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:
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:
- “Most parents care a lot less…..”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54q9PEtvWT8
- “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:
- IT’s only sex- Car Seat Headrest
- Hide- Rainbow Kitten Surprise
- The Kids will be alright, eventually- Sledding Tigers
- Beach life in death- Car Seat Headrest
