Resources

American Civil Liberties Union: GLBT

Combatting civil rights and liberties attacks on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons and groups.

Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists

A tool you can use to find a counselor or therapist who is GLBT or a GLBT ally.

Changing Sexpectations

A Scarleteen user's final project for her Feminist Theory class, these two student-made sex ed videos linked through the accompanying blog are informative and a lot of fun.

Consent is Sexy

What is consent? What is sexy? Why is consent sexy?

Families Like Mine

A website created by the wonderful Abigail Garner, author of the Lambda Literary finalist, "Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is."

For the Bible Tells Me So

Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

At GLAAD, we are in the business of changing people's hearts and minds through what they see in the media.

Gay & Lesbian Medical Association

GLMA works to ensure equality in health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and health care professionals.

Gay-Straight Alliance Network

Gay-Straight Alliance Network is a youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources.

Girl2girl

Girl2girl.info provides safer sex information to lesbians, bisexual women and women who have sex with women. The site includes information on:

* what is safer sex and why bother having it;
* how to stay safe emotionally before, during and after sex;
* how to use latex barriers for safer sex;
* how to reduce the risk of Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) without using latex;
* what STIs you can catch, how you can catch them, and how to get rid of them; and
* frequently asked questions.

GLB Info to Give to Parents/Families

Thinking about coming out, but nervous about the reaction of your family?

GLB Terminology

Ever wonder what "LGBT" means? Or why "queer" can be both an insult and part of the title of a hit TV show? Visit GLAAD's glossary to find out!

Howard Brown

The mission of Howard Brown is to promote the well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons through the provision of health care and wellness programs, including clinical, educational, social service and research activities.

Iranian Gay & Lesbian Healthcare Providers Association

A professional organization with a mission to provide opportunities for gay/lesbian Iranian healthcare providers to network and unite, promote mental and physical health within the Iranian GLBT Community and challenge homophobia in the Iranian community.

National Youth Advocacy Coalition

The National Youth Advocacy Coalition is a social justice organization that advocates for and with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) in an effort to end discrimination against these youth and to ensure their physical and emotional well being.

Oasis Journals

Articles, reviews and journals all written first-person by queer and questioning youth.

OutProud

OutProud, The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth, serves the needs of these young men and women by providing advocacy, information, resources and support. Our goal is to help queer youth become happy, successful, confident and vital gay, lesbian and bisexual adults.

Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

The Age of Consent Chart @ AVERT

Need to know what the age of sexual consent is in your area?

The Audre Lorde Project

The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit and Transgender People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly reflect, represent and serve our various communities.

The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network

The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Transgender Terminology

Pronouns and names are key to reporting on transgender men and women with respect. Learn more about gender identity issues and language at this concise list from GLAAD.

Whosoever Magazine

For gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Christians.