Gay Reference Websites

100+ Resources For Coming Out of the Closet

If you've finally decided to come out to your friends and family, it can be a potentially nerve-racking and possibly awkward situation for all involved. Luckily, there are thousands of others who've gone through the experience before you who have some helpful advice and pointers on making it a happy and liberating experience. Here are 100+ resources we've put together to help you get the guidance you need to come out and start living life openly.

AsIAm.fm - weekly internet radio focusing on today's important LGBT issues.

Canadian Immigration For Same-Sex Partners
- LEGIT (Lesbian and Gay Immigration Taskforce) - is an organization of volunteers helping same-sex couples who wish to live together in Canada. They provide helpful information for couples in which:

    * one partner is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and the other
       partner is from another country
    * neither partner is Canadian and both are planning to immigrate to Canada

The site also has basic information on applying as a refugee because of fear of persecution against you as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgendered, or HIV+ person.

CATIE - Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

Covering a wide range of topics including HIV diagnosis, treatment,
drug side effects and complementary therapies

Living Positively with HIV

Current HIV treatment information resources and new scientific developments in the treatment of HIV

Working to help people understand HIV care and treatment options

Craig's Page - is a Personal Website, but I have included it in this Reference Section because it contains such good information for males 13+ on a respectable website. Craig has a whole section on Penis Info, and he also talks about Suicide and other relevant subjects. He has message boards and a chat room. In my opinion, this is one of the most unique, safe havens for all gay guys.

Deaf Queer Resource Centre - for deaf GLBTIQ's

Famous Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People - including gay celebrities, gay politicians, historians and artists, gay historical couples and gay contemporary couples.

Fr. Marty Kurylowicz - An Educational Blog on Human Sexuality

Father Marty Kurylowicz, M.Div., M.S. is a Catholic Priest & Clinical Psychotherapist, who in March 1997 as pastor announced to his parishioners of Holy Family Parish in Sparta, Michigan, USA that he was gay. He did this because research clearly indicated the kind of harm done to very young children who grow up to be gay influenced by the social and religious norms that convey to be "gay" is socially unacceptable and evil.

As a result, we started a web resource (blog) to begin to bring together the factual data on human sexuality, beginning with Early Childhood Psychological Development Growing up Gay and other related issues. This blog is set up to provide easy access to information on all facets of human sexuality for reference purposes and as a means of education for people in churches across the nation. We provide an extensive list of links to medical and mental health, national professional associations, as well as, national medical and research hospitals and institutes.

Gay Husbands Straight Wives - is the sister site of www.straightwives.com and is still under development.

Gay Line - is Montreal's oldest non-profit gay group, listening to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgendered people, and transsexuals since 1976.

Every evening, volunteers on the telephone lend an ear to callers and give out appropriate information and referrals. Our services are free, anonymous and confidential.

We can be reached between 7pm and 11pm, 365 days a year at:

514.866.5090 in the Montreal region
1.888.505.1010 elsewhere in Quebec

Gay Realty Network - Gay Real Estate Resources and related links.

Gay Teachers Overseas - Vicky and Alysha are a married couple from Canada. They are leaving in 2006 to teach overseas. In researching and applying for teaching positions, Vicky and Alysha faced many challenges as they attempted to apply as an openly gay couple. It is the hope of Vicky and Alysha that the production of this website will provide a comprehensive resource to make it easier for teachers in similar situations. Further, this website can ease the process for administrators in the recruitment of teachers (who may also be gay).

GAYSCAPE - Gay Directory & Searchable Guide - Search by State, Country or Topic. By limiting our listings to sites of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual interest we provide the specialized search tool that's fast, easy and fun. Over 102,000 indexed sites.Ý Eight years and growing!

GAYELLOW PAGES - USA & CANADA directory of organizations, businesses,
resources, etc. for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community
since 1973

glbtq.com - is the largest web site devoted to GLBT education and culture, and houses the world's largest GLBT encyclopedia. In addition to its web site, glbtq, Inc. has published two Lambda Literary Award nominated print encyclopedias: The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts (Cleis Press, 2004) and The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater (Cleis Press, 2004). The forthcoming Queer Encyclopedia of Film, Theater, and Popular Culture is scheduled for release in the fall of 2005.

History of the Gay Pride/Rainbow Flag - a complete explanation of the transitions that our flag has gone through these past 25 years.

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - The World's Largest Website on Human Sexuality - in several languages. This is an incredibly comprehensive clinical website containing History of Sexology, E-Learning Courses, Behaviour Surveys, Online Library. Some is still under construction. Some of their archives include:

Sexual Orientation
Homosexuality As Deviance
Gay Liberation Movement
History of Sexual Orientation Research - (Graduate Course)

Jewish Mosaic - The National Center For Sexual & Gender Diversity - an excellent resource site with links for Jewish Educators, LGBT 101, LGBT Resource Library, Torah Queeries, Transgender Resources and much more

Kinsey's Scale of Sexuality - 0 = entirely heterosexual to 6 = entirely homosexual

LinkDiscovery.com - Gay Men Links - directory of many gay men categories

LinkDiscovery.com - Lesbian Links - directory of many lesbian categories

(The) Michael D. Palm Center - Blueprints for Sound Public Policy - formerly the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military, uses rigorous social science to inform public discussions of controversial social issues, enabling policy outcomes to be informed more by evidence than by emotion. Our data-driven approach is premised on the notion that the public makes wise choices on social issues when high quality information is available.

The Center promotes the interdisciplinary analysis of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other marginalized sexual identities in the armed forces by forging a community of scholars, creating a forum for information exchange and debate, offering itself as a launching point for researchers who need access to data and scholarly networks, and supporting graduate student training.

The Center's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell Project' will continue to be its first priority under its new name - The Michael D. Palm Center. The goal of the DADT Project is to improve the quality of information available to public deliberations about the military policy.

The Michael D. Palm Center is an official unit of the Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Pink Triangle Services - is a non-profit registered charity and social service agency providing peer support, educational, research and advocacy services primarily for gay men, lesbians and bisexuals around Ottawa, ON Canada.

Through the work of volunteers PTS provides, among other things, in-person and telephone peer support and information; educational services; training programs for health and social service professionals; a speakers' bureau; a library with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender related materials; and a variety of discussion and support groups. PTS also offers outreach and educational services to the community at large.

Pridelinks - Gay Lesbian Bi and Transgender search engine. If you are looking for queer links, resources, information, support or just fun, chances are that you'll find what you are looking for at PrideLinks! Over 8,000 links!

RainbowWeddingNetwork.com - offers immediate access to gay-friendly wedding services, including an online registry, specifically designed for gay, lesbian, bi, trans & gay-friendly couples. After a visit to the Rainbow Wedding Network, don't forget to come back to ChristianGays.com for that special Holy Union Certificate.

StraightWives.com - The purpose of this site is to give additional support to women who are married to, or involved with, men who are gay, or who identify themselves as "Bisexual". This is the sister site of www.GayHusbands.com.

(A) U.S. History of Gay and Lesbian Rights - fascinating facts

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