to ensure that every member (students, educators, administrators, and caregivers) of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
GSA Network a next-generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities.
PFLAG an organization creating a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them through national, regional, and local efforts.
Gender Spectrum creates a gender-inclusive world for all children and youth. To accomplish this, they help families, organizations, and institutions increase their understanding of gender and consider the implications that evolving views have for each of us. Gender Spectrum has transitioned to a solely online presence as of September 2023.
S.L.A.M. (Sexuality Liberators and Movers) provides a platform for BIPOC experts and leaders in the field who are creating innovative and honest education and bring intersectional lessons to the front of the class/zoom room. This is an invitation to level up comp sex ed. They have a yearly conference as well as a lecture series; there are fees, but there are scholarship opportunities.
County Specific Community Resources in Oklahoma
Knowing where to turn in time of need or crisis is important. 2SLGBTQ+ people often struggle to find resources that serve us. These resources and services have indicated that they serve the community, have shown up for community, or taken a public stance in serving the community. Each person’s experience can be different. Please let us know in our feedback survey if you have a concern about a vendor listed or have a suggestion of a resource to add to our list. Thank you!
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