Web
Portals/Directories
Look here for some very massive irectories of web
sites of interest to glbt people.
Coming
Out
Note: Some of these resources are specifically for
youth while others are aimed at different age groups. Organizations use
the word "youth" in different ways; the word sometimes refers only to
teenagers but can also include people up to 25 or 30.
- Answers to
Your Questions About Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality ~ The American
Psychological Association's publication on sexual orientation.
- Counseling
Services at Elmhurst College for the Elmhurst College
community.
- Gay Student Center
~ An interactive community and information resource for "gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and questioning college students, high school students, and
teens."
- Human
Rights Campaign: Resource Guide to Coming Out
- OutProud! The National
Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Youth site
offers a number of helpful resources for glbt youth, including coming
out stories, links to local support groups, a database of role models,
message boards, news, and more.
-
Yahoo!
Coming Out Resources ~ Links to several resources on coming
out.
- Youth Resource ~ Provides "support for
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth." This site provides an
online library, mailing lists, an index to college/university glbt
groups, an index to high school glbt groups, news, a list of glbt youth
support groups, and other stuff.
Entertainment/Art
Families/Parenting
- AFFIRM
~ A
network of psychologists who are coming out in open support of their
gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) family members
- COLAGE~ Children of Lesbians and
Gays Everywhere. One of the few groups designed to support and advocate
for the children of glbt parents.
- Families Like Ours ~ "Devoted to the needs
& support of non-traditional Adoptive Families."
-
Lesbian and Gay
Parenting: A Resource for Psychologists ~ A 1995 American
Psychological Association publication summarizing the research on
lesbian and gay parenting, including an annotated bibliography.
-
Partners Task Force
for Gay and Lesbian Couples ~ This site "provides extensive
information on issues of concern to same-sex couples, including legal
marriage and sources of support." Includes statistical and survey
information about same-sex couples.
- PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends, of
Lesbians and Gays) ~ Founded in 1981, this group is "concerned
about society's attitudes toward their gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgendered loved ones." Includes links to local PFLAG chapters as
well as information on its ongoing work on such issues as hate crimes
and school safety for glbt youth. PFLAG offers support for family and
friends of glbt people.
-
Rainbow Families
~ "Rainbow Families is a Minnesota-based membership organization
working to organize and strengthen lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) parents and their children in the Upper Midwest."
See also Rainbow
Families of Illinois.
GLBT Studies/History/Research
- Annotated
Links to LGBT/Queer Studies Resources ~ Links to web resources
on glbt issues, compiled by the National Consortium of Directors of
LGBT Resources in Higher Education.
- The Center for Gender
Studies (University of Chicago) ~ This center "consolidates
work on gender and sexuality, and in feminist, gay and lesbian, and
queer studies."
- Financial Aid for
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students ~ Not intended to be an
exhaustive list of scholarships for glbt students, this site nonethess
includes information on a variety of scholarships.
- GerberHart Library
~ A Chicago library and archive serving the GLBT community.
- Internet
Resources in Gay and Lesbian Studies ~ An article from the
American Library Association's College and Research Libraries News.
-
Lambda Literary
Awards ~ Sponsored by the Lamda Book Report, the Lammys have
been awarded to U.S. glbt books since 1989.
- Lesbian History
Project ~ An index to lesbian history resources on the web,
including links to archives, projects, bibliographies of lesbian-themed
dissertations and theses, documents, and quotations.
- National Consortium of
Directors of GLBT Resources in Higher Education
- ONE Institute ~ Formed
in 1952, the One Institute International Gay and Lesbian Archives "is
an independent, not-for-profit California educational institution which
houses the world's largest research library on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
and Transgendered heritage and concerns."
- People With A History ~
This site "presents the history of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and
transgendered people [=LGBT]. It includes hundreds of original texts,
discussions, and [soon] images, and addresses LGBT history in all
periods, and in all regions of the world."
- QueerTheory.com ~ offers
"online resources integrated with the best visual and textual resources
in Queer Culture, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Gender Studies and
related fields."
-
University
Queer Programs ~ A directory of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer studies in the USA and Canada.
- Voice of the Shuttle:
Gender Studies Page ~ Links to scholarly resources on queer
studies and other gender-related subjects.
Health
- GayHealth
~ a health and wellness site dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender men and women
- Health Care
Information Resources: Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Health Links
~ Information for "patients, their families, friends, and health care
workers."
- Howard Brown Health Center
~ "The Midwest's largest lesbian, gay, and bisexual health
organization." Provides health care, support groups, information on
research studies, and more.
- Midwest AIDS Training +
Learning Center ~ Provides HIV/AIDS training to social service
and health care professionals.
- National Women's Health Information
Center ~ Provides free information on women's health issues for
consumers and professionals.
Law & Politics
- Gay and Lesbian Politics:
WWW and Internet Resources ~ An annotated list of internet
resources, including news, newsgroups and mailing lists, organizations,
and all sorts of political information.
- GLAAD ~ The Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation. Provides news, research on glbt political
issues, and sponsors the GLAAD Media Awards.
- Human Rights Campaign ~ This site
contains political news, action alerts, an email news service,
information on coming out (a most political act) and the National
Coming Out Project, resources on ex-gay ministries, and other political
analysis and news.
- Lambda
Legal
Defense and Education Fund ~ A "national organization committed
to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men,
and people with HIV/AIDS through impact litigation, education, and
public policy work."
- Immigration Equality ~ "Immigration
Equality is a national organization
fighting for equality under U.S. immigration law for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive individuals. Founded in
1994
as the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, we have grown to
a membership of 10,000 people in cities all over the country."
- Lesbian
and Gay Rights (American Civil Liberties Union) ~ News and
online resources on many different aspects of lesbian and gay rights.
- Log Cabin
Republicans ~ The nation's largest organization of gay and
lesbian Republicans.
- National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force (NGLTF) ~ One of the major organizations focusing on glbt
issues, the NGLTF describes itself as a "progressive civil rights
organization."
- Nolo.com
- Law Center: Lesbian and Gay Couples ~ Provides legal
information on common issues faced by glbt people and couples: wills
and estate planning, children, adoption and parenting, home buying,
finance, and other topics.
-
Queer Legal
Resources on the Net ~ Find glbt-related legal cases,
information on same-sex marriage, international legal issues, AIDS and
the law, and other topics.
- Southern Poverty Law Center ~
The Intelligence Project includes information on hate crimes, ways to
prevent hate, a list of hate incidents and hate groups, and other
information.
- Tolerance.org ~ "Fight
hate
and promote tolerance." A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
- Unid@s ~ National Latina/o
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Human Rights Organization.
Local Resources
Elmhurst College:
- Counseling Services at
Elmhurst College ~ part of the Elmhurst College Wellness Center
- Elmhurst College Library
~ Search the library catalog for books and other materials on glbt
topics.
- SAFE (Students,
Staff and Faculty for Equality) ~ "a student, staff and faculty group
affirming the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Elmhurst
College community members."
- S.A.G.E. (Straights
and Gays for Equality at Elmhurst College) ~ Student group.
Other
Illinois College/University GLBT Groups:
Chicago
Metropolitan and Suburban Areas:
- BoystownChicago.com
~ Promotes Chicago's gay community, events, and entertainment.
- Center on Halstead
~ "The inception and initial
planning for Center on Halsted has occurred under the stewardship of Horizons
Community Services, the Midwest's largest LGBT social service
agency. Horizons celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2003, a proud
legacy of advocacy, support, and educational services. The services
traditionally provided by Horizons will form the core of Center on
Halsted programming. Current services include support groups for youth
and seniors; psychotherapy services; a helpline for LGBT individuals
and a hotline for HIV and STD concerns; prevention, treatment, and
advocacy related to domestic violence; and a range of life-enrichment
programs. "
- DykeDiva.com
~ Promotes Chicago's lesbian community, events, and
entertainment.
- GerberHart Library ~ A
library and archive serving the GLBT community.
- GLASS (Gay, Lesbian, and
Straight Suburbanites of Illinois) ~ A social group.
- Howard Brown Health Center ~ provides health care,
counseling, glbt family support, and prevention and education programs.
- Music Box Theatre:
Chicago's Year-Round Film Festival; lots of glbt-themed films are shown
at this theatre.
- OPALGA ~ Oak Park Area Lesbian
and Gay Association
- PrideYouth ~
GLBT youth centers in Palatine and Evanston, Illinois. For glbt youth
13-18 years old.
- Queer Resources Directory
Illinois ~ Links to all sorts of Illinois groups and resources, lots
of which is suburban and outside Chicago!
- Rainbow Families of
Illinois ~ "The mission of Rainbow Families of Illinois is to build
and maintain a caring and strong community, recognizing the broad
diversity and varied interests among our families.In promoting the
well-being of all of our families, we sponsor social, educational and
advocacy programs for adults and kids of all ages."
- Stonewall Association
of Illinois ~ An umbrella organization supporting GLBT issues
in Illinois; includes a self-help group, a social group, a young adult
group, and a support group for marriage issues.
- West Suburban Chicago PFLAG
(Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
- West Suburban Gay
Association ~ provides opportunities for the "social gathering of gay
and lesbian men and women in the collar counties of the chicagoland
area." You have to be at least 21 to join this group.
- Windy City Athletic Association
~ GLBT organization supporting basketball, softball, darts, volleyball,
and bowling.
Directories
of Chicago-Area Businesses and Resources:
News/Magazines/Social Groups
- 365Gay.com
- The Advocate ~ the National Gay and
Lesbian Newsmagazine
- AllYouCanRead .com ~ links to a number of
GLBT magazines
- AquaNet ~ "a
group for and run by young queer and questioning people, 25 years and
under of Asian and Pacific Islander descent."
- Blackstripe ~ "News,
Information and Culture Effecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgendered People of African Descent."
- Chicago Freepress ~Local
GLBT weekly newspaper.
- Gay Chicago
Magazine ~ Local entertainment magazine.
- Genre ~ For gay men, this
magazine includes articles on travel, current events, and celebrities.
- PlanetOut ~ Includes news,
personal ads, support for glbt people and families, and more.
- The Washington Blade ~
Washington DC's glbt newspaper.
- Windy City Media Group ~ includes Nightlines,
Blacklines, and En La Vida:featuring gossip, astrology, personal ads,
and columns. Also includes Outlines, covering Chicago and area news,
gossip, viewpoints, features, arts and entertainment, world and
national news.
Religious Resources
- E-Quality's
Religion and Homosexuality Links ~ A directory of
glbt-supportive groups within many religions.
- GayChristians.Org~"We are
a network of friends around the world. Our position is that there is no
"sin" in homosexuality. Our membership draws support from a great
variety of faith traditions, and our strength lies in this rich
diversity. We affirm God's acceptance and love of ALL people,
regardless of their sexual or affectional orientation."
- Grace
Baptist Church Chicago~ Comprehensive religious
links webpage.
- Mel White's Justice Net
~ Personal webpage
concerning Religion and Homosexuality.
- Metropolitan Community Churches
~ "a worldwide fellowship of Christian churches with a special outreach
to the world's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities."
- Soulforce~"The
purpose of Soulforce is freedom for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender people from religious and political oppression through the
practice of relentless nonviolent resistance."
- United Church of Christ ~ The
church with which Elmhurst College is affiliated.
Sports
- Federation of Gay Games ~
"Perpetuating and safeguarding the Gay Games and their founding
principles of inclusion, participation, and the pursuit of personal
best."
- Gayzoo: Sports ~
Links to all sorts of glbt sports and athletic groups and resources.
- Windy City Athletic Association ~
GLBT organization supporting basketball, softball, darts, volleyball,
and bowling.
This page was originally
created by Anne Jordan-Baker, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst College.
