LGBTQ youth face significant mental health risks due to societal stigma, discrimination, and isolation. However, focusing solely on these risks obscures the profound resilience many LGBTQ youth demonstrate in navigating adversity. This chapter explores resilience not as a fixed trait but as a dynamic process shaped by supportive relationships, affirming environments, and cultural context. Drawing on intersectionality theory, it highlights how overlapping identities, race, gender, class, ability, uniquely shape both challenges and pathways to resilience. Protective factors such as affirming adult relationships, strong peer networks, positive identity development, and access to culturally responsive mental health services are examined. The chapter presents practical strategies for educators and counselors to foster resilience through inclusive curricula, trauma-informed care, restorative practices, and LGBTQ-affirming adaptations to social-emotional learning (SEL). It also explores the transformative potential of youth activism and the emerging role of technology, including teletherapy and AI-based support, in expanding access to care. Central to the chapter is the understanding that resilience among LGBTQ youth is nurtured through community, empowerment, and belonging. By moving from deficit-based models to strength-centered, culturally sustaining approaches, schools and mental health systems can cultivate environments where LGBTQ youth are not merely surviving but thriving. The chapter concludes with discussion prompts and resources aimed at equipping professionals to better support LGBTQ youth through justice-oriented, inclusive, and affirming practices.