Resources in Your Community
The Institute for Welcoming Resources: This site provides helpful information to individuals interested in learning more about inclusive churches, including a listing of welcoming congregations in the United States and around the world.http://www.welcomingresources.org/usa.htm
Centerlink: Search for LGBT Community Centers in your area.
Human Rights Campaign: Find Equality Organizations in your area.
Videos
Chely Wright’s interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Books
Read the Book: Youth in Crisis: What Everyone Should Know About Growing Up Gay.
Read the Book: Adam’s Gift.
Religion and Homosexuality
In “For the Bible Tells Me So,” filmmaker Dan Karslake explores the reactions of five Christian families to discovering their child is gay. Through this website, you can order a DVD of the film and read accompanying materials.
Soulforce provides valuable information on the state of LGBT acceptance in many mainline churches, along with thoughtful written and video resources outlining the true biblical view of homosexuality.
Evangelical: Religious Right Has Distorted the Faith
Washington Post: Hurting Gays, and Ourselves
World Religions and the Struggle for Equality
Fired Up? An Interview with the Rev. Jeff Falter
Passion for Justice Race- and religion-based hatred and the destruction of the community
How Can Someone Be Both Christian and Homosexual
Theological Analysis of Gay Unions Overdue
Reparative Therapy and the Ex-Gay Movement
Beyond Ex-Gay: An online community for those who have survived ex-gay experiences.
Details Magazine: Deliverance: The True Story of a Gay Exorcism.
Finally Free: Personal Stories: How Love and Self-Acceptance Saved Up from “ex-gay” Ministries Developed by the Human Rights Campaign.
A Report from “Love Won Out: Addressing, Understanding, and Preventing Homosexuality.”
Calculated Compassion: How the Ex-Gay Movement Serves the Right’s Attack on Democracy.
Challenging the Ex-Gay Movement: An Information Packet.
Youth in the Crosshairs: The Third Wave of Ex-Gay Activism.
Coming Out: Former ‘Ex-Gay’ Minister Speaks Out.
“Ex-Gay” and Change Ministries.
Fact Sheet about the ex-gay organization Courage.
Resources on so-called “Change Ministries.”
Other Organizations
Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons
American Veterans for Equal Rights
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Mental Health America: What Does Gay Mean?
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)