Looking for resources, organizations, advocacy groups, or other links relevant to LGBTQ+ persons and allies? Here is a sampling of what is available. 

General Information

• Helpful Coming Out Resources: GLSEN (youth-oriented), The Trevor Project (youth), Gay Life After 40 (mid-life), Gays with Kids (mid-life), National Resource Center on LGBT Aging (seniors)
• The Gender Book - a fun, thorough examination of gender
• CDC Health & Wellness Resources for LGBTQ+ persons and their allies
• National Alliance on Mental Illness: Mental Health and LGBTQ+ Persons
• Resources for LGBTQ+ persons of color (University of Arizona)
• Cimarron Alliance Equality Center stories and experiences of LGBTQ+ Oklahomans (Freedom Oklahoma)

Need someone to talk to? Need counseling, housing, or other assistance?

• Youth: The Trevor Project, It Gets Better Project, OK Youth Services (by county: Payne, Creek, Grant, Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Osage, Pawnee)
• Adults: American Society on Aging, TheBody.com, Pride Institute, Sage: Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders,
• Anyone: Crisis Text Line (text "START" to 741-741), GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, LGBT National Help Center, National Suicide Prevention Hotline, Trans Lifeline,
• "LGBTQ Shrink" Dr. Ron Holt has a variety of resources (including coloring books) for LGBTQ+ persons and allies

Resources within Oklahoma

• The Gayly - regional LGBTQ+ newspaper​​
• Glitter! Oklahoma LGBT Film Festival (in McAlester)
• Guthrie PFLAG - PFLAG is a support and resource organization for LGBTQ+ persons, their family, and their friends
• Stillwater PFLAG - PFLAG is a support and resource organization for LGBTQ+ persons, their family, and their friends
• Currently, other towns in Northern Oklahoma (such as Cushing, Ponca City, Pawnee, Morrison, or Pawhuska) do not have a local PFLAG chapter, but you can start one!
• LGBT Older Adults: Tulsa Chapter
• Freedom Oklahoma
• Oklahomans for Equality
• Human Rights Campaign page on Oklahoma
• Your school may have a Gender-Sexuality Alliance (or the like), but if they don't, you can start one! A helpful guide from GLSEN and the GSA Network
• ​Your company/workplace may already have an LGBTQ+ Employees Resource Group, but if they don't, you can start one! A helpful guide from the Human Rights Campaign
• ​If you're Christian, you can find an affirming congregation on gaychurch.org

​Other Pride Celebrations in Oklahoma (next Pride festival)

• Bartlesville Pride Picnic (July 2019)
• Edmond Pride (October 2019)
• Enid Pride (September 2019)
• Glitter! Oklahoma LGBT Film Festival (July 2019)
• Lawton/Ft. Sill Pride (TBA)
• Muskogee Pride (TBA)*Also starting in 2019!
  
• Norman Pride (August 2019)
• OKC Pride (June 2019)
• TahlEquality (June 2019)
• Tulsa Pride (June 2019)

OSU-specific resources

• OSU Track & Field Athlete Abbie Hetherington was recently (August 2018) featured on OutSports
• Office of Multicultural Affairs - Coordinator of Women's & LGBTQ Affairs
• Employee Queers & Allies League (EQuAL)
• Gender and Sexuality Student Outreach (GSSO)
• OSU Queers & Allies (OSU Q&A)

National Organizations

• Aging with Pride - research center focusing on issues impacting mid-life and senior LGBTQ+ persons
• American Veterans for Equal Rights - veteran organization providing resources and support to veterans
• ​Campus Pride - leading organization for identifying LGBTQ+-friendly campuses and resources for college students
• Gay Reunion in Our Time - organization focusing on LGBTQ+ elders
• GLAAD - LGBTQ+ media organization; promotes increased, positive representation of LGBTQ+ persons in mainstream media and in generating LGBTQ+-themed media
• Intersex Campaign for Equality - support, resources, and advocacy for intersex persons
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - legal resource for LGBTQ+ Americans
• National Center for Transgender Equality - resources and legal support for trans* and gender-minority persons
• Recovery Village - a national resource for helping those struggling with substance abuse, they have specific resources for LGBTQ+ folks and their allies
• OutSports - media outlet devoted to LGBTQ+ athletes and sports media persons
• SPART*A - verteran organization specifically geared towards trans* service members, veterans, and their allies

Religious Organizations

• AWAB — Welcoming and affirming Baptists
• CenterPeace - An interdenominational Christian organization with its roots in the Church of Christ
• Dignity — LGBTQ+ Catholics
• Keshet — LGBTQ+ organization for those who are Jewish
• Integrity — LGBTQ+ Episcopalians
• LDS Family Fellowship - Support and resources for LGBTQ+ Mormons and their families
• More Light Presbyterians — LGBTQ+ Presbyterians
• Muslims for Progressive Values - Affirming organization for followers of Islam
• OK United Methodists for Equality - the Oklahoma chapter of United Methodists for Equality
• Q Christian Fellowship - (formerly Gay Christian Network), organization open to all LGBTQ+ Christians, their families, and their allies
  
• ReconcilingWorks — LGBTQ+ Lutherans
• Unitarian Universalist Association — Religious tradition based in, but not restricted to, Judeo-Christianity

LGBTQ+ Activism & Political Oriented Organizations

• American Civil Liberties Union (works to protect individual liberties of all those within the US)
• Human Rights Campaign (LGBTQ+ rights organization)
• Log Cabin Republicans (LGBTQ+ group within the Republican Party)
• National LGBTQ Task Force (LGBTQ+ rights organization)
• OutRight Action International (fights for LGBTQ+ rights worldwide)
• Soulforce (working specifically against the "religious right" agenda)
• Stonewall Democrats (LGBTQ+ group within the Democratic Party)

Educational Resources

• GLSEN's LGBTQ+ History Timeline and LGBTQ History Coloring Book
• He Continues to Make a Difference: Commemorating the Life of Matthew Shepard, a resource for high school educators
• OutSports Coming Out Stories Archive - the experiences and stories of LGBTQ+ athletes and sports-media 
• The Pye Haris Project videos of people sharing their experiences coming out in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s
• Quist, LGBTQ+ history in a youth-friendly way
• LGBTQ Heritage Theme Study, a publication of the National Park Foundation
• Making Gay History: The Podcast
• A shortlist of LGBTQ+ authors

​Looking for resources on how to support your LGBTQ+ family or friend(s)?

• GLSEN - aimed towards providing education, resources, and support for LGBTQ+ persons, their families and friends, allies, and the general public
• PFLAG - organization aimed at supporting LGBTQ+ persons, their families, their friends, and other allies

 
For Parents

• Free Mom Hugs - organization of affirming parents providing resources, support, and hugs around the country and beyond
• Freed Hearts - support specifically geared towards those struggling with understanding/accepting their child's identity as LGBTQ+ and their faith
• My Kid is Gay - resources and support for parents of LGBTQ+ persons

For Children of LGBTQ+ Persons

• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
• The Gay Dad Project - sharing stories and supporting all families with LGBTQ+ parents
• "I am Queerspawn" from TEDxSouthBank (Australia)
• "Name Change" op-ed/documentary from the New York Times by filmmaker Sharon Shattuck

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For Friends of LGBTQ+ Persons

• GLAAD's 10 Ways to be an Ally & a Friend
• ​National Center for Transgender Equality - NCTE's guide to being a good trans* ally
• "Call Yourself an LGBT Ally?" op-ed from the Washington Post by journalist Carlos Maza

Page adapted from OSU EQuAL's Resources Page (equal.okstate.edu/resources)
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