Would your next family vacation make your LGBTQ+ child feel affirmed or anxious?
Whether you're planning a road trip or flying internationally, traveling with an LGBTQ+ child brings unique emotional and safety needs. This episode explores how to turn travel into a safe, empowering experience for your entire family.
- Learn what to pack so your LGBTQ+ child feels seen, grounded, and supported
- Get expert tips on researching inclusive destinations, events, and accommodations
- Discover tools and apps that help ensure emotional safety and legal awareness while abroad
Press play to feel confident and prepared when traveling with your LGBTQ+ teen—wherever your next adventure takes you.
RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT
Website: International LGBTQ+ Travel Association (IGLTA)
Why it matters: IGLTA provides free resources, LGBTQ+ inclusive guides, safety information, and vetted travel partners for queer travelers and their families.
Other tools:
- GeoSure App (iOS & Android) – Real-time LGBTQ safety ratings
- Equaldex – Country-specific legal and social climate for LGBTQ+ people
- Trans Travel Checklist by National Center for Transgender Equality: transequality.org
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More Human. More Kind. formerly Just Breathe: Parenting Your LGBTQ Teen is a safe and supportive podcast in a heartfelt and empowering space where a mom and advocate offers practical guidance and education to parents and allies, fostering empathy, kindness, love, and strong boundaries while supporting LGBTQ teens and the diverse LGBTQ community—including gay, lesiban, bisexual, trans, transgender, and queer individuals—through conversations about mental health, grief, gender identity, sexual orientation, human rights, social justice, parenting, parent support, and meaningful LGBTQ allyship and allyship in action.
