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Local Resources: Agencies, Organizations and Information
The Mayor’s Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues works to assist the elimination of bigotry, discrimination, and prejudice against the LGBT community in the City of Hartford.Meeting dates are the first Tuesday of the month from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  The Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Issues meets in the Court of Common Council Conference Room
550 Main St.
Hartford, CT 06103
(860)543-8595
 

Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective empowers individuals of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities to lead healthy lives through the provision of health and support services, education and advocacy.

Connecticut Pride 2005 This committee is made up of volunteers from throughout the community and produces events that promote awareness, tolerance, acceptance, and equality for the LGBTI community.
 

Love Makes a Family is a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals working for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Connecticut.

Metropolitan Community Church is a gay ministry that holds prayer services at the Project100/Community Center (see above).  MCC Hartford exists to offer everyone the opportunity to experience the liberating love of Christ.
Worship Service, Sunday, 10:00 a.m.
(Education/Fellowship 11:45 a.m.)
Peter Voorhees Memorial Interfaith Chapel
1841 Broad Street
Hartford, Connecticut
For an appointment or more information about services call:
Office: (860) 724-4605, Fax: (860) 724-3443
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

True Colors Sexual Minority Youth and Family Services is a not-for-profit organization working to eliminate the stigma associated with sexual and gender minority status and to ensure that the needs of the LGBTI community are competently met by those responsible for out education, health, and well-being.  True Colors sponsors the largest sexual minority youth conference in the nation.
945 Main Street
Suite 211
Manchester, CT 06040
(860) 649-7386 or toll free 1-888-565-5551
 

Project100 The Hartford Community Center is dedicated to serving the needs of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex community.  The Center provides meeting space for numerous support groups and social events.

1841 Broad St.
Hartford, CT  06114
(860) 524-8114 - Connecticut Pride
(860) 724-5542 - Project100

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Books
In addition to the following, the library also has a larger selection of titles including gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered themed fiction.

	Why gender matters: what parents and teachers need to know about the emerging science of sex differences / Leonard Sax. HQ1075 .S28 2005
	Changing corporate America from inside out: lesbian and gay workplace rights / Nicole C. Raeburn. HD6285.5.U6 R34 2004
	Always my child: a parent's guide to understanding your gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or questioning son or daughter / Kevin Jennings with Pat Shapiro. HQ76.25 .J37 2003
	Forbidden acts: pioneering gay & lesbian plays of the twentieth century / edited and with an introduction by Ben Hodges.  PN6120.G43 F67 2003
	Gay and lesbian rights in the United States: a documentary history / edited by Walter L. Williams and Yolanda Retter.HQ76.8.U5 G37 2003
	Brother to brother : new writings by Black gay men / edited by Essex Hemphill; conceived by Joseph Fairchild Beam; project managed by Dorothy Beam.  PS509.H57 B76

Periodical and Newspaper Articles
Metroline-Online is New England's oldest Gay and Lesbian Publication. There are notices of local events and services.  It provides a wealth of information from legal to health resources.  There are links to social service agencies and support groups. The articles focus on GLBTI issues. Whosoever is the first online magazine for GLBT Christians.

Web Sites
The largest gay and lesbian organization in the country, the Human Rights Campaign is a bipartisan organization that works to advance equality based on sexual orientation and gender expression and identity.  The Human Rights Campaign effectively lobbies Congress, mobilizes grassroots action in diverse communities, works to elect a fair-minded Congress and increases public awareness of LGBTI issues.

Gay & Lesbian History in Connecticut as seen through the Web site of the Harry Kramer Initiative for Gay and Lesbian studies at Yale.

Symbols of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Communities  This page is published by LAMDA, an organization whose mission is to create social change and achieve full  civil rights, dignity, and self-respect for  gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals through education, youth advocacy, anti-violence efforts, and fighting discrimination of all forms, to achieve full participation in society of persons belonging to a sexual minority.

LBThealthchannel provides health information of particular interest to the Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender community. Topics include AIDS/HIV issues, party drug use, safer sex, hepatitis and more.

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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States. This vast grassroots network is cultivated, resourced and serviced by the PFLAG national office, located at:
1726 M Street, NW,
Suite 400,
Washington, DC 20036 
(202) 467-8180

SIECUS-the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States-has served as the national voice for sexuality education, sexual health, and sexual rights for almost 40 years. SIECUS believes that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of life and that all people have the right to the information, skills, and services they need to make responsible sexual decisions.

“The Stonewall Riot and its Aftermath” The online edition of a Columbia University Libraries exhibition held from May 25 to September 17, 1994 in conjunction with the international celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The Stonewall Riots marked the beginning of the gay liberation movement.

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Health
APA Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns Program
750 First Street, NE. Washington, DC 20002

Gay and Lesbian Health is a page published by the National Institutes of Health through the MedlinePlus database.

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)
Phone: (415) 255-4547

Lesbian Health Research Center, Institute for Health and Aging, UCSF
Phone: (415) 502-5209

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