My child has come out as lgbthq+! What can I do to help?

One thing you can do first is ask: "What can I do to support you?", and they will usually tell you.

That can be everything from, "Just be here with me" to "I need help with...."
If you are in the first category, then good, just be there.
If the other category, then you should actively get involved.

Issues that happen today, every day...

Many of the rainbow family are being bullied in school, in friend groups, online, or any other area of social engagement.

There are many great sources on what to do or how to be supportive in those cases.
A simple search will give you many options in your local community.

But there is one issue that is not really mentioned or talked about in the same aspect: Family.

Bullying or being "left out" or just familymembers that flat out tell you that you are no longer welcom.

This is much harder to deal with. How would you handle grandparents that do not want to see or talk to your child? Or saying, "please join us on the family picnic, but xxxx are not welcome".

This is the reality for many in the rainbow family and has ripped several relationships apart.

You as a parent have a need/love to protect you child and make sure they are happy and healthy (also mentally healthy).

In an ideal world this would not be an issue, yet, here we are, addressing a less than ideal issue.
How do you find the middle ground in a family conflict, do you WANT to find a middle ground?

I have both talked to people that have experienced this and have it in my own family.
As a story that has been told to me was:
"As a child and teenager, I was always with my aunt and uncle, everyone enjoyed time together, as a teenager I was also babysitting my nieces all the time, even when my aunt and uncle was having a "date night".
In my later teens, I built up the courage to tell my family that I, as a girl, were in love with another girl. My parents loved it and embraced me and my new girlfriend. When the news reached my aunt and uncle, I was told flat out they did not want to see me again, since, as they put it, were afraid of "bad influences" on their children. Still to this day, my parent has no contact anymore with my aunt and uncle."

This is just one out of many. This is the reality for many in the rainbow family.

Not only with family, but with teachers, friends, and parents of friends, the list goes on.

What can I do as parent?

Well, step one, LOVE!
Love everyone, even the haters and negatives.
Step two, Try your best to keep your child from harm, any harm.
Step three, Stand shoulder to shoulder with your child in the storm.
And step four, keep the door open for those who change their mind.

This is a start to be a good ally for your child, and when other see what you do and how you do it, the sky is the limit....