Delta-V maintains a list of over 600 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual North
American organizations, indexed by location and specialty. See: http://www.dv-8.com
Rachel Miller's site "Ending Discrimination in Church and Society" lists hundreds of LGBTQ-positive spiritual, denominational, societal
organizations. See:
http://www.rachelmiller.info/
JesusinLove maintains a list of LGBT-friendly churches and para-church
ministries. See:
http://www.jesusinlove.org/
Worldwide gay and lesbian rights information:
The following web site lists most countries in the world, the status of their
laws regarding same-sex behavior, and the minimum age of consent. This data is
only as reliable as the source material used by the webmaster. If you are
planning to be sexually active with a same-sex partner, it would be wise for you
to verify the information. See Homosexual rights around the world at:
http://www.actwin.com/eatonohio/gay/world.htm
Most groups are broadly based, and support gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals.
We found a few groups and one listing that focus on bisexuality:
Bisexual Resource Center has a massive list of bisexual resources and
links at: http://www.biresource.org/
The Usenet soc.bi discusses all issues related to bisexuality. Its web
site contains 150 pages of bisexual resources including FAQs. See: http://bi.org/~jon/soc.bi/
Support Group for Straight/Homosexual Marriages:
The Straight Spouse Network (SSN) is a support group for the straight spouse in
marriages in which the other spouse is gay or lesbian. They have five goals: 1. to offer
caring support in a group context; 2. to help women and men adjust to change; 3. to deal
with negative emotions; 4. to enhance feelings of worth and personal identity; 5. to find
positive self-image and new direction. They are also establishing an outreach program for
couples who have recently begun facing the fact that only one of them is straight, and are
developing an educational program to promote better understanding of homosexuality.
See: http://www.straightspouse.org/
Secularly Based Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Resources:
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has a page on lesbian and gay
rights issues at: http://www.aclu.org/
DiversityBuilder offers LGBT referrals to a local
gay-friendly doctor, counselor, attorney or business across the U.S.
See:
http://www.diversitybuilder.com The referrals are free to those
seeking information. Professionals and companies pay a fee to be listed.
The Gay Financial Network offers "free, comprehensive
financial news, information and services to meet the unique investment needs of gays and
lesbians." See: http://www.gfn.com/
The Gay Lesbian International Therapist Search Engine (GLITSE)
maintains a data base of referrals to gay-positive and lesbian-positive
therapists. See: http://www.glitse.com
God Hates
Shrimp is a parody web site to poke fun at homophobes. They stress the
"abomination" of eating shrimp, crab, lobster, etc. according to Leviticus.
See: http://www.godhatesshrimp.com/
God Hates Sodomites attempts to "...reveal the perversion of
the city of Sodom, a grave perversion that ought to be eradicated from our
society." The perversion has nothing to do with homosexuality, and
everything to do with "pride and inhospitality towards the oppressed."
See:
http://www.godhatessodomites.com/
GodLovesFags.com is a helpful source of current news. See:
http://godlovesfags.com The
webmaster registered the URL "out of disgust for Fred Phelps and the
Westboro Baptist Church's website" at
www.godhatesfags.com
The Independent Gay Forum is written by "libertarians,
moderates, and classical liberals [holding] differing views on the role of government,
personal morality, religious faith, and personal relationships." See: http://www.indegayforum.org/
Queer by Choice is a fascinating un-politically correct web site which
"exists in order to promote, condone, encourage and recruit individuals to
explore their homosexuality." at: http://members.aol.com/QBCHOICE/
(This site may not be operational)
Healing Homosexuality offers: "...peace through
self-acceptance to God's gay, bisexual and queer children." It is not an
ex-gay ministry; it promotes the healthy principle of self-acceptance. See:
http://www.geocities.com/gayhealing/
The World History of Male Love is at: http://www.androphile.org
The Advocate calls it "a fascinating collection of
artwork and literature detailing how gay male love has always been a
part of the social fabric."
World Sex Explorer has a list of ages of consent in each U.S. state and around the world.
See:
http://www.worldsexexplorer.com/Use this data with caution; laws
often change and web sites sometimes make mistakes.
Religiously Based Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Resources:
We did maintain a list of individual support groups for many different faith groups,
ranging from Atheists to Evangelical Christians to Unitarian Universalists. However, it
became a maintenance nightmare. Web sites appeared and vanished into the ether so
frequently that it was impossible to keep track of them. So, we are listing a number of
sites which maintain lists of gay/lesbian/bisexual support groups:
Plucked
Strings: Liberal Christian Voices sells shirts, art, stationery and more
for the thinking Christian. They have a gay-positive "Straight but not
narrow isle." They also have a "Separate Church and
Hate" aisle. See:
http://www.cafepress.com/
The Hartford Institute for Religion Research has a list of "Denominationally
oriented advocacy groups" at:
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization with members from
many religions. It has a listing of religious and secular lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transsexual resources at:
http://www.afsc.org/
The Apostolic Restoration Mission "has endeavored, seeking
direction from the Lord, to open up His word in truth, and to dispel the
myths that mainstream denominations have used to abuse and wound the gay
community." See:
www.apostolicrestorationmission.4t.com
The Center for Democratic Renewal has an essay "Homosexuality
and Religion" at:
http://www.qrd.org/qrd/
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
is at: http://www.clgs.org/
ChristianGays.com™ promotes the concept that one can be a conservative Christian and a gay or lesbian at the same
time. See: http://www.christiangays.com/
The Gay Dad has a "Summary of Religious Views on Homosexuality" at:
http://milepost1.com/
The Interfaith Working Group maintains a very large list of hyperlinks to ern sites working in the fields of equal rights for gays and lesbians,
support groups, etc. See: http://www.iwgonline.org/
PFLAG-Atlanta has a list of "National religious organizations affirming
gays and lesbians at:
http://www.pflagatl.org/
Second Stone is an ecumenical Christian newspapers for lesbians gays, bisexuals and transsexuals. See:
http://www.whosoever.org/
TruthSetsFree is a personal web site by Justin Cannon who makes his
report "The Bible, Christianity and homosexuality" available in Word, PDF, HTML eReader, and hard copy format. See:
http://www.truthsetsfree.net/
What are False Christians is a personal web site which contrasts
Christian faith groups which preach exclusion and hatred with those which
teach love and acceptance. The site has a major essay on homosexuality. See:
http://falsechristians.com/
Whosoever is an online magazine for gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender Christians. Their "ministries provide resources to
help GLBT people reclaim their faith, rekindle their relationship to God
through Christ, and grow in their spiritual relationship to God.
Whosoever is dedicated to emboldening GLBT people and their straight
allies to work for justice and equality within the church and society at
large. Whosoever strives to assure GLBT people that they are
included in God's unconditional love and are already justified by their
faith and sanctified by grace alone." See:
http://whosoever.org/
Other Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Resources:
Publications:
Blithe House Quarterly is a site for gay short fiction by emerging
and established gay and lesbian authors at http://www.blithe.com/
Journal of Homosexuality "...is devoted to scholarly research
on homosexuality, including sexual practices and gender roles and their
cultural, historical, interpersonal, and modern social contexts. In
addition to research on human sexuality, articles in the journal also
explore the political, social, and moral implications of research on
human sexuality. See:
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/
Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association was "the
world's first peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered health." It started in
1997-DEC and was published quarterly until it was discontinued in
2002-JUN. See:
http://www.glma.org/
Whosoever is a bi-monthly, 8 page newsletter for gay and
lesbian Christians. The first issue, published in 1996-JUL dealt with
same-sex marriage. Cost is $10.00 per year. See:
http://www.whosoever.org/
Internet groups, etc:
10-20 Gay Christian Teens is a MSN group for gay and lesbian
teens. The group was founded in early 2001 and has about 540 members as
of mid-2004. See: http://groups.msn.com/1020gaychristianteens
PFlag (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) is a support group for (I
suppose this is obvious) parents and friends of lesbians and gays. One charming home page
(with at least one religious intolerance horror story at last count) is at:
http://www.pflag.org/
Families United Against Hate (FUAH) "... provides support,
guidance and assistance to families and individuals dealing with
incidents based on bias; and to the people, organizations and agencies
who serve and support them." See:
http://www.fuah.org/aboutfuah.html
The Internet search engine Yahoo links to many sites dealing
with homosexuality at:
http://search.yahoo.com/
Transgender and Transsexual resources:
We have a separate listing of web sites and
organizations that deal specifically with Transgenderism, transsexualism,
gender dysphoria, & gender identity topics