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01. General resources Resources The following resources (mostly on-line) will lead you to other resources. You will find links to youth groups, straight spouse groups, political groups, family groups, news, etc. For resources on the faith community, please click on the Faith Community page. It provides a list of welcoming churches and faith communities as well as books and PFLAG booklets regarding faith issues. For recommendations for books, click onto the Books/Literature page. General Resources to get you going... -Try these search engines - www.google.com & www.dogpile.com San Diego PFLAG Helpline - 619-579-7640 The Center - Central San Diego - 619-692-2077 Family Matters - promotes and sustains the well-being of families with lesbian moms, gay dads and those considering parenthood in San Diego County. We now have over 450 families here in San Diego in our membership and growing everyday! Family online discussion forum. Family Matters BiSanDiego - BiSanDiego.org is a nonprofit online resource serving San Diego's bisexual and bifriendly community. Links to local and national GLBT news are provided, as well as upcoming events, bisexual links, and information on current activities of San Diego's bisexual groups, including BiPol, Bi Forum, and Woman-2-Woman. Featured also is BiTalk - a new online discussion forum for the community. Youth and young Adult Resources San Diego: Common Ground - For youth in San Diego 21 and under, meets at The Center, call (619) 260-6380 x105 or 1-800-youth-98 vm #820 for an application today! For North County Common Ground -(760) 744-0220. Join the peer education team. Community Coalition@hotmail.com - for North County youth information. BACK Youth Guard - www.youth-guard.org Out Proud - www.outproud.org/menu.html National Youth Advocacy Coalition http://www.nyacyouth.org/ Youth Resource - www.youthresource.com Bridges - www.bridges-across.org/ba/0022.html Latin Online resource in Spanish (habla Espanol?) www.indiana.edu/~arenal/ National Organizations PFLAG National - www.PFLAG.org (Parents, Families, Friends of Lesbians and Gays) National Headquarters. If you have a 'PFLAG' question, National is the one to ask - from starting a PFLAG chapter, to downloading some PFLAG literature. Also, find the closest chapter to you and more... HRC - www.HRC.org (Human Rights Campaign) HRC works for Gay and Lesbian equal rights. This organization is up to date on all political matters regarding 'gay' rights. Also, for "COMING OUT" try their Resource Guide GLSEN - www.glsen.org (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) National organization whose goal is to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation. GLSEN's site has information on how to start a gay/straight club - click on their student pride page. (e-mail San Diego GLSEN at glsensd@glsensd.org or www.glsensd.org ) GLAAD National - www.glaad.org (Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) This organization keeps up with current pro and con views of gays in the media. GLAAD is always up to date and very informative. Lambda Legal - www.lambdalegal.org The nation's oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS. This site has the latest legal news. Read briefs, decisions or look up legal information in your state. Contact Lambda's Marriage Project, 212-809-8585 x228, LLDEFmarry@aol.com. International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission - the only organization in the world that is exclusively focused on fighting against torture, incarceration, forced psychiatric "treatment", and other human rights atrocities around the world against individuals due to their sexual orientation. (In various languages) http://www.iglhrc.org/ Freedom to Marry - http://www.freedomtomarry.org A nationwide coalition committed to winning and keeping the freedom to marry for same-gender couples. Here we find other marriage links, news on the status of 'gay' marriage in your state and more... Soul Force - http://www.soulforce.org (Rev. Mel White's site) Rev. White's site is dedicated to research, systematize, and apply the soul force principles of Gandhi and King to the current struggle for justice for God's gay and lesbian children. Families United Against Hate - http://www.fuah.org/index.html Gay & Lesbian Medical Association - www.glma.org This association has news releases, links to LGBT medical sites, Lesbian health fund and other information. Families United Against Hate - www.fuah.org is a grassroots national network created by and for families and survivors of hate motivated violence. It is a project of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) in collaboration with other organizations and individuals. HRC - www.HRC.org (Human Rights Campaign) HRC works for Gay and Lesbian equal rights. Great new link for family issues. This organization is up to date on all political matters regarding 'gay' rights. Also, for "COMING OUT" try their Resource Guide. COLAGE - www.colage.org (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere) COLAGE is the best (well okay, the only) support and advocacy organization for daughters and sons of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents. Straight Spouse Network - www.ssnetwk.org The network offers information about spouse and family issues, mixed orientation marriages and spouse resources to professionals, community organizations and the media. PFLAG National - Opening the Straight Spouse's Closet - a booklet, addresses the feelings that straight spouses and their children experience, and the coping stages that they go through. Reactions of shock and grief, empathy and acceptance are shared by men and women as they work toward rebuilding and resolution in their lives. Alternative Family Magazine - http://www.altfammag.com Includes links to online news briefs and artilces of interest to GLBT parents. Same sex marriage - www.samesexmarriage.org Organization seeking signatures to put measure on ballot. Download petition from this site and mail in. The American Educational Gender Information Service (AEGIS) is an excellent source of information, books and referrals. AEGIS, P.O.Box 33724, Decatur, GA 30333. Phone: (770) 939-0244, Internet: AEGIS@gender.org The International Federation for Gender Education (IFGE) is another source for information, referrals books. IFGE, PO Box 229, Waltham, MA 02254-0229. (617) 899-2212, internet: IFGE@world.std.com The International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy (ICTLEP). ICTLEP, PO Box 1010, Cooperstown, NY 13326, Phone (607)547-4118, Internet: ICTLEPHDQ@aol.com Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). PFLAG 1101 14th St., NW Washington, DC 20005 (202) 638-4200) Email: Communications @pflag.org Support group for transgendered people. NEUTRAL CORNER P.O. Box 19008 San Diego, Ca. 92159 Voice Mail: (619)685-3696 Just Evelyn - Just Evelyn has been there - done that. Evelyn is a member of San Diego PFLAG and how we are proud of her. She has written a book about her daughter Danielle and all the things they went through to get her to be the wonderful girl she is today. Please read "MOM, I NEED TO BE A GIRL" by Just Evelyn The Advocate Magazine - www.advocate.com Read the latest entertainment, headlines and interviews. Subscribe to their e-mail updates and check out their resources and message board. Planet Out - www.planetout.com (on-line news magazine) great for just about everything- chat, coming out, message boards, the latest news, and chat with Betty DeGeneres (yes, Ellen's mom). Gay News: CNN.com ; abc.go.com ; MSNBC - from the mainstream media folks - (compare this to news from the gay community) Write a letter to your legislator: Harvard Education Letter - Online - www.edletter.org/research Rainbow Query - www.rainbowquery.com The largest, most complete GLBT* search on the Internet! ..with three quarter million web pages and have indexed almost half a billion words. Sorry, it does have links to adult content ...just don't click on them... Gay Resource Directory - www.qrd.org (contains 23201 files) This site hasn't been kept up but has lots of history and links to other gay history and information. Want a list of gay people or need to do some research, try this site. Anti-Violence Project - www.avp.org Have you been assaulted, want counseling or want to know where to report a hate crime - This URL goes to New York City but it also has a list of other Anti-Violence Project sites throughout the country. (Look under NCAVP Members in the content column for the one closest to you). Lambda Legal - www.lambdalegal.org The nation's oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS. This site has the latest legal news. Read briefs, decisions or look up legal information in your state. Hate Watch - http://hatewatch.org A web based educational resource and organization that combats the growing and evolving threat of online bigotry. (International site of information) Wired strategies - http://www.wiredstrategies.com/hate.html A web site containing many quotes from the extremists |