Episode 3 description:

If you or someone you love is in danger of harming themselves or others, please reach out to the appropriate professionals for support.

Suicide Hotline- 988

For those looking for a local therapist

Psychology Today- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists

Support for LGBTQ+

Jewish Communities:

JQY (Jewish Queer Youth) – Supports LGBTQ+ youth and young adults from Orthodox, Hasidic, and Sephardic/Mizrahi backgrounds. They provide crisis support, peer groups, and financial aid JQY.org

Eshel – Focuses on LGBTQ inclusion in Orthodox Jewish spaces, supporting those who wish to stay within their communities and those who leave. https://www.eshelonline.org/

Footsteps – While not specifically LGBTQ-focused, it helps people leaving ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, including many LGBTQ individuals.https://www.footstepsorg.org/

Muslim Communities:

Queer Crescent – Supports LGBTQ+ Muslims through healing justice, community building, and advocacy.https://www.queercrescent.org/

MASGD (Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity) – Provides resources and community for LGBTQ+ Muslims navigating religious and cultural tensions. https://www.themasgd.org/

Christian & Evangelical Communities:

Q Christian Fellowship – Offers support groups for LGBTQ+ people from Christian communities, including ex-evangelicals and fundamentalists. https://www.qchristian.org/about

General & Multifaith Organizations:

Rainbow Railroad – Helps LGBTQ+ people facing persecution worldwide, including those fleeing fundamentalist religious environments. https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/

The Ali Forney Center – Primarily for homeless LGBTQ+ youth, but many come from religiously strict backgrounds. https://www.aliforneycenter.org/

New Alternatives – Offers direct support for LGBTQ+ young adults leaving hostile home environments in NYC. https://www.newalternativesnyc.org/about_us

My poem:

https://medium.com/@drmorrisfranco/learning-to-love-the-skin-im-in-a4e35a882362

10 things not to say when someone comes out in your orthodox communitty:

https://jqy.org/video/10-things-not-to-say-when-someone-comes-out-in-your-orthodox-community/

Extremely detailed election map from the times:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/elections/2024-election-map-precinct-results.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk4.dJLP.VQksZFd1C5In&smid=re-nytimes

Free map:

https://www.electionatlas.nyc/maps.html

Trans-sucide rates:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37429172/

Pew-data:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/23/5-key-findings-about-lgbtq-americans/sr_2023-06-23_lgbtq-americans_1-png/

Anti-trans laws impact:

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/anti-transgender-laws-cause-up-to-72-increase-in-suicide-attempts-among-transgender-and-nonbinary-youth-study-shows/

Munchausen (short film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ClNjQ2g148

Daniel Mackler videos:

1. “Most parents care a lot less…..”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54q9PEtvWT8

1. “My mom liked me better when I was sick…”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVkHzzgXEwg

“Dude your a Fag” by C.J. Pascoe

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/dude-youre-a-fag/paper

This weeks songs:

1. IT’s only sex- Car Seat Headrest
2. Hide- Rainbow Kitten Surprise
3. The Kids will be alright, eventually- Sledding Tigers
4. Beach life in death- Car Seat Headrest