1. Be open. Don’t intentionally hide details about the openly LGBTQ+ people in your life.
2. Ask questions. Or do research on your own. Commit to getting the answers you need to show up meaningfully.
3. Stay informed. Learn about the realities that many LGBTQ+ people are experiencing from trusted resources like PFLAG National and our Straight for Equality program.
4. Speak up. When you hear anti-LGBTQ+ slurs, jokes, or misinformation say something. Lead with why you’re an ally.
5. Teach equality. Talk to the young people in your life about different kinds of people and families. Set the expectation of kindness and respect.
6. Think about where you spend. Support LGBTQ+-owned and friendly businesses and encourage others to do the same.
7. Challenge those around you. Encourage the organizations you are a part of to consider inclusive policies.
8. Become an advocate. Organize or join efforts in your community to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ people. Reach out to public policy makers.

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1. Reflect. We’ve all been taught myths, stereotypes, and negative ideas about bisexual+ people that we should question and reconsider.
2. Ask questions. Express genuine curiosity about peoples’ experiences and the language they use for themselves, and really listen to understand them and to learn more.
3. Respect boundaries. “No” is a complete sentence in response to any question about identity and relationships.
4. Use inclusive language. Include bisexual+ people when discussing the LGBTQ+ community and creating policy.
5. Remember. Remember bisexual+ people have always and will always exist and should be included in the historical record and progress moving forward.
6. Seek varied stories. Bisexual+ people can be any gender, any race, any ethnicity, any religion, from any background, and of any ability. Make sure you seek out information that reflects that diversity.
7. Don’t let things slide. Speak up when you hear anti-bisexual+ comments, jokes, or misinformation.
8. Elevate and uplift. Intentionally include bisexual+ people in your community and workplace; celebrate #BiWeek every September and Bisexual+ Health Awareness Month in March.

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1. Ask questions. Be respectful, appropriate, and remember that “no” is a complete sentence.
2. Do homework. There are organizations, resources, and tools that you can use to educate yourself and others. Go to straightforequality.org/trans to get started.
3. Vocalize inclusion. Add your personal pronouns to verbal introductions, email signatures, professional bios, name tags, etc.
4. Avoid gendered language. Be mindful of terms, phrases, and colloquialisms that reinforce gender as a binary construct (e.g., ladies and gentlemen, you guys, dude, etc.)
5. Elevate and uplift. Center the voices of trans and nonbinary* people when recognizing events like the Transgender Day of Visibility, Nonbinary Peoples’ Day, and Trans Awareness month.
6. Stop the violence. Support efforts to address anti-trans violence.
7. Become an advocate. Organize or join efforts in your community to protect the rights of trans and nonbinary* people where you live.

*For this document, trans and nonbinary* is intended to encompass anyone whose gender identity or expression is not the same as what they were assigned at birth.

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1. Believe people. If someone tells you that they are asexual and/or aromantic, believe them and trust that they know who they are.
2. Unpack your expectations. Not everyone is interested in physical or romantic relationships, so remove phrases like “you just haven’t met the right person yet!” from your conversations.
3. Do not try to ‘fix’ anyone. They are not broken.
4. Respect language. Use the language that someone uses to describe themself.
5. Embrace life-long learning. Remember that learning about identities and experiences that are new to us is something to reflect on and enjoy.
6. Ask questions. Ask people who let you know that they are asexual and/or aromantic questions about their identities and experiences and really listen to them to learn more.
7. Seek varied stories. Remember that asexual and aromantic people come from a variety of racial, ethnic, religious, socioeconomic and many other backgrounds. Once you’ve heard one story from an asexual or aromantic person, you’ve heard one story; there are many more to hear.
8. Speak Up. Include the asexual and aromantic communities in your allyship and push back when you witness or experience  harassment or exclusion.
9. Honor communities. Think about celebrating events like Asexual Awareness Week every October and Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week every February.

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1. Learn. Research your faith community’s position on issues that affect LGBTQ+ people. Go to straightforequality.org/faith to get started.
2. Become a resource. Learn more about welcoming and affirming resources for your faith tradition and share them with others. Visitpflag.org/faith-resources to get started.
3. Speak up. When people speak negatively about people who are LGBTQ+, be the one who raises an objection. Remind people that everyone should be treated with kindness and respect.
4. Tell your story. Share with others in your faith tradition why you’re anally. Tell a story about acceptance and love for all people, including people who are LGBTQ+.
5. Have a discussion. Meet with your faith leaders, share why you think your community needs to be more welcoming and affirming for people who are LGBTQ+, and provide suggestions on how to achieve that goal.
6. Host an event. Show a film, host a book club, or read a timely news article to get a new perspective and follow it with a group discussion.
7. Send the Invite. Once you have done the work to create affirming space, invite LGBTQ+ people to share their experiences.

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