Bisexual
Bi-resource
Bi and Bi-inclusive groups worldwide. Bisexual resource centre.
biresource.net
Business
Gay Business Association
The GBA (Gay Business Association) is like a gay chamber of commerce. It exists
to promote the aims of LGBT businesses throughout the UK.
www.gba.org.uk
Charities
Crusaid
Crusaid exists to make a difference to people living with and affected by HIV
and AIDS.
www.crusaid.org.uk
Pink Triangle Trust
Charitable Trust set up in 1992 to support and promote humanism in the LGBT community.
www.pinktriangle.org
Terence Higgins Trust
HIV/AIDS information, safer sex, online booklets and help line.
www.tht.org.uk
Coming Out
Gay Youth UK
Information on coming out.
www.gayyouth.org.uk/info/coming-out
Trans Youth Manchester
Social, support and empowerment group for all young trans people aged 14-25, offering safe space drop-in, resources, info and sessions for all
self-identified young transgender people, including those questioning their gender and/or not fitting in to the binary
gender system.
http://www.lgym.org.uk/transweb
Youth Information (part of National Youth Agency)
Useful advice and resources on coming out.
www.nya.org.uk/coming-out
Culture
Roger Taber
From the mother of a gay son: I am the mother of a gay son and am writing to tell you about a collection of poems I was given for Christmas - The Third Eye: poems by R. N. Taber. Like his other volumes - Love And Human Remains & First Person Plural - it has a gay section; there are also gay poems in other sections where appropriate. As far as I know, Roger Taber is the only contemporary poet who combines gay and other poems in his work. I have also seeen some of his gay poems in (general) Forward Press anthologies. My family enjoy Roger Taber's poetry very much but his gay poetry touches us in particular as it was not easy coming to terms with my son being gay. I have been in touch with Roger by e-mail. My son and the rest of our family especially applaud the fact that he expresses the view that gay poetry should no more be seen as a genre-within-a-genre separate from mainstream poetry/literature than gay men and women should be seen as separate from mainstream society. Details of his poetry collections are on amazon.co.uk as well as some reviews. Examples of his poetry can be found by clicking on the link below:
aspectsofagaymanslifeinverse.blogspot.com
Queer@Kings
An academic organisation within Kings College that runs a programme of speakers and conferences to raise issues of queer culture and academia.
www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/hrc/queer
Out on Air
BBC radio4's Archive Hour celebrates the rise and fall of
gay radio; how homosexuality on the airwaves went from taboo
to mainstream in the space of a decade.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archivehour/pip/jzur7
Get Bent!
Manchester's Alternative Community Pride
Summer Festival! A Celebration of Queer Diversity from 24th August - 2nd September 2007!
http://www.get-bent-manchester.com
Working with LGBT People
This page includes information and examples of good practice for museums, archives, libraries and others who are working to develop services for LGBTs.
www.seapn.org.uk/themes.asp?theme_id=18
Disability
Regard – National (UK) organisation of disabled LGBT people
Regard aims to raise awareness of disability issues within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) communities, and to raise awareness of sexuality issues within the disability communities.
www.regard.org.uk
Education
Challenging Homophobia
Videos challenging homophobia.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=homophobia&search=Search
NUT
NUT union useful material for lgbt teachers and students and tackling
homophobia
www.teachers.org.uk/node/11199
The Safe Schools Coalition
Resources for History and Civics Teachers
www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RG-teachers_history-civics.html
Schools Out
Working towards equality in education for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. The site has a list of books for teaching on their site
www.schools-out.org.uk
You Don't Know Me
Vibrant, focussed clear film exploring lgbt issues in South London following the murder of David Morley, can be used in the classroom with secondary school learners.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ_XRx39i_0 - part one
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v82KcQsTGIk - part two
Events/Entertainment
Europride
This website brings together the events for all the Pride celebrations in Europe. It is still being built so will grow throughout the year. It also contains a very interesting section on the history of Pride.
www.europride.info
Get Bent!
Manchester's Alternative Community Pride
Summer Festival! A Celebration of Queer Diversity from 24th August - 2nd September 2007!
http://www.get-bent-manchester.com
Idaho
International Day Against Homophobia takes place every year
on 17th May
http://www.idahomophobia.org
Gay Men
GMFA: action for gay men's health
Wanting a gay community where individuals are able to make informed choices about their health.
www.gmfa.org.uk
London Gay Men's Chorus
Europe's largest gay choir, set to become a beacon gay arts organisation for London the UK. Visit their website to find out how belonging to a gay/lesbian choir can transform lives.
www.lgmc.org.uk
Metromate
Gay men's health.
www.metromate.org.uk
Health
Crusaid
Crusaid exists to make a difference to people living with and affected by HIV
and AIDS.
www.crusaid.org.uk
Department of Health
Ensuring equality of access to health and care services, and to employment opportunities, is a fundamental DH responsibility. The aim of this section is to give you key information about the Department’s work on implementing policy and legislation to improve race relations and safeguard human rights across health and social care
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/EqualityAndHumanRights/fs/en
GLADD
Gay and Lesbian Association of Dentists and Doctors
www.gladd.co.uk
GMFA: action for gay men's health
Wanting a gay community where individuals are able to make informed choices about their health.
www.gmfa.org.uk
Metromate
Gay men's health.
www.metromate.org.uk
NHS Direct
Official Web site for the NHS 24 hour telephone helpline, NHS Direct. Information about health problems. How to keep healthy.
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Terence Higgins Trust
HIV/AIDS information, safer sex, online booklets and help line.
www.tht.org.uk
Help and Advice
Broken Rainbow LGBT Domestic Violence Service (UK)
Support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people
experiencing domestic violence.
www.broken-rainbow.org.uk
Citizen Advice Bureau (CAB)
A network of independent charities that helps people resolve their money, legal and other problems by providing free information and advice from over 3,000 locations. Advice and information on issues ranging from employment to sexual orientation discrimination (see this page for further info about CAB).
www.adviceguide.org.uk
www.thevillage.org.uk
www.citizensadvice.org.uk
The Dyn Cymru Helpline
Help and advice for LGBT people suffering same sex domestic violence in Wales.
Call: 0808 801 0321
London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
Offering calm words 24 hours a day about love, life, safer sex and practically
everything else.
www.llgs.org.uk
PACE
London's largest lesbian and gay counselling and mental health project.
www.pacehealth.org.uk
Queery - LGBT community directory
A community driven directory for LGBT life . With listings and links for services and resources, scene and non-scene, community and voluntary, commercial and business - support and information, town and country UK-wide. Listings of gay venues and services in the UK can be found on The site it was developed to serve the needs of the lesbian and gay communities, and to allow those callers unable to get through on the LLGS phoneline or other helplines serving the lesbian and gay communities to find the information they need.
www.queery.org.uk
Lesbians
History of Lesbianism
www.datehookup.com/content-the-history-of-lesbianism.htm
Greta Garbo
New evidence has emerged about the star's private life.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1567211,00.html
Hilly Bits – by women for women
Lesbian information.
home.versatel.nl/j.antonisse/HillyBits_ENG/index_E.html
Herstory
A site that can you take you to many other sites that has useful information on lesbian history such as
www.lesbian.com/herstory/herstory_intro.html
Isle of Lesbos
A place of art, culture, and learning dedicated to lesbian
and bisexual women. On this site you will find a wealth of
historical literary material and images celebrating romantic
love between women -as well as the joys of sisterhood.”
www.sappho.com
Lesbian History Timeline
Timeline of lesbian history attempts to be international but US based, all sorts of fascinating info.
www.swade.net/lesbian/tribal_chant/les_hist.html
Famous Lesbian couple
Pictures of some famous lesbian couples.
niftynats.tripod.com/lesbians/pictures.htm
Lesbian Love in Letters
Includes Emily Dickinson and Vita Sackville-West.
www.sappho.com/letters
Rosa Bonheur
Famous nineteenth century artist who applied for and received permission to dress in men’s clothing.
www.nmwa.org/collection/profile.asp?LinkID=95
Valentine Ackland
Lesbian poet profiled in The Guardian.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/poetry/features/0,,1778972,00.html
Zuna Institute
This excellent Black Lesbian site from the States is both informative and
exciting with an excellent Slide Presentation of Inspiring Black Lesbians.
www.zunainstitute.org
LGBT Groups
Amnesty International UK
LGBT page of Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org.uk/lgbt
GALA - the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses
The US-based network of gay and lesbian choirs
www.galachoruses.org
Gay Surrey
www.gaysurrey.org
International Lesbian and Gay Association
A world-wide network of over 400 national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for LGBT people. Founded in 1978.
www.ilga.org
Europe: www.ilga-europe.org
Legato
The European network of lesbian and gay choirs
www.legato-choirs.com
London Gay Men's Chorus
Europe's largest gay choir, set to become a beacon gay arts organisation for London the UK. Visit their website to find out how belonging to a gay/lesbian choir can transform lives.
www.lgmc.org.uk
Diversity Choir
London chamber music LGBT choir.
www.diversitychoir.org.uk
Pink Singers
London's oldest LGBT community choir.
www.pinksingers.co.uk
London Gay Reading Group
Monthly reading group in London. The site offers descriptions
of the books (mostly fiction) read and discussed by the group
since its creation in 2001.
www.lgrg.co.uk
Pink Triangle Trust
Charitable Trust set up in 1992 to support and promote humanism in the LGBT community.
www.pinktriangle.org
Pride in Canterbury
www.prideincanterbury.org.uk
Sing Out
The association of gay and lesbian choirs in the UK and Ireland.
www.singout.org.uk
Stonewall
UK based lobby group working for equality and justice for LGBT people.
www.stonewall.org.uk
Trans Youth Manchester
Social, support and empowerment group for all young trans people aged 14-25, offering safe space drop-in, resources, info and sessions for all
self-identified young transgender people, including those questioning their gender and/or not fitting in to the binary
gender system.
www.lgym.org.uk/transweb
LGBT History
24 Hour Museum
Some articles to mark LGBT History Month
Alan Turing
An excellent comprehensive site with a wealth of information and pictures of Alan Turing known as the father of computers.
www.turing.org.uk
Androphile Gay History Project
“The World History of Male Love".
www.androphile.org
A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture
of Jazz Age Harlem
An essay on the Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem .
xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/blues/garber.html
The Borthwick Institute: pages on sources for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered History
Inspired by the 2005 Lesbian and Gay History Month. As part of the University of York and as an archive used by students, academics and members of the general public we wanted to produce a website which would encourage researchers to consider LGBT history and provide a teaching resource (aimed largely but not only at undergraduate courses) with general research guidance and sample "case studies" from the 16th to the 18th centuries, taken from the documents we hold here. A grant to design and develop the site was provided by the University of York's Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum Project from the HEFCE Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund.
www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/guideleaflets/lbg/doc1.htm
Brighton Our Story: 200 years of lesbian and gay history
Site of the Brighton our story project with detailed history of LGBT Brighton.
www.brightonourstory.co.uk
Canadian LGBT archives
Lots of info including photos of past and present LGBT people.
www.clga.ca
Gay Greats
Congratulations to Fyne Times great new site. Gay Greats can be found at:
www.fyne.co.uk/index.php?section=50
Gay History
This site has been archived and is not being developed any more. It has been replaced by www.glbtq.com
Gay history and literature
Essays written by author and editor Rictor Norton.
rictornorton.co.uk
GLBT History Month
The United States' version of LGBT History Month. The website
includes short biographies and videos of leading LGBT people
as well as a time line.
www.glbthistorymonth.com
The GLBT Historical Society Library and Archives
Contain materials primarily about GLBT life in Northern California. We also have some material from under-represented groups from around the world and about GLBT life prior to 1970. Also has pictures of same sex marriages before 2004 .
www.glbthistory.org
GLBTQ
Aiming to be the most comprehensive, accessible, and authoritative encyclopaedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (glbtq) culture.
www.glbtq.com
Gay Left
Gay Left was a socialist journal which was produced by a collective of gay men between 1975-1980. It drew upon both gay liberation ideas and Marxism. It contained contributions from a number of current and former members of both NATFHE and AUT.
A website of the journal is now being set up and can be reached at www.gayleft1970s.org. It is a work in progress and so far only four of the ten issues are available in pdf format. You can read the contents pages of the other six and I am assured that their entire contents
will be available in pdf format by the end of the month.
www.gayleft1970s.org
Greenham Common
The Greenham Common women 25 years on.
www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,1868489,00.html
The Hall-Carpenter Archives (HCA)
Named after the authors Marguerite Radclyffe Hall and Edward Carpenter, founded in 1980. National LGB archive for the UK They have three different archives each on a separate site in London : 1) The Hall-Carpenter Archives main collection (papers of campaign organisations, periodicals and printed ephemera) 2) The Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive (cuttings from national, local and foreign newspapers, badges and banners) 3) The HCA Oral History collection (oral history tapes and transcripts).
hallcarpenter.tripod.com
Using HLF funding in 2005-2006, The Hall-Carpenter Archives created a Directory of Lesbian and Gay Research in UK Universities and Colleges:
hallcarpenter.tripod.com/hca/univ.html
Icons Gallery
Great resource about iconic LGBT people
www.circa-club.com/icongallery.php
International Association of Gay and Lesbian Children of Survivors of the Holocaust
The site offers resources on the Holocaust.
www.infotrue.com/gay.html
Labour Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Rights
A history page.
lgbtlabour.org.uk
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Historical and Celebrity Figures
home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/celebs-list.html
LGBT History
From Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT_history
Northwest History Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project (USA)
"Sexual minority history in the Seattle area and the Pacific Northwest”, the site also has suggestion for a questionnaire to use when gathering oral history from LGBT people.
home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/lgbthistorynw
Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage
Celebrates Nottinghamshire's LGBT lives, hidden history and culture.
The website has a local and national timeline, audio clips, Youtube links, links to all those useful booklets and research documents produced by Stonewall, Childline, NUT, ACAS, FFLag etc all on one page, every edition of our LGBT magazine QB + an LGBT board game. Need material for LGBT History month? The site contains enough display material to fill the Albert Hall - download what you need.
Outrage!
Images from the Outrage archive including demo outside Peter Tatchell's
trial for his disruption of the Archbishop of Canterbury; queer rembrance
day and demo at the Church of england General Synod. Some great pics!
rosecottage.me.uk/OutRage-archives/gall98.htm
Paragraph 175
Educational resources based around the documentary Paragraph 175 . Paragraph 175 was a 1871 German law, amended by the Nazis and kept on the German law books until 1969, because of it some of the victims who were there for homosexuality were sent directly to prison and that it took years for them to be recognised as victims of the concentration camps (The official apology from the German government came in 2001!!!).
www.tellingpictures.com/outreach/index.html
Pink Triangle
The History of the Gay Male and Lesbian Experience during World War II.
www.pink-triangle.org
Reclaiming History
Some famous LGBT people throughout history.
www.uic.edu/depts/quic/history/reclaiming_history.html
Section 28 in Manchester
An on line exhibition of photographs and memorabilia, from the City Council's collections and from the People's History Museum, that details the history of the campaign in Manchester against Section 28.
www.manchester.gov.uk/bestvalue/equality/section28/
Trans history
A growing resource on trans history.
www.squidoo.com/transhistory
UK gay rights timeline
From Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom
Untold London
History website run by the Museum of London, including section on where to find gay history in the capital's museums and galleries.
www.untoldlondon.org.uk
Working Class Lesbians
BBC Radio 4 documentary on working class lesbians.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/thinkingallowed/thinkingallowed_20060809.shtml
LGBT News
365gay.com
"America's most read gay news"
www.365gay.com
Gay Russia
LGBT News on Russia and Human Rights
www.gayrussia.ru/en
Gay Times
Europe's leading gay magazine and. Since 1975 has provided the latest news, reviews, styles and information every month.
www.gaytimes.co.uk
Pink News
"Europe's largest gay news service"
www.pinknews.co.uk
Pink Paper
Free national newspaper (available for download as pdf files)
www.pinkpaper.com
Têtu
International LGBT news in French
www.tetu.com/rubrique/infos/infos.php
UK Gay News
Links to online articles on LGBT news
ukgaynews.org.uk
Older LGBT people
Polari
Working strategically for more lesbian and gay friendly services to older people.
www.polari.org
Race/Ethnicity
Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group
Providing an atmosphere of friendship and support for Jewish gays, lesbians, bisexuals and their partners.
www.jglg.org.uk
UK Black Out
We have created this site for black lgbt people and their friends . This is a site for everyone! No matter what race you are, we all share a common philosophy -- that is, that we welcome diversity. Rejoice, enjoy, and explore the diversities, differences, and excitement of our cultures. Let's work towards making a world where there is no racism, prejudice and homophobia. It's our diversity that makes us strong! Although the site is titled 'UK Black Out', we do not mean to exclude any race. We are simply trying to provide a service for which there is a gap in the market. Everyone is welcomed to participate. We do not promote racial divide. In fact, we will post information on any topic which we think is relevant to our audience, be it black, white, Asian, or Latin.
www.ukblackout.com
Zuna Institute
This excellent Black Lesbian site from the States is both informative and
exciting with an excellent Slide Presentation of Inspiring Black Lesbians.
www.zunainstitute.org
Religion
Imaan
A social support group for Muslim lesbian, gays, bisexuals, transgender, those questioning their sexuality or gender identity and their friends and supporters.
www.imaan.org.uk
Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group
Providing an atmosphere of friendship and support for Jewish gays, lesbians, bisexuals and their partners.
www.jglg.org.uk
Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM)
A UK based international charity for an inclusive church.
www.lgcm.org.uk
Young Lesbian and Gay Christians
A place for young LGBT Christians to meet, socialise, hear from each other and support each other.
www.ylgc.org.uk
The Bible in Polari
The Manchester order of the Sisters has had the whole Bible translated into
Polari courtesy of a piece of translation software designed for
missionaries.
www.thesisters.demon.co.uk/bible/
Transgender
Trans News Updates
links to news of special interest to the trans community
ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/News/News.html
The Beaumont Society
UK based transgender support group.
www.beaumontsociety.org.uk
FTM Network for female to male transgender and transsexual people
Browse the links for further details. This site aims to provide information for female to male trans people, particularly those in the UK (but much is relevant elsewhere) to help them decide what they wish to do. The site includes lots of practical advice, and hopefully will prove a useful resource.
www.ftm.org.uk
Gender Identity Research and Education Society
The aim of this website is to inform a wide public of the issues surrounding gender identity and transsexualism. It is also a resource for gender dysphoric people and their families; the medical and other professionals that provide their care, including clinicians and the police; Health Authorities; Members of Parliament and other policy makers; employers; the media.
www.gires.org.uk
The Gender Centre (Australia)
Services for people with gender issues.
www.gendercentre.org.au
The Gender Trust
The Gender Trust specifically helps adults who are Transsexual, Gender Dysphoric or Trangender i.e. those who seek to adjust their lives to live as women or men, or to come to terms with their situation despite their genetic background. There are a number services that we can supply: information about trained counsellors, psychologists and psychotherapists; advice on initiating the proper referral procedure to a choice of psychiatrists; help for those who are Intersex, and try to provide care for partners and families of all these individuals; guidance and information for those who may encounter gender issues in the course of their work, including employers, social workers, welfare workers, the media and the medical profession.
www.gendertrust.org.uk
Mermaids
Mermaids is a support group for gender variant children and teenagers . Our aims are simple: We aim to support children and teenagers up to age 19, who are trying to cope with gender identity issues. In support of this one aim, we also intend to: offer support to parents, families, carers, and others; raise awareness about gender issues amongst professionals (e.g. teachers, doctors, social services, etc.) and the general public; campaign for the recognition of this issue and the increase in professional services.
www.mermaidsuk.org.uk
Press for Change
This site aims to be a newspaper, library and resource centre rolled into one. Nowhere else in the world will you find such a comprehensive collection of information about the trans rights campaign, and details about the legal, medical, political and social issues surrounding the people it represents. If you're a trans person, we aim to raise your consciousness. If you're a researcher or a journalist we want you to have everything you could possibly want to report us accurately and fairly. If you're a campaigner already, we want to provide you with the very best resources. And if you're not, we'd like to show you what an astonishing challenge we face.
www.pfc.org.uk
The web archive of the Press for Change news distribution provides a detailed day-by-day historical resource covering news events in British trans lives of the last eight years
www.pfc.org.uk/pfclists/news-arc/index.htm
Roberta Cowell
Very comprehensive site with a film about Roberta Cowell who was the very
first British transsexual.
www.transgenderzone.com/features/roberta_cowell.htm
Trans Youth Manchester
Social, support and empowerment group for all young trans people aged 14-25, offering safe space drop-in, resources, info and sessions for all
self-identified young transgender people, including those questioning their gender and/or not fitting in to the binary
gender system.
www.lgym.org.uk/transweb
Transgender Petition to the UN
Petition against violence against Transgendered women.
transgenderunity.blogspot.com
Youth
Albert Kennedy Trust
Supporting lesbian, gay and bisexual young people.
http://www.akt.org.uk
GTR - (Gayteens Resources)
Established in 1996 from the UK the first global online community web site for LGBT youth. The site provides support and information to those unsure of their sexual orientation and focuses on content for young people. The site has the largest reference content for youth with latest global news, chat rooms and forums.
www.gayteens.org
Gay Youth UK
The aim of the site, is to provide as much information, support, help and advice to all gay youth within the UK. In fact, not just gay youth, but those who may be questioning their own sexuality, or who may be bisexual.
www.gayyouthuk.org.uk
LGBT Youth Scotland
LGBT Youth Scotland believes that schools have a key role to play in
providing a safe and secure environment for every one of their students.
www.lgbtyouth.org.uk
The Queer Youth Alliance
The UK Alliance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Young People. We are the first and only national organisation run by and for LGBT Youth Peoples Chat, Friend Finder, Homeless gay and lesbian LGBT youth projects, links and listings of all the major LGBT Youth Organisations across the UK.
www.queeryouth.org.uk
Trans Youth Manchester
Social, support and empowerment group for all young trans people aged 14-25, offering safe space drop-in, resources, info and sessions for all
self-identified young transgender people, including those questioning their gender and/or not fitting in to the binary
gender system.
http://www.lgym.org.uk/transweb
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