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GLBTI

Civil Rights and Social Issues

General

AfterEllen.com

http://www.afterellen.com/

"News, reviews, and commentaries on lesbian and bisexual women in entertainment and the media." The reviews and interviews in the Books section can be useful guides, as can those for movies and music; other features give viewers a sense of popular topics.

AfterElton.com

http://www.afterelton.com/

A kind of Us/People for gay and bisexual men, with book, music, and movie reviews.

American Institute of Bisexuality: Resources

http://www.bisexual.org/resources.html

Links to information about sexuality, counseling, spirituality, support groups, etc.

Gay/Lesbian News

http://www.topix.com/news/gay

A blog of news and opinion.

Gayscape: Gay and & Lesbian Search Tool

http://www.gayscape.com/

Search geographically (e.g., New Jersey) or by topic, such as adoption, attorneys, bisexual, coming out, disabilities, ethnic groups, recovery, religion, transgender; good too for people eager to support GLBTI businesses.

GLBTQ Encyclopedia

http://www.glbtq.com

Look here for articles and discussions about the arts, education, history, literature, social issues, sports, and more.

LOGOonline

http://www.logotv.com/

See it here for free: video and television, with comedy, travel, popular shows, short and full-length movies.

Robyn Ochs: Bisexual Resources

http://www.robynochs.com/resources/Bisexual.html

Organizations, online materials, books, movies, etc.

Straight Spouse Network

http://www.straightspouse.org/home.php

Find support, find reading for yourself and your kids. If you married a gay, lesbian, bisexual, or questioning person, this is a fine website for you.

More for Men:

Gay.com

http://www.gay.com

Good for social networking.

Planetout.com

http://www.planetout.com

News and opinion.

Towleroad.com

http://www.towleroad.com

News from a gay perspective and editorials.

More for Women:

Lesbian.org

http://www.lesbian.org

"News, information, and discussion forums." Will be posting lesbian studies research.

Lesbian Herstory Archives (NYC)

http://www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org

In Brooklyn, NY, this institution is "home to the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities."

Mombian

http://www.mombian.com

A lifestyle site for lesbian moms.

NCLrights.org

www.nclrights.org

From the National Center for Lesbian Rights: "Understand the issues, get legal information."

More for Bisexual People:

Bi Magazine

http://www.bimagazine.org

A source of creative writing, news, opinion, etc.

BiNet USA

http://binetusa.blogspot.com

This blog comments on current events and their effect on bisexual people.

More for Transgender People:

iamtransgendered.com

http://iamtransgendered.com

Advice and resources, including support groups, etiquette for interacting with transgendered people, and "finding your female voice."

Jotto.info

http://www.jotto.info

A nice list of links.

Transgenderlegal.com

http://www.transgenderlegal.com

Guidance from an out male-to-female attorney.

More for Intersex People:

Isna.org

http://www.isna.org

Frequently asked questions, discussions of laws, and reading lists.

Bodieslikeours.org

http://www.bodieslikeours.org/forums/

A wide-ranging forum.

Intersex Resources

http://www.umass.edu/stonewall/uploads/listWidget/8970/intersex%20resources.pdf

How to be an ally of an intersexed person, a reading list, a list of movies, and more.

Books

American Library Association. GLBT Round Table. Stonewall Book Awards

http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award/honored/

This award has been in place since 1971. Find the winners here.

Colors in the Rainbow: Race, Culture, and Sexual Orientation…Latino/Hispanic Culture

http://pflag-olympia.org/HeartBeat81May-June2007.pdf

A PFLAG newsletter article celebrating classics of literature by Latinos and Latinas in the U.S.

GLBTQ Literature

http://www.glbtq.com/subject/literature_a-b.html

Excellent guides to best books from selected time periods, by selected ethnicity, by selected genre, about selected topics, etc.

GLBT Literature Review

http://jclarkmedia.com/gaybooks/recommended.html

A long annotated list of fiction, drama, poetry and nonfiction.

Lambda Literary Foundation: Awards

http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/

You can also view lists of earlier award-winners for a wide variety of categories (anthologies, anthologies, drama, fiction, memoir, nonfiction, poetry, romance, titles for youth, and more).

Lambda Literary Foundation: Reviews

http://www.lambdaliterary.org/category/reviews/

Full-page reviews by writers and editors provide in-depth analysis.

Powell’s Books

http://www.powells.com/section/GayandLesbian.html

Suggested newer and used titles.

Publishing Triangle. Awards

http://www.publishingtriangle.org/awards.asp

The Publishing Triangle, the Association of Gay Men and Lesbians in Publishing, has been honoring writers since its 1989 founding. Librarians will probably want to offer members of their public all the titles listed here. Also helpful is The 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels (largely of the twentieth century).

Sistahs on the Shelf

http://www.sistahsontheshelf.com

By, for, about African American lesbians: book reviews, arranged by category.

Check in the Library catalog under such subjects as:

• Coming out

• Gay men

• Gay youth

• Homosexuality

• Intersexuality

• Lesbians

• Transgender people

Civil Rights and Social Issues

ACLU LGBT Rights

http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights

News, cases, legal documents, resources for advocacy, and more.

American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0761909.html

1924-present, from the InfoPlease almanac.

Gays and Lesbians in the Military

http://www.gaycityusa.com/Military.htm

Links to news, issues, and organizations.

GLBT Scholarship Resources

http://www.hrc.org/issues/youth_and_campus_activism/8644.htm

Scholarships to attend school or to attend meetings—for GLBT students or students with GLBT parents.

Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network

http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/home/index.html

“GLSEN works with educators, policy makers, community leaders and students on the urgent need to address anti-LGBT behavior and bias in schools. GLSEN strives to protect students from bullying and harassment, to advance comprehensive safe schools laws and policies, to empower principals to make their schools safer, and to build the skills of educators to teach respect for all people.”

LGBT Research

http://guides.library.yale.edu/LGBTQI

Links to online resources dedicated to Black, Latino, Asian, Jewish, and deaf LGBT people, and for women of color.

PFLAG: Parents, Famillies, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=194&srcid=-2

"Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States. This vast grassroots network is cultivated, resourced and serviced by the PFLAG National Office, located in Washington, D.C., the national Board of Directors and 13 Regional Directors."

Queer Legal Resources

http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/legal

Cases, an AIDS bibliography, immigration issues, laws for various states (including New Jersey), organizations, and more.

Same Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography of the Legal Literature

http://law-library.rutgers.edu/SSM.html

Compiled by a Rutgers professor of law, this reading list is extremely helpful for learning about such topics as parenting, taxes, and international aspects.

Same Sex Marriage, Civil Unions, and Domestic Partnerships

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/same_sex_marriage/index.html

Articles from the New York Times cover news on the subject.

Health

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association: Resources for Patients

http://www.glma.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=938&parentID=534

Features a search provider directory.

Gay Health

http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/SearchContext.asp?topic=420

A variety of links from the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.

Lesbian Health

http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/SearchContext.asp?topic=490

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services links for frequently asked questions, health care referrals, etc.

Medical Library Association LBGT Special Interest Group

http://lgbt.mlanet.org/resources.html#top

Links to articles and organizations dedicated to LBGT health issues.

National Coalition for GLBT Health: Resources

http://lgbthealth.webolutionary.com/content/resources

A splendid collection of links to organizations and other materials.

National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs: Publications

http://www.ncavp.org/publications/NationalPubs.aspx

A source of reports on hate crimes.

History

GLBT History Month: Resources

http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2009/?CFID=28693317&CFTOKEN=22624792

Nice biographies of GLBT icons.

Living Memory Timeline of LGBT History

http://www.forge-forward.org/handouts/LGBT_elder_timeline.pdf

1920s through 2006.

OutHistory

http://outhistory.org/wiki/Main_Page

“Think deeply and critically about historical evidence and what it means to understand LGBT and heterosexual life in the perspective of society and time.”

People with a History

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/index.html

Contributions and conditions of GLBTI people throughout the world. A multitude of links.

Transgender Timeline

http://www.transgenderzone.com/features/timeline.htm

Events from ancient times through 2008.

Music and Media

Frameline

http://www.frameline.org

“Founded in 1977, Frameline's mission is to strengthen the diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and further its visibility by supporting and promoting a broad array of cultural representations and artistic expression in film, video and other media arts.”

Ladyslipper Records

http://www.ladyslipper.org

Music—over 15,000 titles—to appeal to gay men and to lesbians and other women.

Netflix

http://www.netflix.com/BrowseGenres/Gay_Lesbian/330?siw=1&lnktrk=GID_330

Gay and lesbian selection of movies.

OutVoice

http://www.outvoice.net

GLBT top 40 charts.

WolfeVideo

http://wolfevideo.com

DVDs for gay and lesbian people of all ages.

Women Make Movies

http://wmm.com

Offers a catalog of cinema by women, generally about women from many backgrounds; multicultural. Excellent production values, generally documentaries.

Popular Magazines

Advocate

http://www.advocate.com

Popular, longstanding tabloid, largely for gay men but with features for women too.

BiMagazine

http://bimagazine.org

Lots of reviews here of fiction, nonfiction, art, movies, music, and theater—as well as substantive articles.

Blacklight

http://www.blacklightonline.com

“Blacklight published from 1979 thru 1986. In those years it chronicled the birth of the Black Gay political movement and witnessed the havoc that was the dawn of AIDS. Blacklight has been online since 2001. Our original issues have been digitally archived.”

Curve

http://www.curvemag.com

For lesbians, this magazine “spotlights celebrity interviews, news, politics, shopping, pop culture, style, travel,” celebrities, with personal ads.

Echelon

http://www.echelonmagazine.com

“Taking Pride in Business”—for business people interested also in travel, politics, real estate, books, and diversity initiatives by businesses.

Lesbian Connection

http://www.lconline.org

Reviews, news, obituaries, travel information, and reflections—all by readers—predominate in this bimonthly print publication, which appeals particularly to older women.

Out

http://www.out.com

“A gay and lesbian perspective on style, entertainment, fashion, the arts, politics, culture, and the world at large.”