for people who are LGBTQIA+ and their allies
for people who are LGBTQIA+ and their allies
Since 1989, we have served millions of people of all ages, abilities, identities, cultures, races, and beliefs worldwide because EVERYBODY deserves to be safe.
Unfortunately, like many other groups, people who experience discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression face greater risks of bullying, violence, and abuse.
LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies use our resources and workshops to learn skills and strategies to:
- Protect themselves – and friends and loved ones! – in public
- Improve workplace communication and safety
- Strengthen meaningful yet challenging relationships with family
- Stay safe in online spaces and communities
- Advocate for themselves and others in their schools, workplaces, and communities
Pridepower is a free, self-paced course in our Online Learning Center!
Featured courses from the Online Learning Center
You’ll find an ever-growing array of self-paced courses – including Pridepower! – in the Kidpower Online Learning Center. Start using them on your own or to help your clients, students, loved ones, or others build skills to be safe.
Featured articles from our free online library
Featured books
Bullying: What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe
Learn how to use and teach Kidpower self-protection skills and strategies to protect children and teens from bullying at school, home, online social media and gaming, and out in your community.
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Fullpower Social Safety Stories for Teens and Adults
Book 1: How to Avoid Trouble, Protect Your Emotional Safety, And Set Boundaries
With part 1 of our 2-part series of social stories for teens and adults, learn and share strategies for being safe with words; being and acting aware; moving away from trouble; and setting clear and respectful boundaries.
Book 2: How To Get Help, Stay Safe In Public, And Protect Yourself From Bullying & Abuse
With part 2 of our 2-part series of social stories for teens and adults, learn and share strategies for getting help, staying safe in public, and protect yourself from bullying, harassment, and abuse.
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The Relationship Safety Skills Handbook
This empowering handbook is for victims of, or people at risk of, interpersonal, dating or domestic violence, and the support people in their lives, to learn ‘People Safety’ concepts and skills to help them prevent or stop future violence.
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The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults
This inspiring, comprehensive guide puts Kidpower’s over 30 years of experience at the fingertips of parents, educators, and all adults who care about protecting children and teens.
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Large Order Discounts Available!
Kidpower Confident Kids Safety Lessons
Prepare children to take charge of their emotional and physical safety with peers, acquaintances and strangers with these 15 ‘People Safety’ Group Lessons, with cartoon illustrations.
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Large Order Discounts Available!
Kidpower Safety Comics
Our popular Safety Comics have cartoon-illustrated social stories and skills showing people of all ages taking charge of their safety and well being, including how to help kids stay safe online.
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Posters and Videos
Workshops
Learn strategies to protect yourself and others from the global leaders in social-emotional safety skills education! You can:
- Enroll in Online Learning Center self-paced courses – Pridepower is just one of many!
- Join a live ‘community’ workshop open for public enrollment
- Organize an online ‘private’ workshop for your own group, gathered virtually or physically – presented by a virtual instructor.
Every workshop is unique! In the planning stage, we listen and ask questions about your needs and priorities. Then, we provide a service tailored just for you. The flyers in the gif are a few of the many you can browse in our Flyer Gallery.
To take a closer look at these specific flyers – samples of specific online workshops organized by groups with LGBTQIA+ members and tailored to address their specific safety and communication priorities – click on the links below.
Sample Flyers:
Skills for Supporting Safe, Strong Family Relationships
Protecting & Empowering Our Trans and Gender Expansive Youth
Protecting our LGBTQIA+ Youth
Safety Strategies for LGBTQIA+ Youth
Safety Skills for LGBTQIA+ Seniors
Safety Skills for Upstanders
Safety Leadership for Camp Counselors
Protecting & Empowering Our Trans & Nonbinary Youth
Prejudice & Discrimination
Communication Strategies for Parents of Trans/Nonbinary Adults
Learn strategies to protect yourself and others from the global leaders in social-emotional safety skills education! You can:
- Enroll in Online Learning Center self-paced courses – Pridepower is just one of many!
- Join a live ‘community’ workshop open for public enrollment
- Organize an online ‘private’ workshop for your own group, gathered virtually or physically – presented by a virtual instructor.
Every workshop is unique! In the planning stage, we listen and ask questions about your needs and priorities. Then, we provide a service tailored just for you. The flyers in the gif are a few of the many you can browse in our Flyer Gallery.
To take a closer look at these specific flyers – samples of specific online workshops organized by groups with LGBTQIA+ members and tailored to address their specific safety and communication priorities – click on the links below.
Sample Flyers:
Skills for Supporting Safe, Strong Family Relationships
Protecting & Empowering Our Trans and Gender Expansive Youth
Protecting our LGBTQIA+ Youth
Safety Strategies for LGBTQIA+ Youth
Safety Skills for LGBTQIA+ Seniors
Safety Skills for Upstanders
Safety Leadership for Camp Counselors
Protecting & Empowering Our Trans & Nonbinary Youth
Prejudice & Discrimination
Communication Strategies for Parents of Trans/Nonbinary Adults
Here’s what people are saying:
“Every person who is likely to be the target of identity-based attack deserves access to this training. Kidpower skills are crucial for the emotional and physical safety of transgender and gender-diverse people, who face a higher rate of bullying, harassment, and abuse at all ages than their cisgender peers. As a workshop participant, l’ve seen firsthand that Kidpower is culturally competent, and effective.“
~ Gavin Grimm, ACLU National Board Member
“Every person who is likely to be the target of identity-based attack deserves access to this training. Kidpower skills are crucial for the emotional and physical safety of transgender and gender-diverse people, who face a higher rate of bullying, harassment, and abuse at all ages than their cisgender peers. As a workshop participant, l’ve seen firsthand that Kidpower is culturally competent, and effective.“
~ Gavin Grimm, ACLU National Board Member
“Kidpower Executive Director Irene van der Zande provided critical support for the hugely successful #Day1 Campaign, created by the Tyler Clementi Foundation to prevent bullying before it starts. We greatly appreciate Kidpower’s expertise in helping us create a #Day1 pledge that is strong, clear, and inclusive.“
~ Sean Kosofsky, Former Executive Director, Tyler Clementi Foundation
“Kidpower Executive Director Irene van der Zande provided critical support for the hugely successful #Day1 Campaign, created by the Tyler Clementi Foundation to prevent bullying before it starts. We greatly appreciate Kidpower’s expertise in helping us create a #Day1 pledge that is strong, clear, and inclusive.“
~ Sean Kosofsky, Former Executive Director, Tyler Clementi Foundation
“Kidpower is committed to respect for everyone, reaching out to people who are most vulnerable to violence and abuse as well as those who have traditionally been oppressed or excluded.
~ Ellen Bass, Kidpower Founding Board President and Bestselling Author of The Courage to Heal and Free Your Mind
“Kidpower is committed to respect for everyone, reaching out to people who are most vulnerable to violence and abuse as well as those who have traditionally been oppressed or excluded.
~ Ellen Bass, Kidpower Founding Board President and Bestselling Author of The Courage to Heal and Free Your Mind
“Kidpower services are strategically aligned with the needs of our youth, who deserve self-protection skills – so they are more prepared to take charge of their safety in age-appropriate ways in the face of bullying, harassment, discrimination, and threats to their physical and emotional safety – and who also deserve safety leadership and advocacy skills they can use in their civic and community efforts as citizens, student leaders, clients, and consumers in legal, medical, legislative, educational, and other community contexts.”
~ Roz Keith, Executive Director Stand With Trans
“Kidpower services are strategically aligned with the needs of our youth, who deserve self-protection skills – so they are more prepared to take charge of their safety in age-appropriate ways in the face of bullying, harassment, discrimination, and threats to their physical and emotional safety – and who also deserve safety leadership and advocacy skills they can use in their civic and community efforts as citizens, student leaders, clients, and consumers in legal, medical, legislative, educational, and other community contexts.”
~ Roz Keith, Executive Director Stand With Trans
“As we began to plan our inaugural Pride Celebration, we soon discovered how much we needed Kidpower —the individuals, with their passion and wealth of experience, and the organization, with its tremendous history and resources. The training gave us the skills to practice and confidence to work with all our community members and partner agencies to have a safe and joyful Pride. Your training and the expertise your organization has provided to inform our safety planning were invaluable to us!”
~ a Pride Celebration community organizer in the US
“As we began to plan our inaugural Pride Celebration, we soon discovered how much we needed Kidpower —the individuals, with their passion and wealth of experience, and the organization, with its tremendous history and resources. The training gave us the skills to practice and confidence to work with all our community members and partner agencies to have a safe and joyful Pride. Your training and the expertise your organization has provided to inform our safety planning were invaluable to us!”
~ a Pride Celebration community organizer in the US
Six ways you can help!
Tell us your story in writing!
Send us a written message describing the impact of Pridepower for you and people important to you!
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Send us a written message describing the impact of Pridepower for you and people important to you!
Tell us your story by video or other media!
Send us a short video or other file describing how Kidpower and Pridpower resources is making a difference!
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Share Kidpower and Pridepower resources with others!
Share this page and our Pridepower course with your friends, family, and interested institutions, or post on social media, so that we can reach as many people as possible!
Share Kidpower and Pridepower resources with others!
Share this page and our Pridepower course with your friends, family, and interested institutions, or post on social media, so that we can reach as many people as possible!
Make a donation!
Your gift in any amount will help Kidpower and our Pridepower program bring greater emotional and personal safety to LQBTQIA+ communities everywhere!
Make a donation!
Your gift in any amount will help Kidpower and our Pridepower program bring greater emotional and personal safety to LQBTQIA+ communities everywhere!
Ask others to donate in your honor!
Ask the people in your life to donate to Kidpower International to support the Pridepower program for your birthday or other special event! You can share the donation page.
Ask others to donate in your honor!
Ask the people in your life to donate to Kidpower International to support the Pridepower program for your birthday or other special event! You can share the donation page.
Connect Pridepower with people who can grow our visibility and sustainability!
Do you know a person, business, or organization that would be interested in partnering with Pridepower? Your personal connections can open doors and help us reach even more people! Contact us at pridepower@kidpower.org.
Connect Pridepower with people who can grow our visibility and sustainability!
Do you know a person, business, or organization that would be interested in partnering with Pridepower? Your personal connections can open doors and help us reach even more people! Contact us at pridepower@kidpower.org.
We’re here to answer your questions, suggest resources, and give you more information about how to take or plan a class. Contact us today using the form below.