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  Hofstra University School of Law - Law Review - Jablow
Gays and lesbians today, like battered women in the 1960s, are struggling for recognition of this potentially deadly problem.
Given a lesbian's feelings of shame and the notion that the lesbian relationship was supposed to free her from this type of oppression of women, she is less likely to admit the abuse than a heterosexual woman.
Gay and lesbian domestic violence occurs in relatively the same proportions as domestic violence in heterosexual relationships.
www.hofstra.edu /Academics/Law/lawrev/law_lawrev_jablow.cfm   (13835 words)

  
 Schools Out: Working towards equality in education for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people
The history of lesbians of colour is hidden between the lines of heterosexual, male and white history.
Although lesbians of colour have always been present in all facets of daily life and social movements, it was not until the late 1970s, that lesbians of colour began energetically organizing "out" groups, compiling anthologies and reclaiming our history.
Aiming to be the most comprehensive, accessible, and authoritative encyclopaedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (glbtq) culture.
www.schools-out.org.uk /furthertools/links.htm   (2187 words)

  
 The Homosexual/Bisexual "Closet" is Very Large: Part 1.
Since both the leaders of the gay and lesbian movement and their religiously-motivated opponents agreed on the crucial question of labeling male penetrative behavior as "homosexual," they have jointly succeeded in imposing their concept of "homosexuality" on the public discourse of the entire population.
Bisexuals are now beginning to claim that most of the famous ones in history (once deemed to be homosexual by gays and lesbians) were more like bisexuals, and this conclusion may be closer to the truth
The validation of human bisexuality by postulating the existence of a soul deemed to be bisexual is not a very strong argument, but it brings in religious beliefs which are to be respected.
www.youth-suicide.com /gay-bisexual/adams.htm   (8380 words)

  
 County Of Marin: Marin County Free Library  -  Recommended Gay and Lesbian Resources at the Marin ...
Offering an overview of Lesbian and Gay life and culture that is international in scope, this encyclopedia includes nearly 600 articles and more than 250 illustrations and photos.
Bernstein, whose daughter came out when she was 19, describes how parents of Gay and Lesbian children can come to terms with the sexuality of their children, and become proactive supporters of Gay and Lesbian rights on behalf of their loved ones.
A history of the Gay and Lesbian press, from the privately circulated typed and stapled publications of the McCarthy era to the present.
www.co.marin.ca.us /depts/LB/main/handouts/glbtlist.cfm   (1232 words)

  
 Category:LGBT - Definition, explanation
List of actors who have played lesbians, bisexuals and gaymen
List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in fiction andmyth
List of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communitycenters
www.calsky.de /lexikon/en/txt/cat/lgbt.php   (442 words)

  
 User:Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/A-E (refactored from parent)
List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/F-J (refactored from parent)
List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/U-Z (refactored from parent)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User:Lulu_of_the_Lotus-Eaters   (1245 words)

  
 Box Turtle Bulletin » Adoption & Foster Parenting
Family Policy: Issues Affecting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Families (PDF: 3,442KB/225 pages): This is a comprehensive report by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, examining many of the issues faced by GLBT families.
The article concludes with a rundown on the usual studies on the psychological well-being of the children of gay and lesbian parents, and summarizes the position statements of several organizations.
Gays and lesbian people have been raising children for may years and will continue to do so in the future; the issue is whether these children will be raised by parents who have the rights, benefits, and protections of civil marriage.
www.boxturtlebulletin.com /category/families/adoption   (2097 words)

  
 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month UK
From the mother of a gay son: I am the mother of a gay son and am writing to tell you about a collection of poems I was given for Christmas - The Third Eye: poems by R. Taber.
Gay Left was a socialist journal which was produced by a collective of gay men between 1975-1980.
Organised to coincide with this year’s Lesbian Gay and Transgendered Month, Queer is here uncovers a glimpse of the Museum’s collection and the hidden histories of the LGBT communities in London.
www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk /resources/links.htm   (3259 words)

  
 famous.wrd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Many gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals' contributions to the societies in which they lived were extraordinary.
In the case of lesbians and gay men, relevant diaries, letters, and photographs are often deliberately destroyed.
The same-sex or bisexual orientation or behavior of the famous or distinguished people whose names appear on the attached list either has been clearly documented or is consistent with strong circumstantial evidence.
www.umsl.edu /~pope/famous.html   (502 words)

  
 Box Turtle Bulletin » Gay/Lesbian-Led Families
Family Pride Coalition: The FPC is a national non-profit organization solely dedicated to equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) parents and their families.
They concede that more gays and lesbians may be choosing to settle down and couple-up, but it’s more likely that the increase is due to more couples being willing to identify themselves as a same-sex household to the U.S. Census Bureau.
If gays and lesbians are more comfortable with themselves and their place in the community, then the increased visibility can only be a good thing.
www.boxturtlebulletin.com /category/families/parenting   (3438 words)

  
 Gabi Clayton's Resources - HISTORY
The Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project (NWGLHMP, or The History Project) - researches, interprets and communicates the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Pacific Northwest for the purposes of study, education and enjoyment.
GayHeroes.com: Gay and Lesbian People in History - "The terms hetero- and homosexual were only made up in the last hundred years or so, but the phenomenon of people falling in love with members of their own gender is as old as humanity.
In 2002, the International Museum of Gay and Lesbian History merged with the GLBT Historical Society, which adopted the goal of building the world’s first full-scale, professional-quality museum dedicated to GLBT history and culture.
www.youth-guard.org /gabi/gcresource_history.htm   (1213 words)

  
 Gay and Lesbian Life Insurance
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE), supports children of LGBT parents.
We Are Family, "a voice of informed straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and transgendered people who have chosen to love and support our relatives and friends by working to spread truth about homosexuality.
P-FLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), the nation's leading organization for the families and allies of lesbians and gay men.
www.gaylesbianlifeinsurance.com /term_life_insurance_links.htm   (2620 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940: Books: George Chauncey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gay New York reconstructs prewar gay life through police records, newspapers, oral histories, the papers of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, diaries, medical records, and other fascinating primary texts.
To be gay during this period meant knowing how to behave in ways that signify homosexuality to other gay men (and those interested in affairs with gay men) while having that behavior appear ambiguous enough to those of ill will to avoid censure or worse.
Gay life in New York always had to operate underground, beyond both the official and unofficial radars of society because of the possibility of harassment, arrest and sometimes long prison terms.
www.amazon.com /Gay-New-York-Culture-1890-1940/dp/0465026214   (3224 words)

  
 The Winsor School | Two Teenagers in Twenty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It is one of the most well known and respected institutions in the community for its dedication to creating a safe-space where youth under 22 are free to explore their identities.
GLSEN (Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network) is the largest national organization that brings together teachers, parents, students, and concerned citizens to work together to end homophobia in our schools.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is a support group for families and friends of gay and lesbian people.
winsor.edu /pages/sitepage.cfm?page=45896   (378 words)

  
 Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies Parades into Second Decade
Part of that shift was a desire to explore gay history, so in the early 1970s he offered to teach a Graduate School course on sexuality in history, his course abstract carefully worded not to frighten the horses.
At long last, in April 1991, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies was formally established, and immediately began to thrive with Duberman as founding executive director.
Sparks flew at one early conference on “The Gay Brain,” during which Simon LeVay presented his theory of a connection between brain structure and the diversity of human sexual feelings and was sharply critiqued by such skeptics as Carole Vance and William Byrne.
www1.cuny.edu /portal_ur/news/cuny_matters/july_2003/parades.html   (2016 words)

  
 Homosexuality in the Nazi Party
As the badge used by the Nazis to designate homosexuals in the concentration camps, the pink triangle perfectly expresses the message of "gay rights." That message is that homosexuals are currently and historically victims of irrational prejudice and that those who oppose homosexuality are hateful bigots.
Ro[e]hm's gay fun and games were certainly no secret; his amorous forays to gay bars and gay Turkish baths were riotous.
The most famous incident in the history of the American Nazi Party resulted from its 1977 demand to stage a march through the largely Jewish neighborhood of Skokie, Illinois, a Chicago suburb and the home of many Holocaust survivors.
constitutionalistnc.tripod.com /hitler-leftist/id12.html   (11694 words)

  
 Brian Hansen Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Of all the newcomers in gay porn's 2006 season, one of the clear standouts is the 1
We need to stop living our gay life only around gay friends and gay venues, we need to open up and invite everyone in.
That is how the general public will gain acceptance and see that gay people are just as “normal” as anyone else.
www.jumponmarkslist.com /gio/2006/interviews/brian_hansen.htm   (3980 words)

  
 Calendar of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Saints
If I had restricted the list to known lesbians, gays and bisexuals, or those reasonably able to be fit into such a category, many of the figures would still be on the list.
A particularly famous poem is addressed to a pupil whom Alcuin calls "Daphnis" and laments the departure of another young student, "Dodo", who is referred to in the poem as their "cuckoo"....The prominence of love in Alcuin's writings, all of which are addressed to other males, is striking...
As lesbian, gay and bisexual people have realized in recent years, the AIDS epidemic has brought forth tremendous witnesses of courage and faith in the Lord and his promises.
www.otkenyer.hu /halsall/lgbh-gaysts.html   (15330 words)

  
 Reviewing Boswell
The book is presented as dangerous to a shared world view, and the danger is enhanced by the fallacious claim that the book was "widely acclaimed" in 1994.
The reference in the footnote is mistaken, but where Aristotle does speak of the two he simply mentions that they were lovers without in any way approving of the relationship.
At the Byzantine studies conference people were unhappy about his translation of the life of Sergios and Bacchus, and Claudia Rapp mentioned that she has an article on an alternative explanation of the adelphopoiia ceremonies.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/pwh/bosrevdisc-kennedy1.html   (3353 words)

  
 Gay Opinion Blog: January 2004
Editorials on gay issues from newspapers and gay publications along with an occasional column by the editor of the Gay News Blog.
Academics call it "liminality", from the Latin limen – the line separating, or failing to separate, Arthur from Martha.
gay marriage may be the issue on which people of faith refuse to compromise.
opinion.gaynewsblog.net /2004_01_01_opinion_archive.html   (9616 words)

  
 Houstonvoice.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
For another consecutive year, two Texas schools have made the list of the top 20 worst colleges for gay students, both placing in the top 10.
The previous year, former gay Baylor student Matt Bass was stripped of his seminary scholarship after school officials discovered his sexual orientation.
Baylor does not have an official gay student organization, but students have formed Baylor Freedom, a group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students.
www.houstonvoice.com /2006/8-25/news/localnews/university.cfm   (601 words)

  
 resources
The central mission is to increase the number of women in clinical trials and analyze data for important effects that vary with gender.
This project site provides direct services to lesbians with cancer, their partners and caregivers; education and information to the lesbian community about cancer; education to the health care community about the special concerns of lesbians with cancer and their families; and advocacy on lesbian health issues in national and local arenas.
The LBCOP is a non-profit, volunteer based organization that holds a unique position as Northeast Florida's only breast cancer awareness program specifically targeting lesbians and all women under 40 years old for education, support and service.
womenshealth.ufl.edu /links.html   (3026 words)

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