GAY AND LESBIAN SITES:  A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
Bibliography Compiled by Scott Stebelman
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Social Organization for Gays and Lesbians, 50 years or older
 
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National and DC Area Groups and Businesses  
DC Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs http://lgbt.dc.gov/lgbt/site/default.asp?
See also the DC “Directory of LBGT Groups and Services in the District of Columbia” The Directory-click here-is a PDF file and requires Adobe Reader or similar software to read
Human Rights Campaign http://www.hrc.org/
Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance http://www.glaa.org/index.shtml
Gertrude Stein Democratic Club http://www.steindemocrats.org/
Log Cabin Republicans—DC Chapter http://www.logcabin.org/logcabindc/home.html
Equality Maryland http://www.equalitymaryland.org/
Equality Virginia http://www.equalityvirginia.org/site/PageServer
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force http://www.thetaskforce.org/
The Other Pages: Guide to Queer Living in the Metro Area http://otherpages.com/index2.php?city=2
Gay News Sites and Portals  
Google News (in the search box enter the word “gay”; most extensive collection of gay stories from around the world, from major news organizations to specialized newsletters) http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn
365gay.com http://www.365gay.com/
Box Turtle Bulletin (commentary on homophobic public figures and events) http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/
Washington Blade Online http://www.washblade.com/
The Advocate http://www.advocate.com/
After Elton (focus is on entertainment and the media) http://www.afterelton.com/
Independent Gay Forum (analysis of news from libertarian perspective) http://www.indegayforum.org/
Gayscape: #1 Gay and Lesbian Search Tool
http://www.gayscape.com/
 
Gay Resources Directory http://www.qrd.org/qrd/
Gay  Social Groups in the Washington Area  
Meetup.com (in the search box, restrict your entries to “DC”, then enter the word “gay”) www.meetup.com
Yahoo Groups:  search using DC, Gay, etc.; not as rich as meetup.com http://groups.yahoo.com/
Primetimers of Washington (older gay men; meets every Wednesday at Diks) http://primetimersdc.org/index.htm
Gay History and Culture  
Wikipedia (still the best online encyclopedia, with many articles on gay sub
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
 
GLBTQ (first rate articles written by experts in the area) http://www.glbtq.com/
Bibliography of Gay and Lesbian History http://rictornorton.co.uk/bibliog/index.htm
The New York Public Library: Gay and Lesbian Studies http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/gay/print.html
People with a History (hasn’t been updated since 1997, but still useful) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/
Gay History and Literature: Essays by Rictor Norton http://rictornorton.co.uk/
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945        http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/
DC Gay Book Clubs  
Big Gay Book Group http://biggaybookgroup.com/
BookMenDC http://www.bookmendc.blogspot.com/
Gay Film Reviews  
Movies Too Gay http://www.movies-too-gay.com/index.html
Gay Financial Planners  
Pride Planners http://prideplanners.com/index.htm
Gay Research  
Voice of the Shuttle: Gender and Sexuality Studies (quite extensive list of relevant web sites) http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=994
Northern Illinois University: Gay and Lesbian Studies http://www.ulib.niu.edu/information/vis-subject.cfm?subject=Gay%20and%20Lesbian%20Studies
   
   
   
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  Last updated January 31, 2009