As Melania Trump's husband and his administration continue to wreak havoc on the country, I thought that these may be useful resources to help people as we resist and persist.

1. Prescription Help

These are sites where you can find payment assistance programs and get your medication for cheaper prices than you would from a pharmacy. If you are going to lose insurance due to the Affordable Care Act being repealed and a replacement not yet created (if it ever will be), maybe these sources will be helpful to you.

GoodRx (finds lowest possible prices for medications without insurance), NeedyMeds (payment assistance programs and discounts), Healthfinder (finds local patient assistance programs), and Mental Health America (patient assistance programs for psychiatric medications specifically).

Thank you iatrogenic for the info!

2. Representative Contact Information

Contacting representatives to explain your position on issues and bills is very important. The site USA.gov provides the information you need to contact representatives. My mother's advice on this is to contact them in the ways they can't ignore. So don't email them or make online petitions, make phone calls or send handwritten/typed letters via the postal service or fax. This site allows you to send faxes for free to your senator or your representative in congress.

3. Bill Tracking

You can track bills going through Congress and find out how your representatives voted on sites such as GovTrack and Countable (which also has an app version). These also provide contact information for your representatives. This will be very important as the administration tries to overwhelm the public so they give up fighting and slip in bills that we might miss. Don't let them.

4. Knowing Your Rights

Before you go around saying things are unconstitutional, give the document a check! (Granted you'll probably find that yes, what they do is unconstitutional or "not specifically illegal but not ethical and probably should be illegal" but check it first.) It is a PDF copy of the entire constitution.

5. Fact Checking

FACTS ARE FACTS ARE FACTS AND ANYTHING NOT A FACT IS A LIE. Double check that what YOU, YOUR FRIENDS/FAMILY, THE MEDIA, AND THE ADMINISTRATION say is based on FACT at these resources: FactCheck.org, PolitiFact.com, and Snopes.com. These sites take an unbiased look at information and finds out what is actually true.

6. MOGII Community Resources

There are some sites geared specifically towards certain parts of the MOGII community. For lesbians there's Lesbian.org (has sources on how to come out and how to meet other lesbians, the site is under reconstruction as of 2/10/17 but you can still go to links they provide) and lebianlife.about.com (you can send in questions and get advice on lesbian issues, find current and historical information on lesbians, etc). For gay men there's gaylife.about.com (similar to lesbianlife but for gay men) and often there's resources geared toward gay men in each state so you can look them up for your own state. For bisexuals, there is the Bisexual Resource Center (information on coming out, biphobia and bi-erasure, as well as other info useful to bisexuals) and GLAAD has some additional links to bisexual organizations and resources. For people who are transgender, there's How To Trans (one of the first things on the home page is "There’s no right or wrong way to be trans." so don't worry, it has articles on health info, how to alleviate dysphoria, and encouragement), Transgender Law Center ("Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression."), National Center for Transgender Equality (helps get legal documents together for people who are trans), and this is GLAAD's list of other resources specifically for people who are trans. For the Queer/Questioning, Queer Resources Directory (resources for the generally queer about health and queer history) or "Am I Gay?" (help explore your sexuality if you aren't sure what you identify as) may prove useful. For those who are intersex, there's the Intersex Society of North America ("The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.") and InterACT has a list of intersex organizations on their advocacy site. For asexuals, there's The Asexual Visibility and Education Network (has a lot of asexual info for people who may think their asexual as well as answers to FAQs by their family and friends). {That's about it for official sites but there are many blogs for asexuals and asexuality support.} Now for generally anyone in the community, glnh.org (provides hotlines and resources for LGBT of all ages), pride.com (articles both serious and fun for the whole community), and The Trevor Project (free services so LGBTQ youth can talk to trained counselors particularly when suicidal). {There doesn't seem to be any specific resources or sites geared towards people who identify as pansexual so someone ought get on that. There are many blogs however geared towards people who are pansexual.}

7. Disabilities and Mental Health Resources

Surprise! People with disabilities exist and deserve the same rights as everyone else! (*COUGH* education *COUGH*) This is a list of organizations for people with various disabilities and/or mental health issues. This is the site of the National Disability Rights Network which is working in courts and education services to fight for the rights of people with disabilities.

Many people may develop depression or anxiety due to the consequences of this administration or their mental health was not the best before and no longer has insurance for counseling. So, there's mentalhealth.org with resources on different mental health issues and how to get help as well as Mental Health America which has resources on various ways to get affordable care or find counselors who would best fit your needs.

8. Suicide Hotlines

Many people may feel trapped and suicidal but there are people who love and support you. As mentioned in number 6, there's The Trevor Project for suicidal LGBTQ youth. There's a texting hotline with trained crisis counselors that's free and confidential that you can text for any reason at any age. This site has a list of hotlines for anyone, veterans, the hearing impaired, that you can call/email/text what ever you need. Use these if you need them, please.

9. Sexual Education

With Devos taking up Secretary of Education and sex ed in America being as poorly handled as it is already, allow this ace to provide you with resources if sex is your cup of tea! PornHub has started it's own site, PornHub Sexual Wellness Center, which is free for people to find information. It is fairly new but they are working toward making this a site useful for multiple age groups, sexualities, and genders. The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) has been working since 1964 to provide fact-based (not alternative-fact-based) sexual information. The Unitarian Universalist Association also has six curricula based on age group which encompasses sexual information for not only heterosexual relationships but gender identity and sexual orientation information. They say their Our Whole Lives program is based on self worth, sexual health, responsibility, as well as justice and inclusivity. (If you find this to not be true, please comment on this article so misinformation doesn't spread. I don't have access to their exact materials right now.)

10. History Lessons

As a general rule, we need to know the past so we don't make mistakes in the future. For example, there are people who believe that Kellyanne Conway's Bowling Green Massacre happened. If people knew history, they'd know that what she was referring to never happened! Additionally, people say liberals are exaggerating the comparisons between Trump and Hitler when all around the country anti-Semitism, Islamaphobia, xenophobia, homophobia, and transphobia are on the rise. Kids are being bullied and beaten by their classmates for being black or Latinx or gay more than they were before because people think it's okay.

So, here's a huge resource for the history of United States. This site provides information on various parts of world history and has a search engine for specific events. These are some resources of history specifically in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Australia. But you could go even deeper than I did looking for these sites! Look at the specific histories of countries in Europe and learn why the World Wars happened. Look at how Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam, and India are all part of the same continent but have different cultures and traditions. Look at the true bloody and corrupt history of our country. See how we both were and were not great so you understand that "making America great again" either isn't possible or isn't right. See why people are so concerned by white supremacists having power over our nation because of what's happened before. Learn history.

I hope at least one of these resources helps you as we keep Melania's husband and his administration from sending us down ill-advised paths.

Resist and persist everyone.