Additional Resources

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Articles on the Basics

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• Ten Things Every American Should Know
• Myths and Facts about GLBT People
  

Questions and Answers

• Questions and Answers for LGBTQ
  -PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• Terminology - What do the words and phrases mean? (PFLAG)
• Answers to Your Questions about Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality
  -American Psychological Association
• Myths and Facts about GLBT People
  -Human Rights Campaign
• Quick Facts about Homosexuality
  -ChristianGays.com
• FAQ for LGBTQ Youth
  -Out Youth
• Questions to Ask BEFORE Coming Out
  -OutProud
• My Child is GAY! Now What Do I Do? Resources for Parents
• A Parent's Dilemma - A Transgender Child
• What It Means to be Trans (The Advocate)

Special Programs and Information

• PBS Frontline: Assault on Gay America
• National Coming Out Day
• Day of Silence

Publications

• The Advocate
• PlanetOut
• Oasis Magazine

Regional Organizations and Information

Northeast Wisconsin College Organizations:

• Fox Valley Technical College Straight and Gay Alliance (S.A.G.A.)
• Lawrence University: Gay, Lesbian, Other or Whatever (GLOW)
• Ripon College: The Network
• UW-Green Bay Straight and Gay Alliance
• UW-Fox Valley/Menasha Gay-Straight Alliance
• UW-Oshkosh Rainbow Alliance for HOPE

Green Bay/Fox Cities

• Positive Voice: Northeast Wisconsin's largest Gay and Lesbian organization
• Rainbow Over Wisconsin: Fund raising events and other activities to support GLBT community
• AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin: Green Bay Office
• AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin: Appleton Office
• Angels of Hope MCC: Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
• Harmony Cafe, Green Bay and Fox Cities: Welcoming coffee house environments celebrating the diversity of people in Green Bay and the Fox Valley including GLBT Partnership Programs.
• Lavender Salon: Gay & Lesbian Book & Film Discussion Group, Fox Valley
• GLBT Partnership, Appleton: Development and support group for LGBTQ youth (14-18 years old)
• Toward Community: Unity in Diversity in the Fox Cities

Statewide Sites

• Fair Wisconsin: statewide organization dedicated to advancing and protecting the civil rights of LGBT people
• AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
• Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
• OutReach: Madison and south central Wisconsin's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community center
• UW-Madison Ten Percent Society
• PFLAG Chapters in Wisconsin: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• PFLAG: Madison
• Rainbow Families Wisconsin: Working towards building a strong community for LGBT parents and our children
• FORGE Female-to-Male Transgender organization

National Support Organizations

Education and Support

• Dignity/USA: Lay movement of LGBTQ Catholics
• National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries
• GLSEN - Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network: End anti-gay bias in K-12 schools
• Soulforce: Interfaith movement committed to ending spiritual violence against GLBT people
• National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA)

Family Support

• PFLAG - Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• FUAH - Families United Against Hate: Grassroots national network by and for families and survivors of hate motivated violence

Political and Civil Rights

• ACLU LGBT Project
• GLAAD - Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
• GLMA - Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
• HRC - Human Rights Campaign: Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights
• IGLHRC - International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund: Impact litigation, education and public policy work
• NGLTF - National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: National progressive organization working for civil rights
• Transgender Law Center
  
• National Stonewall Democrats
• Log Cabin Republicans

Youth Sites

• The Gay Student Center: Web Community and Resource for LGBTQ College Students and Teens
• National Youth Advocacy Coalition
• OutProud - National Coalition for LGBTQ Youth
• Youth Guardian Services: Support services on the Internet to LGBTQ and straight supportive youth
• YouthResource: A holistic approach to sexual health for LGBTQ youth (13-24 years old)

References and Resources

• Gay Marriage Status Map: State-by-state look at gay marriage rights and bans (NPR)
• GLBT Collection from the Internet Public Library
• LGBT Portal, Wikipedia 
• Queer Resources Directory: Comprehensive collection of materials about everything queer
• The Other Queer Page: Beginnings of a comprehensive listing of the best of GLBT resources
• GayHealth.com: Worldwide source of health and wellness information for the GLBT community
• GLB-News and GLB-Press: Announcement-only mailing lists, How to Subscribe
• A Selective Bibliography for Lesbian Readers
• Religion and GLBT Americans: From the Human Rights Campaign FamilyNet
• Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Catholic Handbook
• People with a History: History of GLBT People
• List of Names of Famous or Distinguished GLB People, Wikipedia
• Book List, OutYouth