Help, care, community, and deconstruction

Resources

Start with what you need right now. Women’s safety and reproductive-care resources come first, followed by LGBTQIA+ and trans support, help leaving high-control groups, secular mental health, deconstruction resources, books, and creators CrystalJae recommends.

Women first

Find Help & Care

Search for local shelter, advocacy, legal support, reproductive health care, and abortion care.

DomesticShelters.org Search by ZIP code or city for domestic-violence shelters, programs, advocates, counseling, and other local services. Find local domestic-violence help WomensLaw.org Choose your state to find shelters, advocates, local programs, referrals, and legal information for survivors of abuse. Find advocates and shelters Planned Parenthood Health Center Finder Search for in-person or telehealth reproductive care, including birth control, STI services, abortion care, and more. Find reproductive health care Bedsider Clinic Finder Find providers for birth control, STI testing, Pap smears, and other sexual and reproductive health services. Find a provider AbortionFinder.org Search verified abortion providers and find funding, travel, legal, medical, and logistical support. Find verified abortion care I Need An A Find clinics, pill-by-mail options, current laws, abortion funds, and support organizations based on your location. Search abortion-care options 211 Search local housing, food, transportation, health care, financial assistance, and other community services. Find local help

LGBTQIA+ & trans

Find Support Near You

Local community, housing, homelessness resources, affirming health care, and trans-specific support.

LGBT Near Me Enter your ZIP code to search thousands of LGBTQ+ community resources, including centers, doctors, lawyers, youth support, social groups, and more. Search local LGBTQ+ resources CenterLink Find LGBTQ+ community centers that can connect people with local services, support, programming, and referrals. Find an LGBTQ+ center True Colors United Resources focused on LGBTQ+ youth and young adults experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Explore housing resources Trans Lifeline Resource Library Search trans-specific resources for relocation assistance, mutual aid, jobs, health care, legal transition, peer support, and more. Search trans resources OutCare OutList Search for LGBTQ+ and trans/gender-diverse affirming health-care providers by location, state, specialty, and telehealth availability. Find affirming health care HUD Find Shelter Search nationwide for shelters, food pantries, health clinics, clothing, and homelessness services in your community. Find shelter and local services

Leaving high-control religion

Cult & Coercive-Control Recovery

Directories, education, and support for people leaving destructive or high-control groups and relationships.

Cult Education Institute A large archive on destructive groups plus recovery-and-support links, therapist resources, and other help for former members. Explore recovery resources Freedom of Mind Resource Center Education and professional support for people leaving destructive cults, controlling relationships, and unhealthy group dynamics. Find support and services

Mental health without religion

Secular Mental Health

Secular Therapy Project Search for secular therapists who use evidence-based methods without supernatural or religious elements. Search secular therapists Psychology Today: Secular & Nonreligious A therapist directory filtered specifically for secular and nonreligious counseling. Search therapists

Deconstruction & Bible

Research & Advocacy

Bad Bible Hub: List of Irreconcilable Passages Start with Bad Bible Hub’s LIPs: its collection of biblical passages presented as irreconcilable with common claims about the Bible and God. Read the LIPs Freedom From Religion Foundation National education and advocacy focused on nontheism and separation of church and state. Visit FFRF

CrystalJae recommends

Recommended Reading

Crucifying the Bible: Using the Bible to Disprove the Bible Deborah Grace View on Amazon Christ Before Jesus: Evidence for the Second-Century Origins of Jesus Matthew Britt & Jaaron Wingo View on Amazon Unconvinced: How Belief Is Not a Choice and Why That Changes Everything Jon Cohen View on Amazon

Other Reading

To Catch a Killer Sheryl Scarborough View on Amazon To Right the Wrongs Sheryl Scarborough View on Amazon

Watch, listen, think

Recommended Viewing

Creators CrystalJae recommends in the deconstruction space.

Think Beyond Dogma Watch on YouTube. Open channel Bored Agnostic Watch on YouTube. Open channel Leaving Faith Sara’s deconstruction content and conversations about life after faith. Open channel Joel Reads Bible Joel reads through the Bible in context, chapter by chapter, and talks through what is actually on the page. Open channel Mezzo Science, philosophy, humor, and music from Joel’s Star-Crossed buddy and one of CrystalJae’s dear friends in the deconstruction space. Open channel

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