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This helpful of resources originally appeared on the queers for economic and racial justice listserv on yahoo.com. It appears here in a slightly modified version. The original list was posed on 22 January 2002 by "spikester000000."

Activist Organzations Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund: http://www.lambdalegal.org/

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is an international organisation addressing human rights violations against lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV/AIDS.  (IGLHRC IGLHRC International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (since 1991; San Francisco) ): http://www.iglhrc.org/

OUTfront (Amnesty International--USA): http://www.amnesty-usa.org/outfront/

The Lesbian Avengers' Direct Action Handbook: http://www.lesbian.org/chicago-avenge rs/avengerhandbook.html

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD GLAAD Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ): http://www.glaad.org/

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is a nonprofit organization that supports grassroots organizing and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights. Founded in 1973, NGLTF works to strengthen the gay and lesbian movement at the state and local levels while  (NGLTF NGLTF National Gay and Lesbian Task Force ): http://www.ngltf.org/

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a group of family members and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. According to PFLAG's mission statement, the organization "promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian,  (PFLAG PFLAG Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (since 1972; Washington, DC) ): http://www.pflag.org/

The Ella Baker Center For Human Rights--TransAction: http://www.ellabakercenter.org/transaction.swf

HIV/HCV In Prison: http://www.prisons.org/hivin.htm

LAGAI (Lesbian And Gay Insurrection): http://home.mindspring.com/~katrap/LAGAI/LAGAIhome.html

QUIT! Queers For Palastine: http://www.quitpalestine.org

The Andre Lorde Project (ALP) is a Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, and Transgender (LGBTST) People of Color Noun 1. people of color - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
people of colour, colour, color

race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important
 Communities:

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change: http://www.ngltf.org/cc/index.cfm BINet USA: Our vision is of a world in which gender and sexuality are celebrated in all their fluidity and complexity, and our mission is to help create that world through being a visible national voice in the movement, with other progressive organizations, at conferences and other events, creating positive images of bisexuals through supplying correct information and credible inspiring speakers to national and local media and supporting and educating other national and local GLBT GLBT Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered  organizations to serve all of their members, including bisexual and transgender members: http://www.binetusa.org

Locked Out is a source for news and information regarding the plight of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States.  positive prisoners, former prisoners, and the criminal justice issues affecting the queer community: http://www.lockedout.org

Bluestockings is a Queer/Women of Color/Feminist/Womanist/ RiotGrrl/Mujeres/Zami Women's Bookstore & Action Center: http://www.bluestockings.com

ACT UP Philadelphia: http://www.critpath.org/actup

The National Center for Lesbian Rights The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a non-profit, public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels, advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBT community, provides free legal assistance to LGBT : http://www.nclrights.org/

SONG (Southerners On New Ground) is a network and website organizing queers against all oppressions in the south of the U.S.: http://www.southnewground.org

Other Resources

Larry-bob's Queer Hotlist A listing of the best of something. It typically refers to the most popular Web sites.

(World-Wide Web) hotlist - (From hypertext "hot spot") A document on the World-Wide Web or a user's browser configuration file containing hypertext links, often unorganised and
: http://www.io.com/~larrybob/hotlist.html

Queeruption 2001: http://www.queeruption.org Gayscape: http://www.gayscape.com/

Queer Youth Resources: http://www.queeramerica.com/

Deaf Queer Resource Center: http://www.deafqueer.org/

Queer Resources Directory: http://www.qrd.org/

Queer Asian Pacific Resources: http://www.geocities.com/WestHollyw ood/Heights/5010/resources.html

Lotus Roots 2002: A Queer Asian Gathering--Transformation: http://www.asia.bc.ca/lotusroots Lesbian.com: http://www.lesbian.com

It's Time To End The Gay Rights Movement As We Know It: A radical queer broadside from Queer to The Left: http://www.suba.com/~outlines/broadside/index.html

Alternatives to Marriage Project is a national non-profit organization for unmarried people, including people who choose not to marry, cannot many, or are among the majority of people who live together before marriage. We work for greater understanding and acceptance of unmarried people: http://www.unmarried.org/homepage.html

Straight Spouse Network: Reaching out to extend the accessibility of support for straight spouses and partners, current or former, or gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered mates world-wide healing; To expand support resources for spouses and partners that lessen their trauma, help them to cope with painful issues constructively, and nurture their strength to rebuild broken lives; Building bridges--to foster mutual understanding between spouses and family members and joint efforts with community and professional organizations toward improving services for spouses: http://www.ssnetwk.org/

More: Loving More publishes Loving More Magazine--the only magazine dedicated exclusively to topics involving multi-partner relating. We also distribute Ryam's book Loving More--A Polyfidelty Primer, host conferences and workshops, and acts as a national clearinghouse and public forum for the polyamorous movement. Loving More is a national organization and resource for people who wish to move beyond traditional monogamy monogamy: see marriage. . We see no reason to end a good relationship in order to begin another, and we believe that this can be done responsibly, intimately, and in integrity. We call it polyamory Polyamory (from Greek πολυ (poly, literally “multiple”) & Latin amor  or Loving More: http://www.lovemore.com

Queer By Choice: http://www.QueerByChoice.com

Polyamory Resource: http://www.bdsm-online.com/life-styles/polyamory.htm

Bi Resources

Bisexual Resource Center Bisexual Resource Center (BRC) is a non-profit educational organization that has been serving the bisexual community since 1985. Headquartered in Boston MA, the BRC provides education about and support for bisexual and progressive issues. : http://www.biresource.org/

The American Institute of Bisexuality The American Institute of Bisexuality, Inc. (AIB) is a charity founded by Fritz Klein to promote research and education about bisexuality. It is also known as the Bisexual Foundation.  is dedicated to the support of bisexual individuals and the education of the public at large about the various bisexual communities: http://www.bisexual.org/

Bi All Means provides a comprehensive index of internet resources about bisexuality, gender issues, polyamory, health, politics, womyn's issues, and much more: http://www.biallmeans.org/

Bi.Org is a great resource for the international bisexual community with links all over the globe. Especially strong are the links to bi resources throughout the world outside of North America: http://bi.org/

Anything That Moves is an internationally distributed bisexual magazine containing stories, poetry, news and other information of interest. We're produced quarterly by an all-volunteer staff in the San Francisco Bay area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation).

The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay
: http://www.anythingthatmoves.com

Trans Resources:

GenderPAC is a not-for-profit organization, composed of individuals and groups, dedicated to a broad-based, inclusive national movement for "gender, affectional, and racial equality: http://www.gpac.org/

The International Foundation for Gender Education International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) is an American non-profit transgender advocacy organization founded in 1987 and devoted to "overcoming the intolerance of transvestitism and transsexualism brought about by widespread ignorance.  (IFGE IFGE International Foundation for Gender Education
IFGE International Federation of Gynecologic Endoscopists
) is a leading advocate and educational organization for promoting the self-definition and free expression of individual gender identity, and an excellent source of transgender news and information: http://www.ifge.org/

NYAGRA NYAGRA New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy : The New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy is a membership organization that advocates at the state and local level for self-determination in gender expression and identity: http://www.nyagra.org/

Gender Education & Advocacy is the web site of Gender Education and Advocacy, providing resources and activism for the transgender community. "The organization for gender variant people for the new millennium." Divisions include "It's Time, America," AEGIS, and the Remembering Our Dead project: http://www.gender.org/

Print Magazine/News

Gay Media Database: http://www.gaydata.com/

Media Related Gay Media Resource List: http://www.northbound-train.com/gaymedia.html

Queer Publishers

Queer Publishers: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/library/libq/qpubs.html

Listservs

National Queer People Of Color Gathering: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prismqpocc2002

Queers For Racial & Economic Justice (QFREJ) is a network of queer people of color, working class queers and queer progressives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QFREJ

West Coast Regional QFREJ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QFREJWest

Midwest Regional QFREJ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QFREJMidwest

East Coast Regional QFREJ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QFREJEast

Queer People Of Color: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lgbtstpoc

Queer Anti-Racist Listserv: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Queer-Anti-Racist

Queer Asian/Pacific Islander: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NQAPA

Queer Anti-sexist/oppression mehn: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/efeminists:

Queers United to Eradicate Economic Rationalism: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/queers_united

Trans-Left Network: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transleft

BIACT-L: listserv@brownvm.brown.edu:

* Bisexual Activism List Subject line: SUBSCRIBE BIACT-L Your Name

BITHRY-L: listserv@brownvm.brown.edu:

* Bisexual Theory List Subject line: SUBSCRIBE BITHRY-L Your Name

SPOUSE-SUPPORT: majordomo@texsys.com:

* For monogamous straight spouses and their bisexual partners
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