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NEWS : Best sources for daily or weekly news reports:
- Advocate.com headlines
- Datalounge news, includes archives, issue guides, cross-referencing, searches by date, issue, and region
- Gay Financial Network (gfn.com) daily news
- Gay.com news channel
- Gaywire, news and info releases from major organizations (includes archives to Oct 98)
- Magportal.com's current gay and lesbian online articles from various magazines
- Planet Out Community Headlines, U.S. and international, via Yahoo News
- Washington Blade, weekly, excellent coverage of national/political news
- Yahoo "full coverage" gay and lesbian news page, includes links to magazines, audio/video, opinion, related web sites
- Planet Out Radio, includes several programs and a daily news report
- "This Way Out" [ Home page | Listen now | Archive (not up to date)]
- About.com's gay/lesbian issues guide and news page
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The Advocate magazine
- After Stonewall, a 1999 PBS documentary
- AndrewSullivan.com, web site of the contrary but always interesting conservative gay journalist
- Commercial Closet, the world's largest collection of gay-themed advertising
- Feminist News, updated daily, from the Feminist Majority Foundation
- Frontiers, online newsmagazine
- Gay & Lesbian Review (formerly Harvard Gay/Lesbian Review)
- Gay In America: 1996, a 7-part San Francisco Examiner series
- GayLawNews, international digest reports, organized by month/year and subject
- Gay/Lesbian International News Network, quirky, eclectic site, updated sporadically
- GayNews, a free-subscription moderated Yahoo! Group that will deliver news to your inbox five days a week; site includes searchable archive of each day's posts (other lists by the same moderator available at Gay News Lists)
- HIV/AIDS Newsline, from the Journal of the American Medical Association
- Human Rights Campaign News Releases and Action Alerts, from the nation's largest GLBT organization
- HRC Quarterly, political news magazine of the Human Rights Campaign
- In the Life, the monthly public television gay/lesbian newsmagazine
- Independent Gay Forum, commentary from a moderate/conservative perspective
- Lesbian News magazine
- OUT magazine, promotes the magazine's current content and also features opinion, fashion, travel, reviews, etc.
- Deb Price, syndicated columnist in the Detroit News
- The Question of Equality, the landmark four-part documentary
- Sexual Orientation Issues in the News, a resource center for journalism educators from USC's Annenberg School for Communication
- Signorile.com, web home of the prominent gay journalist Michelangelo Signorile
- Wockner Wire, reports from veteran gay journalist Rex Wockner
- WorkAlert, monthly report on company and workplace issues from the Human Rights Campaign
Conservative or anti-gay-rights organizations
- American Family Association
- Center for Reclaiming America
- Christian Broadcasting Network / 700 Club
- Christian Coalition
- Concerned Women for America
- Culture and Family Institute, a unit of Concerned Women of America
- Eagle Forum
- Jerry Falwell ministries
- Family Research Council
- Focus on the Family
- God Hates Fags, from Westboro Baptist Church, Topeka, KS
- Rutherford Institute
- Townhall.com
- Traditional Values Coalition
Gay Rights organizations
- American Civil Liberties Union (includes HIV/AIDS information and Lesbian and Gay Rights)
- Americans for Democratic Action
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Civilrights.org, from the Leadership Council on Civil Rights
- Democratic National Committee (includes gay and lesbian outreach)
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- Interfaith Alliance
- National Organization for Women (includes Lesbian Rights)
- People for the American Way
- And Justice for All
- Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE), supports children of LGBT parents.
- Equality Project, devoted exclusively to LGBT shareholder activism
- Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network -- "Parents, teachers, students, and concerned citizens creating schools where everyone is respected and valued."
- Independent Gay Forum, a moderate to conservative "group of gay writers, academics, attorneys, and activists who feel dissatisfied with the current level of discussion of gay-related issues."
- Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies -- think tank that uses scholarly research, analysis, and education to inform public policy debates and combat homophobia
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
- International Lesbian and Gay Association, a worldwide federation of national and local groups. (Includes a world legal survey on laws and status of gays country-by-country.)
- International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials
- Interpride, the International Association of LGBT Pride Coordinators
- Lambda Letters Project, provides information and sample letters to public officials on key political issues
- Log Cabin Republicans, gays and lesbians in the GOP
- Millennium March on Washington, official site from the rally and activities held in April 2000
- National Association of LGBT Community Centers
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Organization (LLEGO)
- National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
- National Stonewall Democratic Federation, gays and lesbians in the Democratic Party
- Outright Libertarians, home for GLBT Libertarian activists
- Pride At Work, national labor coalition of LGBT workers and their supporters.
- Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians, promotes respect for life within the gay community and encourages gay and lesbian participation in the pro-life cause
- Queer by Choice - "Promotes, condones, encourages, recruits" individuals to explore their homosexuality
- Republican Unity Coalition, a "grasstops" organization promoting gay inclusion in the GOP
- Second Class Action, grassroots organization focused on educating voters about the unfair tax burden placed on LGBT people
- Soulforce, founded by Rev. Mel White, supports religious inclusion of gays and lesbians and protests anti-gay actions and policies
- Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, the largest Christian ministry to the GLBT communities
- We Are Family, "a voice of informed straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and transgendered people who have chosen to love and support our relatives and friends by working to spread truth about homosexuality. Our focus is on young people because they generally feel so desperately alone."
- Youth Resource, offers support, community, resources, and peer-to-peer education on sexual health and other issues for GLBTQ young people
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination (GLAAD) -- Media watchdog and advocacy organization.
- Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, provides money, advice, training to qualified openly gay and lesbian political candidates.
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC) -- Nation's largest GLB lobbying and advocacy group. Site features in-depth issue analyses and an excellent action center.
- Lambda Legal -- National organization dedicated to impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) -- National organization devoted to lobbying, awareness, and training. Site (which tends to be slow and sometimes unavailable) includes news, action alerts, publications.
- Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG) -- The major organization for families and supporters of lesbians and gays
LAW & LEGAL Resources
- American Civil Liberties Union: Lesbian and Gay Rights page
- Lambda Legal
- Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, an indispensable monthly update by Prof. Arthur Leonard
- National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, sponsor of the Lavender Law conference
- Queer Legal Resources, large site maintained by Ron Buckmire, including links to notable cases, state information, organizations, and links to information on major issues
- Age of Consent laws, a guide to US state age of consent laws, plus international guidance
- Criminal justice and sodomy laws information from the ACLU
- Findlaw's sexual orientation civil rights web index
- GayLawNet, Australia-based site with a wide range of topics, many of interest to US users
- GayLawNews, an international digest of reports, with archives by year and by subject
- International Association of Lesbian and Gay Judges
- Law and Sexuality: A Review of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Legal Issues, law review published at Tulane University law school
- Law Briefs, concise periodic updates from the Human Rights Campaign
- LEGAL International -- Law Enforcement Gays and Lesbians
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law (not up to date)
- Queerlaw, the major mailing list on GLB legal developments
- Sexuality, Gender, and the Law: National and International, maintained by a U of Chicago law librarian
- Sodomy Laws - Current status and recent news about state laws against sodomy
- Public Agenda's Gay Rights issue guide, immense variety of useful info and resources, including extensive public opinion data
- Worknet, from the Human Rights Campaign, includes detailed and up-to-date information about state and local laws protecting employees (public and private) on the basis of sexual orientation, the monthly "Work Alert" report, along with a wealth of other resources.
- American Civil Liberties Union: Lesbian and Gay Rights page -- excellent site with reliable resources
- Findlaw's sexual orientation civil rights web index
- Hostile Climate -- state-by-state documentation on anti-gay discrimination by government, businesses, and others
- People for the American Way: Civil Rights-Equal Rights page
- State and local laws protecting gays against workplace discrimination (from ACLU)
- Freedom to Marry Coalition, organized by the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the driving force and key coordinating group in the multi-front effort for equal marriage rights.
- Marriage Project of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, a wealth of authoritative and up-to-date info
- Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples, large site with a wealth of information including state-by-state updates.
- Yahoo "full coverage" news on same-sex marriage and domestic partnership
- Alliance for Marriage, group dedicated to "promoting marriage" by promoting a federal Constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage
- Alternatives to Marriage Project, provides support and information to people who choose not to marry, are unable to marry, or are making decisions about marriage.
- The Case for Same Sex Marriage, a recent book by Yale law professor William Eskridge
- Couples National Network, organization with local affiliates that provide a forum for gay and lesbian couples and promote the validity of same-gender relationships
- Defense of Marriage Act, as passed and signed into federal law (see also files and information on DOMA from the Queer Resources Directory)
- Human Right's Campaign's marriage page
- Legal pathfinder on same-sex marriage, privately compiled and maintained, very useful for legal research though not entirely up to date
- Marriage, a major mailing list on same-sex marriage (all postings to the moderated version since April 1995 are archived in daily digest form here)
- Marriage Law Project, dedicated to reaffirming "the legal definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman"
- FamilyNet, excellent, extensive info on adoption, aging, custody, visitation, laws, parenting, schools, and other issues, from the Human Rights Campaign
- Lethimstay.com, information about the Lofton-Croteau adoption case in Florida made famous by Rosie O'Donnell
- P-FLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), the nation's leading organization for the families and allies of lesbians and gay men.
- Alternative Family Magazine, "the premier publication for lesbian and gay parents"
- Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
- Family Pride Coalition, "supporting and protecting families of GLBT parents"
- Gay Parent magazine
- Love Makes a Family -- emphasizes public education and support for GLBT family issues
- Rosie's Story, the ABC News PrimeTime interview
AIDS/HIV
- AIDS Action, major advocacy group, a network of 3,200 community-based organizations; site includes extensive and up-to-date political and legislative info
- HIV Policy Watch , from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Statistics... Current and recent semi-annual "surveillance reports" from the CDC, with #'s of cases by sex, age, U.S. region, exposure category, etc.
- UNAIDS -- the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS/HIV, excellent source for data and reports on the global impact of the epidemic
- Yahoo full-coverage news on AIDS/HIV and Africa AIDS epidemic
- AIDS101
- AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth, and Families, national organization focused on the needs of children, youth, and families living with, affected by, or at risk for HIV and AIDS
- AIDS Book Review Journal
- AIDS legal bibliography (compiled by Prof. Art Leonard at New York Law School; runs to June 1998)
- AIDS Virtual Library
- American Foundation for AIDS Research, "the nation's leading non-profit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research (biomedical and clinical), prevention, and the advocacy of sound public policy."
- The Body, "a multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource"
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Gay Men's Health Crisis -- "The nation's oldest and largest not-for-profit AIDS organization."
- HIV/AIDS Resource Center, from the Journal of the American Medical Association
- HIV InSite, attractive, authoritative site maintained by the University of California-San Francisco, describes itself as "the most comprehensive, credible and trustworthy HIV/AIDS information available online." Includes medical, social, and governmental information plus state-by-state resources.
- Names Project, organizers of the AIDS quilt
- National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
- National Association of People With AIDS, includes political and educational resources
- National Minority AIDS Council, developing leadership in communities of color
- National Pediatric AIDS Network
- Project Inform, information and advocacy on diagnosis and treatment programs
- San Francisco AIDS Foundation, strong site with large variety of up-to-date resources
- Student Global Aids Campaign, the United States’ largest student network devoted to combating the global AIDS crisis
- Vaccine Research Center of the National Institutes of Health, focused on HIV/AIDS
- WorldAIDSDay.org, from the National AIDS Trust
Civil rights and non-discrimination
- Public Agenda’s Gay Rights issue guide, immense variety of useful info and resources, including extensive public opinion data
- Worknet, from the Human Rights Campaign, includes detailed and up-to-date information about state and local laws protecting employees (public and private) on the basis of sexual orientation, the monthly "Work Alert" report, along with a wealth of other resources.
- American Civil Liberties Union: Lesbian and Gay Rights page -- excellent site with reliable resources
- Findlaw's sexual orientation civil rights web index
- Hostile Climate -- state-by-state documentation on anti-gay discrimination by government, businesses, and others
- People for the American Way: Civil Rights-Equal Rights page
- State and local laws protecting gays against workplace discrimination (from ACLU)
Hate crimes, anti-violence, anti-harassment
- Full coverage news on hate crimes from Yahoo
- Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
- United Against Hate, a coalition dedicated to passing hate crimes laws
- Anti-Defamation League's hate crimes page
- "Assault on gay America," from Frontline
- Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University San Bernardino
- Community United Against Violence -- hate crimes info, including links to state LGBT anti-violence groups
- HateCrime.org -- latest news, analysis, political updates and resources
- Human Rights Campaign's hate crimes page, with federal and state law info
- Laramie Project Archives, from the New York Times
- Leadership Council on Civil Rights hate crimes issue page, extensive resources and up-to-date news
- Matthew Shepard murder -- full coverage from Yahoo News
- Matthew Shepard Online Resources -- Latest developments on hate crime killing of Wyoming student
- Matthew's Place, memorial web site from the Matthew Shepard Foundation
- National Coalition of Anti-Violence Projects, a listing of member organizations by state
- "Not In Our Town: Citizens Respond to Hate" -- the PBS series
- Southern Poverty Law Center combats hate, intolerance, and discrimination through education and litigation
- Stop Hate, extensive anti-hate resources and links, aimed at campus hate crime prevention
- Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 508 U.S. 476 (1993), Supreme Court decision that upheld enhanced penalties for hate crimes
Marriage and Domestic Partnership
- Freedom to Marry Coalition, organized by the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the driving force and key coordinating group in the multi-front effort for equal marriage rights.
- Marriage Project of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, a wealth of authoritative and up-to-date info
- Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples, large site with a wealth of information including state-by-state updates.
- Yahoo "full coverage" news on same-sex marriage and domestic partnership
- Alliance for Marriage, group dedicated to "promoting marriage" by promoting a federal Constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage
- Alternatives to Marriage Project, provides support and information to people who choose not to marry, are unable to marry, or are making decisions about marriage.
- The Case for Same Sex Marriage, a recent book by Yale law professor William Eskridge
- Couples National Network, organization with local affiliates that provide a forum for gay and lesbian couples and promote the validity of same-gender relationships
- Defense of Marriage Act, as passed and signed into federal law (see also files and information on DOMA from the Queer Resources Directory)
- Human Right's Campaign's marriage page
- Legal pathfinder on same-sex marriage, privately compiled and maintained, very useful for legal research though not entirely up to date
- Marriage, a major mailing list on same-sex marriage (all postings to the moderated version since April 1995 are archived in daily digest form here)
- Marriage Law Project, dedicated to reaffirming "the legal definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman"
- FamilyNet, excellent, extensive info on adoption, aging, custody, visitation, laws, parenting, schools, and other issues, from the Human Rights Campaign
- Lethimstay.com, information about the Lofton-Croteau adoption case in Florida made famous by Rosie O'Donnell
- P-FLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), the nation's leading organization for the families and allies of lesbians and gay men.
- Alternative Family Magazine, "the premier publication for lesbian and gay parents"
- Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
- Family Pride Coalition, "supporting and protecting families of GLBT parents"
- Gay Parent magazine
- Love Makes a Family -- emphasizes public education and support for GLBT family issues
- Rosie's Story, the ABC News PrimeTime interview
Other info:
- Gay Rights Info, highly useful privately maintained site with Congressional and state legislator voting records, extensive info on state laws and policies, court decisions, employer info, and other unique or hard-to-find resources
- Rainbow Query, "the largest, most complete GLBT search on the internet"
- About.com's gay/lesbian issues guide
- Amazon Online, resources for lesbians and bi women (not affiliated with the book site)
- Blackstripe, "the internet's leading resource for news, information and culture affecting LGBT people of African descent"
- Gay.com, large commercial site featuring arts, health, finance, travel, news, chat, personals, etc.
- Gaywired.com -- entertainment, news, events, shopping, etc.
- Indiana University GLBT Student Support Services Office subject or geographic guide to national and worldwide GLBT resources
- Lesbian.org
- Lesbian Business Directory - The ONLY lesbian owned and operated business directory online!
- LesbiaNation, entertainment, sports, business, lifestyle, more
- PlanetOut -- major commercial site with something for everyone, somewhat stronger news/politics content than Gay.com
- Pridelinks.com, index and search engine that claims 8,000+ links, including local, state, and international sites
- Queer Resources Directory: Home | Subject tree | Links elsewhere (tons of info, though regrettably not being very well maintained or updated)
- Queerlinks.com -- M.J. O'Neill's huge site with links to just about everything queer imaginable
- Suite101: Lesbian issues -- a selection of articles, links, discussions