Links
Iowa and National Resources
Iowa and Nebraska Resources
Accessline (IA)
ACLU-Iowa
http://www.blogforiowa.com/blog
Blog for Iowa
Citizen’s for Equal Protection (NE)
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/
Iowa Legislature General Assembly
http://www.betteriowa.com/
Iowans for a Better Future
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/heartland/
Parenthood of The Heartland (Iowa and Nebraska)
http://iowagayweddingdirectory.com/
Planning Gay Weddings
http://www.qcprogressiveaction.org/
QC Progressive Action Coalition
http://qcaffirmingdiversity.org/
Quad Citizens Affirming Diversity (QCAD)
http://www.grantwood-redcross.org/index.html?gwatitle.htm
RAP AIDS Project (Cedar Rapids, IA)
http://www.rainbowoutreach.org/
Rainbow Outreach Center Omaha (NE)
http://www.aidsprojectci.org/
The Project: Central Iowa AIDS Project (Des Moines, IA)
http://www.venusfamilyplanning.org/
Venus – Family Planning Services
http://www.iowawcc.org/
Women’s Cultural Collective
Gay Lesbian Resource Center of Cedar Rapids
GLBT Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force
Iowapride Network
Iowa Shares
PFLAG Iowa
Sioux City Network
Wilson Resource Center
Women’s Resource & Action Center
National Resources
http://www.equalityfederation.org
Equality Federation
http://www.thetaskforce.org/
The National Lesbian & Gay Task Force
http://www.aclu.org/
ACLU
http://www.pflag.org/
PFLAG – Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
http://www.glsen.org/
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
http://www.glaad.org/
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
http://www.gillfoundation.org/gill/
Gill Foundation
http://www.gillfoundation.org/sp_projects/sp_projects_list.htm?attrib_id=4325
Democracy Project Gill Project
http://www.sageusa.org/
Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE)
http://www.asaging.org/networks/index.cfm?cg=LGAIN
American Society on Aging
http://www.allianceforjustice.org/index.html
Alliance for Justice
http://www.hrc.org/index.html
HRC – Human Rights Campaign
http://www.lambdalegal.com/
Lambda Legal
http://www.now.org/
NOW -National Organization for Women (issues/lgbi for our issues)
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/1151/
GLBT Disabled Vets
http://www.nlgja.org/
The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association
http://www.freedomtomarry.org/
Freedom to Marriage
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/
People for American Way
http://www.moveon.org/front/
MoveOn
http://www.stonewalldemocrats.org/
Stonewall Democrats
http://online.logcabin.org/
Log Cabin Republicans
http://www.gaygameschicago.org/
Gay Games 2006
http://www.washblade.com/
Washington Blade
http://www.365gay.com/
365Gay online newspaper
http://www.advocate.com/
Advocate online
http://www.turnleft.com/out/issues.html
The Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies (IGLSS)
National Center for Lesbian Rights
http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=gay_rights
Public Agenda Issue Guide Transgender
GENDER.ORG (http://www.gender.org)
National Center for Transgender Equality
Remembering Our Dead
(http://www.rememberingourdead.org/)
Transgender Health
(http://trans-health.tgforum.com/)
Transgender Law and Policy Institute
(http://www.transgenderlaw.org/)
Legal Organizations
ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project
ACLU http://www.aclu.org
The American Civil Liberties Union is the nation’s foremost advocate of individual rights — litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
www.lambdalegal.org/
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund is a national organization commited 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. The Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force
www.immigrationequalitysf.org
The SF/Bay Chapter of LGIRTF, sponsored by NCLR, seeks equal application of US immigration law toward lesbian and gay couples; provides resources and a support network for bi-national relationships; and advocates for persons facing HIV/AIDS descrimination and for those seeking asylum based on sexual orientation.
Transgender Law and Policy
www.transgenderlaw.org
A comprehensive transgender legal resource, providing up-to-date publications, cases, briefs and newstories on transgender legal issues.
Information Resources
And Baby Magazine
www.andbabymag.com
And Baby Magazine is a true representation of the modern family, with a focus on the GLBT community.
Curve Magazine
www.curvemag.com
Curve is the nation’s best-selling lesbian magazine, with profiles of interesting women and hard-hitting articles about the important issues of the day, along with an active online community. Dyke TV
www.dyketv.org
The first (and only) cable access TV show by, for and about lesbians.
“Television to incite, subvert, provoke and organize!” the founders sought to document rising lesbian activism and to provide a viable platform for lesbian voices to enter the realm of popular culture. 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. Femmenoir.net
www.femmenoir.net
Providing lesbians of African descent and lesbians of color resources and information about our community. Fem-World
www.fem-world.com
A compilation of various resources for women. Gay.com
www.gay.com
The largest gay and lesbian on-line community. Girlfriends Magazine
www.girlfriendsmag.com
Founded in 1994, Girlfriends is North America’s only lesbian monthly. Filled with news, commentary, and entertainment, Girlfriends is known for its celebrity coverage and its innovative annual features. IN THE FAMILY Magazine
www.inthefamily.com
An award-winning quarterly magazine that looks at relationships and family life for LGBT people and their loved ones. Lesbian.com
www.lesbian.com
An international resource by, for and about lesbians, queer womyn and our friends. Lesbian.org
www.lesbian.org
This site is an incredible compendium of resources for lesbians on the Internet. Lesbian Alliance
LesbianAlliance.com
A place for lesbians to network, communicate, create and seize opportunities on a national scale. LesbiaNation
www.lesbianation.com
The one-stop cyber-resource center of information, interaction and entertainment for all lesbians of the world. PlanetOut: Land On It.
www.planetout.com/
Planet out is a comprehensive web site with abundant on-line resources for the G/L/B/T community.>
Senior Central
www.employees.org/~toal/gayaging/
Resources for older gays and lesbians, geriatric professionals and community leaders.
Sports
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
This site has information on how to create a safe school environment for gay and lesbian students. Also on site is Pat Griffin’s article “Assessing the Athletic Climate for Lesbian, Gay, and bisexual Athletes and Coaches.”
Gay & Lesbian Athletic Foundation (GLAF)
www.glaf.org
Focuses on the acceptance and visibility of LGBT athletes in the professional, amateur, and recreational athletics communities. Human Rights Campaign
www.hrc.org
This site has information on how straight individuals can develop an ally program to support gay and lesbian co-workers. Lambda Legal Defense
www.lambdalegal.org/
Sports persons can find maps and charts of all cities, counties, and states that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. OutSports.com
www.outsports.com/outathletes.htm
Outsports has compiled the most extensive listing of out athletes, coaches and administrators available to date Project to Eliminate Homophobia in Sport
www.homophobiainsports.com
A collaborative effort involving seven leading national organizations, designed to create an educated public that respects all athletes and sports-affiliated personnel regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity/expressions. Sexual Minorities in Athletics
www.smiaonline.org
SMIA is a resource for college athletics with articles, available discussions, etc.
Women’s Sports Foundation
www.womenssportsfoundation.org
The Women’s Sports Foundation, founded by Billie Jean King, is a charitable educational organization that works to ensure sports participation and leadership opportunities for all girls and women. The WSF initiated a collaborative for their Project to Eliminate Homophobia in Sports. See above homophobiainsport site.
Youth
Camp Lavender Hill
www.camplavenderhill.org
Camp Lavender Hill is a non-profit organization offering a week-long summer camp for children of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families. Our goal is to create a safe and supportive environment for children of alternative families ages 7-14. Children, adolescents and young people of all ages have a strong need for acceptance, validation and a sense of belonging. By providing these children with an alternative to traditional summer camp, Camp Lavender Hill offers them the opportunity to enhance self-esteem in a place where differences and diversity are celebrated.
LYRIC
www.lyric.org
LYRIC brings LGBTQQ youth together to build a peer-based community that empowers them to end isolation; create a progressive queer youth voice; increase well-being and self-esteem; and change the communities in which they live. LYRIC accomplishes this by offering peer-based education, advocacy, recreation, information, and leadership opportunities.
