This means that many members of the primary workforce in the US are parents of LGBTQ+ youth. And they are struggling right now. Being a parent is hard enough given the increase in school shootings and other violent acts that target our young people. Add a child whose marginalization is compounded, and you have a whole other set of problems. Parents of LGBTQ+ youth struggle to walk the line of encouraging their children to be true to themselves, while also being safe in a homophobic and transphobic society that is getting increasingly more violent against them.