• Multicultural Children's Literature: Sexual Orientation

And Justice for All Home Page
http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/orgs/aja/
The mission statement of this site is to provide for equality for all regardless of sexual orientation. An essential feature of this site is an extensive set of hyperlinks from the following categories: national, international, regional (US), college organizations, media, legal and political, AIDS/HIV, transgender campaigns and events, and other resources.

Answers to Your Questions about Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/orient.html
The American Psychological Association maintains this site as an educational site. The following information is discussed: sexual orientation, causes of sexual orientation, homosexuality, parenting, outing, prejudice and discrimination, therapy, education, and references

Ask Noah about Sexuality
http://www.noah-health.org/
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a project that is sponsored by The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine, and The New York Public Library. NOAH is a highly respected medical resource. The NOAH home page provides a listing of several other health aspects. This particular page provides scientific discussions of human sexuality.

The Disparate Classification of Gender and Sexual Orientation in American Psychiatry
http://www.priory.com/psych/disparat.htm
Katherine K. Wilson of the Gender Identity Center of Colorado in Denver has posted a scholarly paper on this site. The entire site is devoted to the contents of the research findings of Dr. Wilson.

Gay and Lesbian Educators
http://www.galebc.org/
This British Columbia organization is dedicated to helping gay and lesbian teachers. The page has sections on the mission, workshops, resources and publications. This site maintains a good set of weblinks for both Canada and for selected nations on gay and lesbian issues.

The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
http://www.glsen.org/templates/index.html
GLSEN is a national organization of teachers, parents, students, and concerned citizens working together to end homophobia in schools. GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation.

Gender Theory/Gay and Lesbian Culture Studies
http://users.visi.net/~longt/gender.htm
Dr. Thomas Long at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in dissertation research designed this site for further study. Numerous links are provided in the following areas: sexuality directories, net search engines, academic research, archives and libraries, and vintage book dealers.

Bridges Across the Divide
http://www.bridges-across.org/
The purpose of the Bridges-Across Website is to provide models and resources for building respectful relationships across the divide in the homosexuality issue.

Human Rights Campaign
http://www.hrc.org/
This is both an educational and an activist site. The site maintains a data base on members of the U.S. House of Representatives and on the U.S. Senate. Member profiles are provides along with voting records. This site permits an email system to representatives and to senators.

HRC'S Online Action Center
http://hrc.grassroots.com/
This page helps identify elected officials.

The Knitting Circle
http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/resources.html
The South Bank University in the United Kingdom maintains this resource center. Links are provided to numerous scientific resources. The educational resources vary form the Radclyffe Hall Well of Literature to the Bacon Science Laboratory.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Youth Institute
http://www.youth.org/loco/ngltfyi/
This site provides a number of resources for gay and lesbian students. Most of the resources are organizations. Phone numbers are listed. Hyperlinks are not provided.

!OutProud!: The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth
http://www.outproud.org/
Provides links to a broad range of resources available for youth and educators on issues supporting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth.

'OutProud!: Resources to be used in School
http://www.outproud.org/school.html
In spite of the fact that the American educational system is founded on the principle of equal access for everyone, many students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered are not being accorded equal treatment. Many activists are working hard to make schools a more welcoming place for students, and faculty, of all sexual orientations. This World Wide Web site is designed to interested people organize and advocate regarding this effort.

The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project
http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/
Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally is the name of the organization maintaining this page. An online handbook provides some very good sexuality education resources. Numerous hyperlinks are provided in the following areas: legal resources, hotlines, webpals, organizing tactics, resources, research studies, curricular resources, and an extensive bibliography.

Queer Information
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/ftp/bulgarians/mainpage.html
Articles gathered in one place on: coming out, domestic partnership, historic views, nature/nurture basis, religion, political/legal information, etc., provided by the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

Rainbow Educators' Network
http://www2.gol.com/users/aidsed/rainbow/
This is a new site for educators concerning sexual orientation. The site is maintained on a regular basis. A site map includes the following: classroom ideas, readings, links, teaching materials, notices and events, and an online survey.

Self-Help & Psychology Magazine: Defining Sexual Orientation
http://www.shpm.com/resources/index.php3/subcategories.eml
The Self-Help & Psychology Magazine maintains a number of subcategories. The URL listed provides a set of links for several categories. This is a commercial site, and some of the information tends to represent the popular rather than the scientific literature. While fifteen sets of categories are provided, the reader may want to focus on the links titled "gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered."

Sexual Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/index.html
This university maintained site provides facts about the following: gays and lesbian sexual orientation, homophobia and how it can be eliminated, stigma of AIDS as a gay disease, stop anti-gay hate crimes, gays in the military. This is a frequently updated site. The links on this page are categorized as science and professional, polls and surveys, hate crimes, HIV/AJDS, policy and legal, education, religious right, other resources, and highly specific.

Sexual Orientation Specific Resources: University of Maryland Diversity Database
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/Specific/Sexual_Orientation/index.html
The University of Maryland maintains several diversity pages. This page on sexual orientation provides several resources: announcements, bibliographies, conferences, electronic forums, film reviews, academic papers, and course syllabi.

Talking About Homosexuality in the Secondary School
http://www.avert.org/talking.htm
The organization of the site provides information for educators to discuss the following: talking with youth, a discussion of issues concerning gays and lesbians, coming out, discussions with educators, what is homosexuality, homophobia, HIV, and AIDS. This is a very good resource page.

Teen Sexuality
http://www.intac.com/~jdeck/habib/about.html
The work of photojournalist Dan Habit is the source of this web site. This site is a study of several diversity issues. This site may be viewed as a scholarly reference site for those students investigating sexual orientation. The resource page cites actual resources which are important references. None of these resources are hyperlinked, but phone numbers are listed for additional information.

Welcome to Ethics Updates
http://ethics.acusd.edu/sexual_orientation.html
This site is frequently updated. The material is presented for research information. Summaries of recent literature is provided, and a set of web resources is also provided.

Multicultural Children's Literature: Sexual Orientation

Annotated Bibliography of Children's Books with Gay and Lesbian Characters
http://www.glsen.org/templates/resources/record.html?section=16&record=101
Resources for early childhood educators and parents.

Sexual Orientation: Science, Education and Policy
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/index.html
Dr. Gregory Herek, a noted authority on antigay prejudice (or homophobia), hate crimes, and AIDS stigma, has created this site to provide factual information about sexual orientation and HJV/AIDS. It is the goal of the site to promote the use of scientific knowledge for education and enlightened public policy. Links are available to access legal information, current research and professional literature.