'Online Resources' Category
Attention Facebook Users!
If you love the Lambda Literary Foundation, you can now become a fan! The Lambda Literary Foundation is the country’s leading organization for LGBT literature. And now you can follow them on […]
Queerspawn.org
Want to hear the truth about being the child of queer parents? Check out the Queerspawn Diaries, “an independent audio documentary project by and about young adults from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer families. Through audio interviews, young adults who […]
Covering Author Has More to Say
Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, has an article up over at The Advocate on the role of LGBT adults in the lives of LGBT teenagers:
…teens are becoming increasingly more relaxed about nonheterosexual behavior. They have also developed novel sexual and gender-based identities, such as “boidyke, trisexual, stem, queerboi, […]New Local Blogger at Indiana Equality
There’s a new blog writer over at Indiana Equality, a blog dedicated to protecting basic civil rights for Indiana’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender citizens.
New writer Zak Szymanski is a local Bloomington resident, and teaches journalism at the University. Check out his first post on the state of “partner” policies in the Midwest.Lesbian Writers Fund
Are you a lesbian and budding writer, trying to find financial support for your art? Then you must check this out:
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice - Lesbian Writers Fund is a national grant program for emerging lesbian poets and fiction writers within the U.S. The fund aims to support the work of emerging lesbian […]Free books from WOWIO
Who doesn’t like free stuff? I like free stuff. I (heart) free books.
If you go to http://www.wowio.com/ you can sign up and download free e-books. They have a nice Gay & Lesbian section, including some classic Jane Rule books, some mystery fiction, a biography of Bishop Gene Robinson, and a book about […]Deaf Queer Resource Center
Are you deaf and queer? Maybe just interested in issues for the deaf community or the queer community.
The Deaf Queer Resource Center is a great resource for learning about deaf queers. One of the neatest things they have is a section full of coming out videos (look under the Resource tab) […]Blog Profile: Joe. My. God.
Unlike other blogs that specialize in politics, entertainment, and culture, Joe. My. God. is just the average opinions of an average Joe - if the average Joe is a big burly white gay guy in New York. This blog combines commentary on moderate liberal politics with a focus on theatre, celebrity, arts, and queer […]
I (heart) the Savagelove Podcast
I’ve become mildly obsessed with syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage as of late, and his sharp and snarky podcast version of his weekly sex column, called the Savagelovecast. If you have a question about human sexuality, relationships, and sexual orientation, you can find Dan’s opinions on full display on his weekly podcast show. […]
New GLBT Academic Research Tool
It’s getting to that time of the semester – time to start the research for those big papers due in April and May. If you’re like many of us, you’re writing at least one of those papers on a GLBTI topic. But how do you find the best resources for your queer paper?
Now announcing the […]Transgender History, Over at Bilerico
Leslie Feinberg’s gripping history Transgender Warriors was a groundbreaking narrative of transgender people throughout history. The book has been an inspiration to many historians, and has advanced the field of transgender studies. If you’ve never read Transgender Warriors, now you can get a crash course. Over at the Indianapolis-based Bilerico Project, Mercedes Allen has […]
Kicking yourself for missing the PRIDE Film Festival?
It’s not too late to catch some of the conversation!
Download PRIDE’s special retrospective of the work of Marlon Riggs, the acclaimed African American experimental filmmaker and artist, featuring a live performance by spoken word artist, Abigail Sewell, and a question and answer session with Sewell and Shaka McGlotten, professor of Media, Society, and the Arts […]Blog Profile : Life in a Box
Author and Illustrator of the phenomenal award-winning Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip Alison Bechdel finally has her own blog, Dykes To Watch Out For: Life in a Box.
You can read the latest (and older) “Dykes” strips here, as well as hear about her latest projects (she is working on a second graphic novel […]
Blog Profile : Ex-Gay Watch
Our next blog in the spotlight is a fabulous resource called Ex-Gay Watch.
A blog run by survivors of ex-gay ministries, mixing personal experiences with critiques of ex-gay therapeutic practices, political statements, and (frankly) basic facts of gay life. These guys have their pulse on what the right-wing ‘family’ organizations are doing to individual ex-gays […]
Trevor Project on BloomingOUT
Your favorite local GLBT radio program had a fabulous interview with Charles Robbins, the executive director of the Trevor Project, the first national, 24-hour, 7-days a week toll-free crisis and suicide prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth. And now you can listen to the interview or download it onto your ipod, here. The cornerstone […]
Blog Profile : Mombian
Since more and more queer people are having children then ever before, our next blog to focus up is Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms.
This blog may be run by and for lesbian moms, but it is a wealth of information about all kinds of gay parenting. Focusing on the
parenting process including conception, […]Blog Profile : Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish
Next up is one for our Log Cabin Republican friends out there. Yep, I’m talking about everyone’s favorite (or least favorite) gay conservative, Andrew Sullivan who has a blog called The Daily Dish through the political news magazine “The Atlantic”.
Count on Sullivan for insider critiques of conservatives in the US and UK, […]Congrats Pam’s House Blend!
Pam’s House Blend has been profiled by the National Black Justice Coalition, in honor of African American History month, in particular, February 4th as Black LGBT History Day. Since we just featured Pam’s as our first Blog Profile on this here newly expanded GLBTSSS blog, you might want to check out our review and […]