Organizations & Resources for GLBT Spirituality & Life Issues
Related to the Methodist Church
Related to Other Denominations/Religions
- Rainbow Baptists - Rainbow
Baptists is a website providing support, information and advocacy for gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender Baptists, their family and friends. Rainbow
Baptists is a cooperative effort of two organizations dedicated to the support
and justice on behalf of LGBT Baptists.
- More Light Churches Network (Presbyterian)
- Open & GLAD Alliance -- a presence working for the full dignity and integrity of gay, lesbian, bisexual and affirming people within the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
- Open & Affirming Program
(United Church of Christ)
- Lutherans Concerned -- A Christian Ministry Affirming God's love for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities since 1974
- Lutheran Gay and Lesbian Ministries
- Welcoming & Affirming
Baptists (ABC/USA)
- That All May Freely
Serve (Presbyterian)
- Dignity USA (Catholic)
- Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches
- Q-Light - an email list
for queer (lesbian, gay male, bisexual, transgendered or questioning) Quakers
and interested guests
- Community Church of
Hope - An all-inclusive church in Phoenix with an outreach to the gay and
lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgendered communities
- Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Non-Denominational/Multi-Denominational Christian
Jewish
Not Church-Related
- Family Diversity Projects, Inc. - This
site celebrates families of every kind, including adoptive families, foster
families, divorced families and stepfamilies, single-parent families,
multiracial families, families dealing with illness and/or death, lesbian and
gay parented families, interfaith families, multi-generational families,
immigrant families, families facing physical challenges, and families facing
mental challenges.
- Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education
Network - (GLSEN) Creating safe schools for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender people.
- Gender Education and Advocacy - (GEA)
A national organization focused on the needs, issues and concerns of gender
variant people in human society. We seek to educate and advocate, not only for
ourselves and others like us, but for all human beings who suffer from
gender-based oppression in all of its many forms.
- Ethics and Morality in the
Gay/Lesbian Community
- Independent Gay Forum
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- PFLAG - Houston
(Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) - Houston Chapter
- PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends
of Lesbians and Gays) - National Organization
- Partners a national resource for same-sex couples, supporting the diverse community of committed gay and lesbian partners through a variety of media
- Servicemembers Legal Defense
Network - The sole national legal aid and watchdog organization that
assists service members hurt by the Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue policy
- Scouting for All - "Committed
to scouting, open to diversity." What you can do as part of Scouting For All's
National Campaign.
- SoulForce - A network of friends
learning nonviolence from Ghandi and King seeking justice for God's lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgendered children
For GLBT Youth
- Advocates for Youth - For
developing programs and policies which help young people make informed and
responsible decisions about their sexual health.
- Cafe Pride - Chicago's coffeehouse
for gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual youth. Located in the Parish House
of Lake View Presbyterian Church.
- COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays
Everywhere) - Support and advocacy organization for daughters and sons of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents.
- LYRIC (Lavender Youth Recreation and
Information Center) - San Francisco's community center for LGBTQ youth 23
& under.
- OutProud - The National Coalition
for GLBT Youth offers a wide range of resources available for youth and
educators.
- ProjectYES - Project YES is an
educational organization in Miami whose goal is to ensure the healthy
development of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. Project YES works
within the traditional networks of support for youth: families, communities of
faith, schools, and youth service agencies.
- SafeParents - A
Ministry of the Trinity Social Justice Institute, Inc. that provides mentoring
support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons and their
families.
- Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League
(SMYAL) - A youth service agency serving the metropolitan area of
Washington, DC, including Maryland and Northern Virginia. Their mission is to
support and enhance the self-esteem of sexual minority youth - any youth
(13-21) who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (lgbt), or who may be
questioning their sexuality - and to increase public awareness and
understanding of their issues.
- SMYRC - A nonprofit agency that
provides a drop-in center for lesbian, bi, trans, gay, questioning youth, and
their allies, aged 23 and under. People come to play pool, use computers,
access resources, use the library, meet people, make art, and just have fun!
SMYRC provides leadership opportunities to youth through the Youth Steering
Committee, a representative body of LGBTQ youth who directly benefit from this
agency. SMYRC is a program of Vanguard Youth Services and Network Behavioral
HealthCare, Inc.
- YouthResource.com - A project
of Advocates for Youth with lots of information and links for LBGTQ youth.
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