National LGBTQ Resources

Advocacy Organizations

• GLAAD – Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "Dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation." www.glaad.org
• GLSEN – Gay, Lesbian, And Straight Education Network – "Creating safe schools for GLBT people." www.glsen.org
• HRC – Human Rights Campaign – Working for LGBT equal rights.  www.hrc.orgr
• LAMBDA LEGAL – Advocacy group that provides attorneys for LGBT rights cases  -- www.lambdalegal.org
• PFLAG – Parents, family, and friends of lesbians and gays.www.pflag.org
• FAMILY PRIDE COALITION – Education and advocacy for gay and lesbian families. www.familypride.org.
• NCLR – National Coalition for Lesbian Rights – advocacy group that provides legal representation www.nclr.org
• NGLTF – National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. – "The national progressive organization working at the grass roots for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people." www.ngltf.org
• NOW – National Organization for Women – the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. www.now.org
• SLDN – Soldiers’ Legal Defense Network –  National organization devoted to assisting those affected by "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue." www.sldn.org

Coming Out and Learning About Sexual Orientation

• http://www.proud2begay.com – Real life stories of people from all over the world, as well as resources and information.
• http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/index.html – Provides factual information about sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS. Includes a comprehensive bibliography
• http://www.qrd.org – Contains 2,506 files about a wide range of queer issues from religion to culture.

Sexuality and Ethnicity

• http://www.blackstripe.com – Internet resource for news, information, and culture effecting LGBT people of African descent.
• http://www.geocities.com/westhollywood.heights/5010/resources – Contains books, articles, and information concerning GLBT Asian-Pacific people.
• http://www.youthresource.com/community/yoc/index.cfm – A website for youth of color.

Sexuality and Disability

• http://www.igc.org/pwd/lgbtq.htm – Serving lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and queers with disabilities.
• http://www.deafqueer.org – Contains comprehensive and accurate information about the Deaf LGBT community.
• http://www.gimpgirl.com/lists/queergirlies/ – An email list for Lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered women with disabilities aged 15-25.

Bisexual Resources

• http://www.binetusa.org – Provides information and support for bisexual men and women.
• http://www.bisexual.org – “Maintained by the Bisexual Foundation, a not-for-profit 501c3 corporation dedicated to the support of the bisexual community.”

Intersex Resources

• http://www.bodieslikeours.org/forums – Intersex information and peer support
• http://www.isna.org – Includes contact information, medical information, a library, articles, newsletter, bibliography, store, faqs and writings about the intersex condition.

Transgender Resources

• http://www.tgni.com – Place of support for all transgender people, friends, family, and significant others.
• http://www.ftmi.org – Serves female-to-male transgender people and transsexual men.
• http://www.tyfa.org–  TransYouth Family Advocates is a new national organization founded by an adult trans woman and three mothers of transgender children.
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Youth Resources

• http://www.geocities.com/unity_through_diversity_1999 – Focuses on gay youth and school issues along with LGBT issues.
• http://www.glsen.org/pages/sections/involved/studentpride – A project of GLSEN for youth and by youth working to help network Gay/Straight Alliances.
• http://www.oasismag.com – The online Webzine written by, about, and for queer and questioning youth.
• http://www.youthresource.com/community/yoc/index.cfm – A website for youth of color.
• http://www.outproud.org – The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth.
• http://www.youth.org – Providing self-identifying LGBTQ youth with a safe space online to be themselves.
• http://www.youthresource.com – A project of Advocates for Youth providing news and community for LGBT.
• http://www.positive.org – Provides factual sexuality and sexual health information for LGBT youth.

Other Helpful Resources

• http://www.pfaw.org/issues/equal – Provides headlines on issues of gay/lesbian rights and a report on anti-gay activity and discrimination.
• http://www.aclu.org/issues/gay/hmgl.html – Provides news, resources, and ways of fighting anti-gay discrimination.
• http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject – An activist network advocating for LGBT-inclusive curricular policies.
• http://www.queertheory.com – Resources in Queer Culture, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Gender Studies and related fields.
• http://www.now.org– The national feminist movement’s main organization.  Very pro-gay equality.
• http:///www.nomas.org – The oldest pro-feminist men’s movement in the world.  The group is pro-feminist, gay-affirming, anti-racist, and dedicated to gender equality and civil rights for everyone.
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