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Links to Local, State, and National Organizations
(If you desire a link to be placed on this site, see submission informationand policy statement below)
In Alphabetical Order
10-20 Gay Christian Teens
http://groups.msn.com/1020GayChristianTeens
10-20 Gay Christian Teens is a community-based website designed for gay/lesbian/bi teen Christians worldwide, but is open to all people of all ages. Over 550 members are there to support anyone who needs it with a Message Board, Chat Room, articles, and an "I Need Advice" section for those seeking advice. It is monitored to provide a safe place for teens to go to find support. We're here to help you through problems regarding sexuality, religion, and everyday life stuff!
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) - Lesbian & Gay Rights
www.aclu.org/issues/gay
Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons
This is the official web site for Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons. With chapters around the world, Affirmation serves the needs of gays, lesbians, bisexual LDS and their supportive family and friends through social and educational activities. Soulforce especially recommends you visit their Virtual Memorial dedicated to the memory of Mormons who have taken their own lives, victims of the spiritual violence done them by their antiGLBT church teachings and actions.
www.affirmation.org
American Friends Service Committee (Quakers)
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
www.au.org
Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists (AWAB)
http://www.bpfna.org/
Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
http://www.bpfna.org/
Building an Inclusive Church
www.winternet.com
Changing Sexual Orientation: Does Counseling Work?
Dr. Ariel Shidlo is a psychologist in New York who is doing a study on conversion therapies. His study is "Changing Sexual Orientation: Does Counseling Work?" They've interviewed 190 persons who have gone through exgay or aversive therapies and are looking for another 30. If you are willing to be questioned for this important study, contact Dr. Shidlo from the following link:
http://www.conversionreport.com/
Cathedral of Hope
www.cathedralofhope.com
Center for Progressive Christianity
www.tcpc.org
Christian Lesbians.com
www.christianlesbians.com
Clergy United
http://www.clergyunited.com/
Conference for Catholic Lesbians, Inc.
www.catholiclesbians.org
Critical Reflections: Homosexuality and the Bible (Reflections)
What does the Bible say about homosexuality? Is homosexuality against Scripture? A web site takes an insightful look. Message board.
http://www.criticalreflections.com/homosexuality_bible.htm
Dignity USA
Dignity/USA envisions and works for a time when Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Catholics are affirmed and experience dignity through the integration of their spirituality with their sexuality, and as beloved persons of God participate fully in all aspects of life within the Church and Society. Through their national organization and many local chapters, Dignity works for education, for the reform of the Church's teachings and pastoral practices toward sexual minorities, and for the acceptance of all people as full members of the Church.
www.dignityusa.org
Dorothy Day
www.catholicworker.org
Emergence International
Emergence International is a world-wid communicty of Christian Scientists, their families and friendsthat provides spiritual and educational support for LGBTQ people, as they deal with homophobia and heterosexism.
www.emergence-international.org
Epistle Magazine
A web magazine for the inspiration and encouragement of GLBT Christians
www.epistle.us
Evangelicals Concerned Western Region, Inc.
ECWR is a nationwide ministry of Christ-centered, Bible-believing, evangelical gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) Christians. ECWR is not a church, but a network of groups of friends whose primary purpose is to provide reconciliation, integration and opportunities for Christian growth for Christian GLBT peoples.
www.ecwr.org
Ex-Gay Nomad -- study of Christianity & Homosexuality
http://members.aol.com/exgaynomad/index.htm
Family Acceptance
www.familyacceptance.com
Fellowship of Reconciliation
www.forusa.org
Freedom to Marry
www.freedomtomarry.org
Gandhi Institute
www.gandhiinstitute.org
Gay and Christian: Good News from the Bible
www.othersheep.org
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
www.glaad.org
Gay Catholic Forum
A gifted people sharing their faith.
www.GayCatholicForum.org
Gay is OK!
http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/gender/site/index.htm
Gay is OK! Emergency Numbers
Emergency Numbers
Gay Lesbian Straight Educators Network
www.glsen.org
The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
Find a GLBT-Friendly Medical Doctor
www.glma.org
Gay Yellow Pages
http://gayellowpages.com
God Made me Gay (ALetterto Louise)
www.godmademegay.com
HRC FamilyNet
www.hrc.org/familynet
HRC FamilyNet is a website maintained by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation devoted to the issues of concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families.
Human Rights Campaign
www.hrc.org
Interfaith Working Group
www.iwgonline.org
Joyful Pride - Tribe Radio Show: January 2001
http://www.joyfulpride.com
Lambda Legal and Education Defense Fund
www.lambdalegal.org
Lee Ellis
www.leeellis.com
Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force
www.lgirtf.org
Liberals Like Christ
www.liberalslikechrist.org
Lutherans Concerned North America
Lutherans Concerned North America stands as a community of faith, modeling the gospel with the church and within the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities. We seek to employ the Gospel's principals of inclusiveness and justice, celebrating God's gifts of sexuality and diversity.
www.lcna.org
Lutheran Lesbian & Gay Ministries
http://www.llgm.org
Marriage Equality
http://www.marriageequality.org
More Light Presbyterians - Ecumenical Resources
GLBT-Friendly Groups
www.mlp.org
National Council of Churches
This is the official web page for the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, the nation's leading organization in the movement for Christian ecumenical cooperation. The NCC's 36 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox member communions and denominations include more than 50 million persons in 140,000 local congregations in communities across the United States. And though the NCC refuses to accept the UFMCC as a member, the NCC director and staff offer friendship and support to the GLBT community in many other ways.
www.ncccusa.org
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
www.ngltf.org
National Organization for Women "Lesbian Rights"
www.now.org
Nonviolence Help
http://nonviolencehelp.tripod.com
This website contains nonviolence resources for trainers and activists. Information on theory and practice of nonviolent social change, case studies and training agendas.
The Nonviolence Web
www.nonviolence.org
The Other Side
A very important magazine created by a community of creative activists dedicated to helping the Christian church "do justice and love mercy" in our modern world. We recommend it enthusiastically.
www.theotherside.org
Out Youth Austin
A non-profit organization providing services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth ages 12 to 19 in Austin and central Texas.
www.outyouth.org
PaceBene - Franciscan peace organization
www.paceebene.org
Parents, Family, Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Bis and Ts)
www.pflag.org
People for the American Way
www.pfaw.org
Pride Senior Network
www.pridesenior.org
QBLISS Stop the Hate page
www.qbliss.net/hate/intro
Queer Asian Spirit
Queer Asian Spirit is an organization dedicated to affirming and supporting the
spiritual lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and
questioning people of Asian descent everywhere.
http://www.queerasianspirit.org
Rainbow Baptists
www.rainbowbaptists.org
Rainbow Connection
The Rainbow Connection offers resources for parents of gay children, including parents' stories, recommended reading, help finding support groups, and access to statements from national professional organizations.
http://www.the-rainbow-connection.org
Rainbow of Equality
Dedicated to helping GLBT equality. Rainbow of Equality has lots ofinformation for helping to achieve individual liberty. With important petitions, articles and definitive rebuttals to anti-gay claim, it is based on nonbiased, empirical reason and facts, along withstudies byleading scientific professional organizations. It also has been designed to be very easy to educate the public about the truth about homosexuality.
http://rainbowofequality.onasoapbox.com
Reluctant Journey
www.reluctantjourney.co.uk
Remembering our Dead
http://gender.org/remember/about/core.html
Roanoke 7
www.roanoke7.com
Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International, Inc.
Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International, Inc. (Kinship) is a nonprofit support organization which ministers to the spiritual, emotional, social, and physical well-being of Seventh-day Adventist lesbian, gay men, bisexual, and trans-gendered individuals and their families and friends.
www.sdakinship.org
Scouting for All
www.scoutingforall.org
Service Members Legal Defense Network
www.sldn.org
Southern Poverty Law Center
www.splcenter.org
Spiral Scouts
www.spiralscouts.org
Straight Spouse Network
The Straight Spouse Network is an international organization of heterosexual spouses and partners whose current or former mates are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered. Members provide confidential support and resource information to spouses and partners worldwide.
www.ssnetwk.org
Tolerance
A new website from our friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center that awakens people to the problems of hate and intolerance, to prompt them to action, and to encourage them to dig deeper into themselves and the injustices that still face the country.
www.tolerance.org
Training for Change
www.trainingforchange.org
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project website has important information on identifying suicidal signs, how to assist someone with suicidal tendencies and resources for more detailed information. The Trevor Website also houses "Dear Trevor" a confidential Question & Answer forum for young people. The Trevor Teaching Guide, to be used in a classroom setting in conjunction with the short film "Trevor," is available free of charge on the website. Copies of the short film are available by contacting the administrative offices.
www.TheTrevorProject.org
Unitarian Universalist Association Office for GLBT Concerns
Over the decades, the "UUs" have been our special friends offering sanctuary to GLBT people of faith who have been cast out by their Christian churches.
www.uua.org
United Church of Christ
www.ucc.org
United Methodist Reconciling Ministries Network
www.rmnetwork.org
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
www.ufmcc.com
Walt Whitman Community School
A private alternative secondary school which emphasises the acceptance of sexual orientation diversity.
www.waltwhitmanschool.org/
WeHoChurch
There are lots of churches for religious people. WeHoChurch was created to be a place for you to celebrate God's love and make new friends in a safe and non-religious setting in West Hollywood. Our one-hour service presents Christian principles in a relevant, innovative and even fun way, just not religious.
http://www.wehochurch.com
We 2 Have Parental Rights
www.we2haveparentalrights.com
Young Gay America
www.younggayamerica.com
Youth Pride Alliance in DC
www.youthpridedc.org
We are striving to produce and update these links for our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered brothers and sisters.
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1) Site must be geared toward supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and/or allies in religion and/or society,
2) Site must be primarily non-political in nature,
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