Out for Equity - Resources

Resources

Local National Internet Lessons

Out 4 Good Health Start Face to Face aMaze Youth and AIDS Project Human Rights Center PFLAG Twin Cities

District Home SPPS SchoolOffice of Educational Equity Multicultural Resource Center Guidance Services Ombudsperson

Local Organizations

District 202
A youth center for LBGTQ youth and their allies.
1601 Nicollet Ave. S,
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612.871.5559
www.dist202.org

Face to Face
Proud to identify itself as a resource for GLBT adolescents and their families, and hopes to work closely with school personnel, programs such as Out for Equity, and other members of the community.
1165 Arcade
St. Paul, MN 55106
612.772.5555
www.face2face.org

GLBT Kids: Abuse Intervention Program
A program of Family & Children's Service
Resources, referrals, and support for youth who have been physically or emotionally mistreated and for concerned adults.
4123 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55406
GLBT Kids Youth Resource Line 1-877-GLBTKID
www.fcsmn.org/GLBT/GLBTKIDS.htm

Host Home Program
An extension of the GLBT case management services offered by Project Offstreets, this program recruits, screens, trains, and supports stable, nurturing adults who volunteer to open their homes to homeless GLBT youth (ages 18-21) as they work toward self-sufficiency.
Raquel Volaco Simoes, Program Coordinator:
Phone: 612.871.3613
Hotline: 612.338.3103 x244
hhome@youthlinkmn.org

Out4Good
A program to support and encourage the academic achievement, full participation, and contributions of GLBT students, teachers, staff, and families in the Minneapolis Public Schools.
807 N.E. Broadway
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612.668.0183
htpp://mpls.k12.mn.us/Out4Good.html
Laurie.Appelbaum@mpls.k12.mn.us

OutFront Minnesota
A multi-faceted organization that advocates for the GLBT and allied communities.
310 38th Street East, Ste. 204
Minneapolis, MN 55409
612.882.0127
www.outfront.org

PFLAG Twin Cities
An organization supporting parents, families, and friends of GLBT people Metro Chapter.
P.O. Box 19290
Minneapolis, MN 55419
612.825.1660
www.pflagtc.org

Rainbow Families
A membership organization working to organize, strengthen, and celebrate Minnesota families whose parents are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. They provide parent and family support through formal and informal networking within our community, and public education and advocacy in the larger community.
711 West Lake Street, Suite 210
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408
Phone:612-827-7731
Fax: 612-822-2759
www.rainbowfamilies.org
connect@rainbowfamilies.org

Council on Crime and Justice - General Crime Victim Services (GCVS)
Striving to discover solutions to reduce the stress associated with crime victimization for over 27 years. Services include lock changes, restorative repairs, emergency funds for victims of general crime as well as easily accessible guidance, advocacy, and support.
822 South 3rd Street, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-340-5400 (24 Hour Hotline)
www.crimeandjustice.org
crimevictims@crimeandjustice.org

National Organizations

Families Like Mine
A web site dedicated to decreasing isolation for people who have parents who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (GLBT), and bringing voice to the experiences of these families.
www.familieslikemine.com
abigail@familieslikemine.com

GLAAD
Gay and lesbian alliance against defamation.
"Dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation."
www.glaad.org

GLSEN
Gay, lesbian, and straight education network
"Creating safe schools for GLBT people."
www.glsen.org

HRC
Human Rights Campaign.
Working for LGBT equal rights.
www.hrc.org

PFLAG
Parents, family, and friends of lesbians and gays.
www.pflag.org

NGLTF
National gay and lesbian task force.
"The national progressive organization working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people."
www.ngl t f.org

Scouting for All
"Committed to scouting, open to diversity."
www.scoutingforall.org

Internet Resouces

Coming Out and Learning About Sexual Orientation

http://www.alltogether.com
Place to explore sexuality and coming out.

http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/index.html
Provides factual information about sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS.

http://www.qrd.org
Contains 2,506 files about a wide range of queer issues from religion to culture.

Sexuality and Ethnicity

http://www.blackstripe.com
Internet resource for news, information, and culture effecting LGBT people of African descent.

http://www.youthresource.com/community/yoc/index.cfm
A website for youth of color.

Sexuality and Disability

http://www.igc.org/pwd/lgbtq.htm
Serving lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and queers with disabilities.

http://www.deafqueer.org
Contains comprehensive and accurate information about the Deaf LGBT community.

Bisexual Resources

http://www.binetusa.org
Provides information and support for bisexual men and women.

Transgender Resources

http://www.tgni.com
Place of support for all transgendered people, friends, family, and significant others.

http://www.ftmi.org
Serves female-to-male transgendered people and transsexual men.

Youth Resources

http://www.glsen.org/pages/sections/involved/studentpride
A project of GLSEN for youth and by youth working to help network Gay/Straight Alliances.

http://www.oasismag.com
The online Webzine written by, about, and for queer and questioning youth.

http://www.outproud.org
The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth.

http://www.youth.org
Providing self-identifying GLBTQ youth with a safe space online to be themselves.

http://www.youthresource.com
A project of Advocates for Youth providing news and community for GLBT.

http://www.positive.org
Provides factual sexuality and sexual health information for GLBT youth.

Other Helpful Resources

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault
Discusses homophobia, the "gay gene" debate, and the life and death of Billy Jack Gaither.

http://www.aclu.org/issues/gay/hmgl.html
Provides news, resources, and ways of fighting anti-gay discrimination.

http://www.personproject.org
An activist network advocating for LGBT-inclusive curricular policies.

http://www.queertheory.com
Resources in Queer Culture, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Gender Studies and related fields.