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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​​
  • 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
  • Kay County LGBT+ Community - community-based group that sponsors gatherings and a pride picnic.
  • 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
  • Diversity Center of OK - provides LGBTQ+ health services
  • 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​
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​​Other Pride Celebrations in Oklahoma 
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  • Altus Pride 
  • Bartlesville Pride Picnic 
  • Duncan Pride Walks & Fun Day 
  • Edmond Pride 
  • Enid Pride 
  • Glitter! Oklahoma LGBT Film Festival 
  • Kay County Pride Picnic Potluck 
  • Lawton/Ft. Sill Pride 
  • Muskogee Pride 
  • Norman Pride 
  • OKC Pride
  • TahlEquality 
  • Tulsa Pride 
  • Walters Pride Walk 
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 - veteran 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
  • The Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance - Disciples of Christ organization and sponsors of Camp Sunflower for LGBTQ+ high schoolers
  • 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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