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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BOOKSTORES
BUSINESS/EMPLOYEES
CIVIL RIGHTS/LAW/POLITICS
COMMUNITY CENTERS/ACTIVITIES/PRIDE
FESTIVALS
CULTURE, HISTORY & THE
ARTS/MUSIC/LITERATURE/RADIO/TV
EDUCATION/SCHOOLS/UNIVERSITIES
FOUNDATIONS
HEALTH AND SUPPORT:
EDUCATION/RESEARCH/TREATMENT AND SOCIAL SUPPORT GROUPS
note: encompasses physical, mental, behavioral, and social health; and
support groups
NEWSPAPERS/PUBLICATIONS/PUBLISHERS
RECREATION/SOCIAL/SPORTS
RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY
BOOKSTORES
BUSINESS/EMPLOYEES
CIVIL RIGHTS/LAW/POLITICS
COMMUNITY CENTERS/ACTIVITIES/PRIDE
FESTIVALS
- Freedom Day Committee
(Seattle)
note: to organize and promote the annual Pride Parade/March and Freedom
Rally
http://www.seattlepride.org
- Imperial Sovereign
Court of Seattle, and the Olympic and Rainier Empire
note: sponsors drag events and shows to raise money for various causes
within the community; a chapter of The International Court System
http://www.imperialcourtofseattle.com
- Lambert House (Seattle)
note: for glbt & questioning youth, ages 14-22
http://www.lamberthouse.org
- Lesbian Resource Center (Seattle)
http://www.lrc.net
- OUTKITSAP
note: gay news, issues, events for Kitsap County (Washington)
http://www.outkitsap.org
- The Rainbow Center. A
Community of Pride in Pierce County
(Tacoma)
note: serves the GLBT communities of Pierce County with information,
partnerships, programs and educational resources
http://www.rainbowcntr.org
- Rainbow Center Olympia
(Olympia, WA)
http://www.rainbowcenteroly.org
- Rainbow Regional
Community Center. (Spokane)
note: serves Spokane and the Inland Empire
http://www.spokanerainbowcenter.org
- Seattle Dyke march
http://www.seattledykemarch.com
- Seattle LGBT Community
Center
http://www.seattlelgbt.org
- Snohomish County Gay
Men's Task Force (Snohomish County, Washington)
note: "to improve the quality of life for gay and bisexual men in
Snohomish County
http://gaysnohomish.org
- TEN. The Eastside
Network
note: "to promote an active, informed, and supportive Greater Eastside
Community;" (Eastside=Seattle Suburban Eastside)
http://www.theeastsidenetwork.org
CULTURE, HISTORY & THE
ARTS/MUSIC/LITERATURE/RADIO/TV
EDUCATION/SCHOOLS
- Freely Speaking
Toastmasters (Seattle)
note: "a gay and lesbian communication and leadership program...;" to
improve public speaking, communication and social skills; member
of Toastmasters International
http://www.toastmasterpride.org
- Northwest
Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project (Seattle)
note: collects and exhibits NW GLBT history; site has numerous links to
GLBT libraries, archives, and GLBT historical information
http://home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/lgbthistorynw
- The Safe Schools
Coalition.
http://www.safeschools-wa.org
- Society for Human Sexuality
University of Washington
note: education, information and resources on all aspects of sexuality for
mutually consenting, responsible adults
http://www.sexuality.org
FOUNDATIONS
- Lifelong Aids
Alliance (Seattle)
note: merger of the Chicken Soup Brigade and the Northwest AIDS
Foundation; funds to people with AIDS, people with HIV; to AIDS
agencies and
advocacy groups in Washington State
http://www.lifelongaidsalliance.org
- Northwest AIDS Foundation
(Seattle)
note: merged with Chicken Soup Brigade to form the Lifelong AIDS Alliance,
see Lifelong AIDS Alliance
- Pride Foundation
(Seattle)
http://www.pridefoundation.org/
HEALTH AND SUPPORT: EDUCATION/RESEARCH/TREATMENT AND
SOCIAL SUPPORT GROUPS
note: encompasses physical, mental, behavioral, and social health groups; and support groups
- The Abbey of St. Joan
(Seattle)
note: house of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc.; raises funds for
AIDS and gay rights causes
http://www.theabbey.org
- AIDS Clinical Trials
Unit. ACTU. University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center
note: clinical trials of new medicines for HIV-infected persons
http://depts.washington.edu/actu
- AIDS/HIV Care
Access Project (Seattle)
note: telephone referrals for AIDS/HIV health care
http://www.whf.org/acap
- AIDS Housing of
Washington
note: to increase the quantity and quality of housing for people living
with HIV/AIDS in America
http://www.aidshousing.org
- Aradia Women's Health
Center (Seattle)
note: feminist women's clinic run by women; lesbian-affirming health
care
http://www.aradia.org
- Asian Pacific AIDS
Council. APAC (Seattle)
note: to prevent HIV/AIDS and to assist HIV+ and PLWAs in the Asian
and Pacific Islander communities
http://www.scn.org/health/apac
- Bailey-Boushay
House (Seattle)
note: AIDS care center with residential and day care programs
http://www.virginiamason.org/bailey-boushay
- BiNet
Seattle
http://bi.org/~binet-seattle/
- Blue Mountain Heart to
Heart (Walla Walla and Columbia Counties, WA)
note: support and assistance for persons living with HIV/AIDS; HIV testing
and counseling; outreach
http://www.bluemountainheart.org
- The Bunny Brigade
(Seattle)
note: "raises funds and provides labor for AIDS service agencies in the
Puget Sound area"
http://www.bunnybrigade.org
- Chicken Soup Brigade
(Seattle)
note: provides free meals, transportation, and chore services throughout
King County; now merged with the Northwest AIDS Foundation to form the
Lifelong AIDS Alliance, see Lifelong AIDS Alliance
- Crystalneon, see Neon
- Entre Hermanos (King
County)
note: a support, information and social group for the Latino/Latina
community
http://www.entrehermanos.org
- Evergreen AIDS
Foundation (Bellingham, Washington)
note: provides AIDS services/resources to Bellingham area
http://www.evergreenaids.org
- Gay City Health Project
(Seattle)
note: mission is to reduce number of new HIV infections
http://www.gaycity.org/
- HIV/AIDS Prevention and
Education Services, Washington State Department of Health.
note: prevention, education, client services, Governor's Advisory Council
on HIV/AIDS (GACHA)
http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/hiv.htm
- Ingersoll Center
(Seattle)
note: nonprofit agency for the transsexual, transvestite and transgender
community
http://www.ingersollcenter.org/
- King County Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender Health.
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt
- Lambert House
(Seattle)
note: for GBLT youth ages 14-22
http://www.lamberthouse.org
- Lifelong AIDS
Alliance(Seattle)
note: merger of the Northwest AIDS Foundation and the Chicken Soup
Brigade; largest AIDS service organization in the Northwest; committed
to preventing the spread of AIDS, and to providing support services
and advocating for those whose lives are affected by HIV and AIDS
http://www.lifelongaidsalliance.org
- Long Yang Club
Seattle
note: social and support group for Gay Asians and interested
non-Asians
http://www.longyangclub.org/seattle
- Men's Welcoming Committee. MWC
(Seattle)
note: men's group, education and support for male newcomers to leather
interest
http://www.bent.org
- NEON. Needle and sex Education
Outreach Network (Seattle)
note: "...information and services [needle exchange, safer injection
workshops, peer education, counseling, support groups, advocacy] to gay
and bisexual men who inject crystal methamphetamine...; a program of
the Seattle Counseling Service"
http://www.crystalneon.org
- Northwest AIDS Foundation
(Seattle)
note: now merged with the Chicken Soup Brigade to form the Lifelong AIDS
Alliance, see Lifelong AIDS Alliance
http://www.nwaids.org
- Northwest Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf.
NWRAD.
note: Washington State and Oregon chapter of the national Rainbow
Alliance of the Deaf. RAD.
http://www.nwrad.org
- Northwest Two-Spirit
Society (Seattle)
note: "...to educate society regarding First Nation and Two-Spirit
histories and traditions,...promotion of health, Two-Spirit
visibility,...training and outreach to the Native...communities..."
http://www.nwtwospiritsociety.org
- NW Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian
and Gay Survivors of Abuse (Seattle)
http://www.nwnetwork.org
- Odyssey Youth
Group (Spokane)
note: drop-in center; Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho youth
http://www.geocities.com/odysseyyouthcenter
- Papillon (Spokane)
note: transgender support and social group
http://www.spokanepapillon.org
- PFLAG CHAPTERS
note: PFLAG offers advocacy as well as youth, parent, and family support
groups; listed in CIVIL RIGHTS/LAW/POLITICS section
- POCAAN. People of Color Against AIDS
Network (Seattle)
http://www.pocaan.org
- Positive Power
(Seattle)
note: support, choices, and personal growth/changes for gay and bisexual
men with HIV or AIDS
http://depts.washington.edu/pospower/
- POZ Seattle
note: "...a social group that organizes social events for Gay/Bi men with
HIV/Aids"
http://pozseattle.org
- Queer Youth Rights. QYR.
(Seattle)
note: "...for queer youth to come together, be safe, learn from each
other, and make change in Seattle for queer youth..."
http://www.queeryouthrights.org
- Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Transgender and Questing Youth Program (Seattle Area)
note: program of the American Friends [Quakers] Service Committee,
Pacific Northwest Region
http://www.afsc.org/pacific/glbtq.htm
- Queercore
(Seattle)
note: a project of Gay City for gay and bisexual men in their 20s
http://www.queercore.org
- Rainbow Train (Seattle)
note: services for LGBT elders
http://www.rainbowtrain.org
- Rise n' Shine
note: support to children and teens whose lives are affected by HIV and
AIDS
http://www.risenshine.org
- Rosehedge AIDS Housing
and Health Care (Seattle)
note: 24-hour housing and health care program
http://www.rosehedge.org
- Seattle AIDS Support Group. SASG
note: group meetings, drop-in center, Friday supper; fund raising
http://www.sasg.org
- Seattle
Bisexual Women's Network
note: "...self-identified women...a feminist bisexual support network...a
rap group, newsletter, social events and information..."
http://www.geocities.com/sbwn
- SeaBoyz
Social group for FTMs and the greater FTM community (friends, family, allies)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeaBoyzDisc
- Seattle Counseling
Services
note" "...to provide counseling and therapy to the gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgendered community of the greater Seattle area...since 1969"
http://www.seattlecounseling.org/
- Seattle Gay
Clinic
note: HIV testing & counseling; STD screening and treatment;
regardless of ability to pay
http://www.seattlegayclinic.org
- SIGN (Seattle Independent Gender Network)
Social/Support meeting for FTM identified or questioning individuals
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SIGNelist
- Seattle-King County Dept.
of Public Health Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Health
webpages.
note: entry to several glbt health sites including definitions, services,
resources & providers
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt
- Seattle-King County Dept.
of Public Health HIV/AIDS Program
note: all AIDS related services/referrals; sponsors the One on One Project
(early
access services for HIV positive people); formerly The AIDS Prevention
Project
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/apu
- Seattle Positive Youth
note: "to unite youth ages 14-25 infected and affected by HIV" for peer
support
http://www.pscs.org/~spy
- Seattle Treatment
Education Program. STEP
http://www.thebody.com/step/steppage.html
- SHANTI (Seattle)
note: provides emotional support-companionship
http://www.multifaith.org/shanti
- Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,
Inc., Seattle Chapter (The Abbey of St. Joan)
note: provides charitable support for AIDs-related concerns & PLWAs
http://www.theabbey.org
- Snohomish County Gay
Men's Task Force (Snohomish County, Washington)
note: "to improve the quality of life for gay and bisexual men in
Snohomish County
http://www.gaysnohomish.org
- Spokane AIDS
Network
http://www.spokaneaidsnetwork.org
- Spokane Gender Center
note: "...offers information about Transgender persons..."
http://www.gendercenter.com
- StonewallYouth
(Olympia, Washington)
http://www.stonewallyouth.org
- Tri-Cities
CARES (The Tri-Cities: Kennewick, Richland, Pasco, WA)
note: support and counseling for persons with HIV/AIDS; under the auspices
of the Tri-Cities chaplaincy
http://www.tricitieschaplaincy.org/support.htm#cares
- Verbena (Seattle)
note: merger of the Seattle Lesbian Cancer Project (SLCP) and Sappho's
Health Services (SHS); several programs including Verbena Health Clinic in
partnership with Country Doc
http://www.verbenahealth.org
- Volunteer
Attorneys for People with AIDS (Seattle)
http://www.nwjustice.org/king_county/providers/VAPWA.html
- Washington Gender
Alliance (Bellingham, WA)
note: support and education concerning issues of gender
identity/expression, serves all Washington State
http://www.washingtongenderalliance.org
- Women's Welcoming Committee.
WWC. (Seattle)
note: women's group, education and support for women newcomers to leather
interest
http://wwc.bent.org
- YSFTM (Young Seattle FTM)
Social/Support meeting for FTM identified or questioning individuals aged 30 and under
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YSFTM
NEWSPAPERS/PUBLICATIONS/PUBLISHERS
-
Homefront (Seattle)
note: published by the Bailey-Boushay House Office of Development
http://www.virginiamason.org/dbbailey-bousahy/sec124502.htm
- Lesbian Resource Center News
Online (Seattle)
note: click on 'articles & news'; then click on 'LRC News Online'
http://www.lrc.net/
- Northwest Gay
Times (Bellingham)
http://home1.gte.net/minerich/index.htm
- Parents Banner
PFLAG Newsletter, Seattle Chapter
http://www.southlake.net/pflag-bt/
- Perspective.
Newsletter of the Greater Seattle Business Association
http://www.thegsba.org/newsletters.php
- Push. Queer Feminist
Subversions (Seattle)
note: published by an all volunteer, queer feminist collective in
Seattle; essays, stories, interviews, poems, art, reviews on issues of
politics, activism, identity, and representation
http;//www.pushmagazine.org
- Rainbow
News (Tacoma)
note: the newsletter of The Rainbow Center; v.4, issue 2+
(Dec. 2000/Jan. 2001+); issued every two months
http://www.rainbowcntr.org/newsletter.htm
- Seal Press (Seattle)
note: publishes women writers; numerous lesbian titles
http://www.sealpress.com/
- Seattle Gay News
note: current edition and archives from Dec. 5, 1997
http://www.sgn.org/
RECREATION/SOCIAL/SPORTS
RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY
- Bellevue First United Methodist
Church (Bellevue, Washington)
http://www.oz.net/~bfumc
- Community Church of
Joy (Seattle)
note: of the Apostolic Catholic Church in America; "...welcomes all
people...regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation."
http://www.communitychurchofjoy.org
- Dharma
Buddies. (Seattle)
note: a Buddhist meditation and discussion group for gay, bisexual, and
transgender men in the Seattle area
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma_buddies
- Dignity
Seattle
note: Roman Catholic glbt
http://www.dignitypacific.org/Seattle/
- Emmanuel Metropolitan Community
Church Spokane
http://www.emmanuelmcc.com
- Findlay Street
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Seattle
http://www.olypen.com/rose/Findlay
- First Congregational Church of
Bellingham
http://fccbucc.pair.com
- First United Methodist Church
Tacoma
http:www.fumctacoma.org
- Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Transgender and Questing Youth Program (Seattle Area)
note: program of the American Friends [Quakers] Service Committee,
Pacific Northwest Region
http://www.afsc.org/pacific/glbtq.htm
- Metropolitan
Community Church Seattle
http://www.mccseattle.org/capital.html
- New Heart
Metropolitan Church (Tacoma)
http://www/newheartmcc.org
- Ravenna United Methodist
Church (Seattle)
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/ravenna/
- St. Paul's
United Church of Christ (Seattle)
http://www.stpauluccseattle.com
- Seattle First Baptist
Church
http://www.seattlefirstbaptist.org
- Spirit of the Sound
note: "offers a safe and loving family, welcoming all sexual
orientations...Tri-monthly...services for the glbt and straight peoples of
Puget Sound"
http://www.spiritofthesound.org
- Tikvah
Chadashah (Seattle)
note: glbt congregation; all observances, religious backgrounds,
ethnicities and orientations welcome
http://www.geocities.com/tikvahchadashah/GLBT_Jews_Seattle.html
- Trinity
United Methodist Church (Seattle)
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/trinityumcseattle
- University Temple Methodist
Church (Seattle)
note: a reconciling congregation
http://www.utemple.org
- Wallingford United Methodist
Church (Seattle)
http://www.wallingfordumc.org
-
Welcoming Congregations
note: provides lists by state of welcoming, gay-affirming
congregations
http://www.christianlesbians.com/congregations
- Woodland Park United Methodist
Church (Seattle)
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/wpumc
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