GAY AND LESBIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND
PUBLICATIONS
of the NORTHWEST AND BRITISH
COLUMBIA
and organizations important to the GLBT community
The time has come - We must defend our dream
Robert Duncan (1919-1988)
Alvin Fritz
University of Washington Libraries
alvin@u.washington.edu
revised 9-21-2009
This is a historical file as of September 2009. Not
updated.
note: limited to non-profit and/or information-providing organizations and
publications with websites...many of the websites give
directory information for related area organizations without websites...
for national/international organizations and publications important for
GLBT research, see
Gay and Lesbian
National and International Organizations and Publications...many
provide local chapter directory information
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
- Beyond The Closet (Seattle)
http://www.beyondthecloset.com
- Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium
(Vancouver)
note: GLB bookstore; world-wide custom orders; search engine for
titles
http://www.lsisters.com
- Powell's Books (Portland)
note: click on Browse our Sections, then click on Gay and Lesbian Studies;
search engine available; new and used books; order on web or by
telephone
http://www.powells.com
- Red & Black Books
Collective (Seattle)
note: went out of business in March 1999
formerly at http://www.redblack.com
BUSINESS/EMPLOYEES
CIVIL RIGHTS/LAW/POLITICS
COMMUNITY CENTERS/ACTIVITIES/PRIDE
FESTIVALS
- Bridges of Pride!
note: Portland pride festival
http://www.pridenw.org
- The Centre
(Vancouver)
note: a community centre serving and supporting lesbian, gay,
transgendered, bisexual people and their allies; services include
social/recreational/community activities, discussion groups, library,
legal & psychological counselling
http://www.lgtbcentrevancouver.com
- The Community Center.
(Boise)
http://www.gayidaho.com/tcc
- Freedom Day Committee
(Seattle)
note: to organize and promote the annual Pride Parade/March and Freedom
Rally
http://www.seattlepride.org
- Identity,
Inc. (Anchorage)
note: online community center, publishes NorthView
http://www.alaska.net/~identity
- Imperial Sovereign
Court of Seattle, and the Olympic and Rainier Empire
note: sponsors drag events and shows to raise money for 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
-
Prince George Gay and Lesbian Information Services (Prince George,
B.C.)
http://www.minifi.com/glis/
- 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 Dykemarch
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
- Vancouver Pride
Society
http://www.vanpride.bc.ca/home.htm
- Victoria Pride
Society
http://www.victoriapride.com
- The Wet Spot (Seattle)
note: a membership-based (over 18) community center to promote all aspects
and diversities of sex-positive culture and information; with library for
members, the Pacific Northwest Library for Sex-Positive Culture.
http://www.wetspot.org
- Western Montana Gay & Lesbian
Community Center (Missoula)
http://gaymontana.com/wmglcc
CULTURE, HISTORY & THE
ARTS/MUSIC/LITERATURE/RADIO/TV
EDUCATION/SCHOOLS/UNIVERSITIES
- Alaska Gay & Lesbian
Association. AGLA.
note: student club for gay, lesbian, bi, trans & allies, University of
Alaska
http://www.uaf.edu/agla
- B-GLAD.
University of Puget Sound (Tacoma)
note: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & straight alliance
http://clubs.ups.edu/bglad
- BOHGOF. Gay,
Lesbian, and Bisexual Graduate Students and Faculty at the University of
Washington
http://students.washington.edu/bohgofs
- Campus
Q. University of Washington discussion group for queer campus
issues
http://students.washington.edu/~lpjames/campusq
- Coalition Against
Homophobia at Whitman College. GLBTQ. (Walla Walla, Washington)
http://www.whitman.edu/glbtq
- College of Southern Idaho.
G-LAB. Gay's, Lesbian's and Bisexual's
note: a student's organization
http://www.geocities.com/jee_lab
- Delta Lambda Phi. Psi Chapter
note: University of Washington chapter of the national social fraternity
for gay, bisexual and progressive men
http://www.dlp.org/psi
- 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.toastmasterspride.org
- GALE. Gay and Lesbian Educators of B.
C. (Vancouver, British Columbia)
http://www.galebc.org
- Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer and Questiong Group School of Social
Work, University of Washington.
http://depts.washington.edu/sswweb/glbtq
- Gay Straight Alliance
(University of Idaho, Boise)
note: formerly University of Idaho Queer Student Association; and
previous to that, The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Association
http://www.uidaho.edu/~alliance
- GLUE. Gay and Lesbian University
Employees of the University of Washington
note: this site will soon merge with the Boghof site,
http://students.washington.edu/boghofs
http://www.scn.org/glue
- GLSEN
Alaska
note: Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
http://www.angelfire.com/biz3./glsen
- Harmony. Pacific Lutheran
University. (Tacoma, Washington)
note: "an alliance of Pacific Lutheran University's gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgender, and affirmative community"
http://www.plu.edu/~harmony
- HERO. Helping Education
Regarding Orientation Gonzaga University, Spokane
note: gay-straight alliance group
http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~hero
- Lambda Alliance
(University of Montana, Missoula, MT)
http://www.geocities.com/mtlambda
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Transgender Alliance. LGBTA. (Western Washington University)
note: the lgbt student organization at Western Washington University,
Bellingham
http://www.as.wwu.edu/lgbta
- 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
- Out On Campus. SFU's
Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgendered Collective
note: at Simon Fraser University
http://www.sfu.ca/out-on-campus
- Outlaws
note: "...student organization at the University of Washington School of
Law...to promote pride and tolerance..."
http://students.washington.edu/legalsuw
- Pride Dawgs
University of Washington.
note: to promote queer visibility and increase understanding of queer
issues; initially named Queer Dawgs
http://students.washington.edu/prdawgs/
- Q Center University
of Washington.
note: "...an open, safe, inclusive, and celebratory environment for
queer...and allied students, faculty, staff and the campus community at
large."
http://depts.washington.edu/qcenter
- Rainbow Continuum
@OSU Oregon State University,Corvallis
note: ..."social and personal support for LGBTA students..."
http://oregonstate.edu/groups/rcosu
- 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
- Student Alliance for
Equality (SAFE). Eastern Washington University. (Cheney, WA)
note: the GLBTQA (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and
ally) organization at EWU
http://iceberg.ewu.edu/safe/safe.htm
- Triangle
Club. Seattle University.
note: "sexual minorities and non-minorities promoting tolerance,
challenging stereotypes, and embracing diversity at Seattle
University"
http://students.seattleu.edu/clubs/triangle/
- University of Oregon
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Educational and Support Services
Program
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~program
- University of
Washington Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, Transgender Commission (GBLTC) of
the Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW)
http://depts.washington.edu/asuwgblc/
- UVic Pride University of
Victoria (British Columbia)
note: "...to represent, advocate for, and provide services for queer and
queer friendly students..."
http://www.uvss.uvic.ca/pride
- Washington State University Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Allies Program
http://www.wsu.edu/glbap
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)
note: funds organizations and scholarships in Alaska, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon, and Alaska
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 Drug
Assistance Program. ADAP.
Washington State.
(Seattle)
note: telephone referrals for AIDS/HIV health care
http://www.atdn.org/access/states/wa/wa.html
- 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
- AIDS
Vaccine
Evaluation Unit. AVEU. University of Washington
note: vaccine testing site
http://www.fhcrc.org/clinicl/id/research/vacc.html
- AIDS Vancouver
note: support services; resources for health promotion, risk reduction
http://www.aidsvancouver.bc.ca
- AIDS Vancouver Island
note: support, education, street outreach
http://www.avi.org/
- Alaskan AIDS Assistance
Association
http://www.alaskanaids.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
- Bastyr
University. AIDS Research Center (Seattle)
note: alternative medicine research
http://www.bastyr.edu/research/buarc
- BiNet BC. The British Columbia
Bisexual Network
http://bi.org/~binetbc/
- 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
- British Columbia Centre for
Excellence in HIV/AIDS University of British Columbia and St.
Paul's Hospital
note: research, guidelines, trials and projects including Vanguard
Project, Vancouver Lymphadenopathy-AIDS Study (VLAS), Vancouver
Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS); Canadian HIV Trials Network (click
on 'en francais," for French version)
http://cfeweb.hivnet.ubc.ca
- British Columbia Persons with
AIDS Society
note: for mutual support, resources, information and collective action;
the largest AIDS organization in Western Canada
http://www.bcpwa.org/
- The Bunny Brigade
(Seattle)
note: "raises funds and provides labor for AIDS service agencies in the
Puget Sound area"
http://www.bunnybrigade.org
- Canadian HIV Trials
Network
note: funded by Health Canada and jointly sponsored by the University of
British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver; available in
French, click on 'en francais'
http://www.hivnet.ubc.ca/ctn.html
- Cascade AIDS Project
(Portland)
http://www.cascadeaids.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
- Cocoons
(Olympia)
note:" a womyn's group...formerly or...still in heterosexual
marriages..."
http://thurstoncounty.tripod.com/cocoons/index.html
- Compassion
in Dying (Portland)
http://www.thebody.com/cid/cidpage.html
- Compassion in
Dying Federation (Portland, Oregon)
http://www.compassionindying.org
- Compassion in
Dying of Washington
http://www.compassionindying.org/wa/
- Crystalneon, see Neon
- Dunshee House. (Seattle)
note: formerly known as: Seattle AIDS Support Group. SASG;
peer-facilitated group meetings, drop-in center
http://www.DunsheeHouse.org
- 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/
- The Gender Alliance of the
South Sound. (Tacoma)
note: "...support and social group for crossdressers, transsexuals and
other transgendered individuals..."
http://www.southsoundgender.com
- 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
- HIV/AIDS Program,
Spokane Regional Health District.
http://www.srhd.org/health/HIV/AIDS
- HIV/AIDS Project
Development and Evaluation Unit. HAPDEU. (School of Social Work,
University of Washington)
note: programs include community building & education (Friend-to-Friend
Project); health & empowerment for gay & bi men with HIV or AIDS
(Positive Power); HIV/AIDS treatment adherence
http://depts.washington.edu/hapdeu
- HIV Alliance (Eugene, Lane
County, Oregon)
note: care and referral of HIV+ persons; needle exchange, safe sex
outreach and education
http://www.hivalliance.org
- HIV Prevention Trials
Unit (University of Washington HPTU site)
note: research on vaccines, microbicides/barriers, STD's, behavioral
intervention
note: formerly HIVNET
http://depts.washington.edu/hptu/
- Ingersoll Center
(Seattle)
note: nonprofit agency for the transsexual, transvestite and transgender
community
http://www.ingersollcenter.org/
- Interior AIDS Association
(Fairbanks, Alaska)
http://www.ptialaska.net/~iaa/
- King County Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender Heatlh.
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
- A Loving Spoonful
(Vancouver)
note: daily meals service for PLWAs
http://www.alovingspoonful.org
- MEN in touch (Vancouver,
B.C.)
note: holistic healing for men through care and support of other men
http://growinghealthier.com/men
- 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
- North Idaho
AIDS Coalition. NIAC.
note: HIV/AIDS education, prevention, advocacy; support services
http://www.northidahoaidscoalition.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
- Partnership Project.
Oregon Health and Science University/Partnership. (Portland)
note: "Our mission is to help people living with HIV/AIDS achieve or
sustain the highest possible quality of life and health and to provide
those living with HIV/AIDS and their families, access to information,
treatment and support services."
http://www.ohsu.edu/partnership/
- 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
- Portland Bisexual
Alliance
note: "...advocates for healthy sexuality from a bisexual
perspective..."
http://www.trashkitten.com/id233.htm
- 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
- Q-Squared Men. (Seattle)
note: The mission of Q-Squared is to improve the physical, emotional,
mental, and spiritual health of sexual minority men by building a stronger
sense of community, increasing individual responsibility, and improving
self-esteem. Sponsors a Spring and Fall camp.
- 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
- Queercore
(Seattle)
note: a project of Gay City for gay and bisexual men in their 20s
http://www.queercore.org
- Rainbow Families
of Puget Sound (Seattle)
note: "...social and informal support organization...to provide
opportunities for GLBT families to form strong community ties..."
http://www.rainbowfamiliesps.org
- Rainbow Train (Seattle)
note: services for LGBT elders
http://www.rainbowtrain.org
- Ride for a Reason
(Vancouver, Seattle, Portland)
note: AIDS fundraising bicycle ride
http://www.rideforareason.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: now named: Dunshee House; peer-facilitated group meetings, drop-in
center
http://www.DunsheeHouse.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
- 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
- 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
- Southern Oregon Center for HIV
Care (Medford, Oregon)
http://id.mind.net/~sochc/
- Spokane AIDS
Network
http://www.spokaneaidsnetwork.org
- Spokane Gender Center
note: "...offers information about Transgender persons..."
http://www.gendercenter.com
- Stonewall Health
Project (Moscow, ID)
note: regional HIV education and prevention; services to persons with
HIV/AIDS
http://users.clarkston.com/stonewall
- 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
- University of
Washington Center for AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
note: research, training, clinical programs; a World Health
Organization Collaborating Center for AIDS and STDS.
http://depts.washington.edu/cfar/
- University
of Washington Center for AIDS Research. CFAR.
http://depts.washington.edu/cfar/CFAR/index.html
- Vancouver Friends for Life
Society
note: support services to people with life threatening illnesses
http://www.friendsforlifeca
- 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
- Victoria AIDS
Respite Care Society
http://www.varcs.org/varcs/varcs.nsf
- The Victoria
Persons with AIDS Society
http://www.vpwas.com
- Virology Research
Clinic (University of Washington)
note: herpes and herpes/HIV epidemiology, natural history and research;
herpes studies; therapy and vaccine evaluation; for treatment click on
Remington Clinic
http://depts.washington.edu/herpes
- 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
- YouthCo. Youth Community Outreach
AIDS Society
(Vancouver)
note: youth (up to age 29) issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS
http://www.youthco.org
- Youthquest.
Lesbian and Gay Youth Society of British Columbia
http://www.youthquest.bc.ca/
NEWSPAPERS/PUBLICATIONS/PUBLISHERS
- Campsites
(Seattle)
note: newsletter of the Triangle Recreation Camp
http://www.camptrc.org/newsltr.html
-
Homefront (Seattle)
note: published by the Bailey-Boushay House Office of Development
http://www.virginiamason.org/dbbailey-bousahy/sec124502.htm
- Just Out (Portland)
note: no full text; brief review of current contents only
http://www.justout.com
- Lesbian Resource Center News
Online (Seattle)
note: click on 'articles & news'; then click on 'LRC News Online'
http://www.lrc.net/
- Men in touch
Quarterly (Vancouver, B.C.)
note: journal of MEN in touch; click on Articles, Poetry, Letters;
journal encourages emotional intimacy/caring among men regardless
of sexual orientation
http://growinghealthier.com/men
- NorthView
(Anchorage)
note: news and views for Alaska's gay and lesbian community, a monthly
publication of Identity, Inc.
http://www.alaska.net/~identity/northvue.html
- 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
- Portland
Metro Gayzette
note: the newsletter of Portland Metro Club, click on
NEWSLETTER
http://www.geocities.com/pdxprimetimers/index.html
- Pride Pages. The Official
Publication of the Hospital Employees' Union Lesbian and Gay Standing
Committee (British Columbia)
http://www.pridepages.org/
- 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/
- Seattle Gay Standard
note: ceased publication with v.2, n.48 (Nov 30/Dec 6, 2001)
RECREATION/SOCIAL/SPORTS
- Adventure Group. A Gay and
Lesbian Outdoors Organization (Portland)
http://www.adventuregroup.org
- Associated Lesbians of Puget Sound.
ALPS.
note: sponsors various social (cultural and sport) groups; the
organization officially dissolved, site has some informational
updating
http://www.alpswomen.com
- BC Bears (Vancouver)
http://www.bcbears.com
- Bears of
Idaho. BOI. (Boise)
http://www.bearsofidaho.com
- Border Riders Motorcycle
Club (Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver)
http://www.borderriders.com
- Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club
(Seattle)
http://www.bottomdwellers.org
- Camp Ten Trees (Lake
Wenatchee)
note: summer camp for lgbt and questioning youth, and children of
the LGBT community...youth build self-confidence and strength in diversity...
http://www.camptentrees.org
- Delta Lambda Phi. Psi Chapter
(Seattle)
note: University of Washington chapter of the national social fraternity
for gay, bisexual and progressive men
http://www.dlp.org/psi
- Different Spokes
(Seattle)
note: bicycle club, group plans bicycle rides at various levels of
difficulty; social events
http://www.differentspokes.org
- Emerald City
Softball Association (Seattle and Puget Sound)
http://www.emeraldcitysoftball.org/
- English
Bay Swim Club. EBSC (Vancouver)
http://www.englishbay.org
- Fraser Valley Gay and Lesbian
Association. FVGALA (British Columbia, Surrey to Hope)
note: an informal social group with potlucks, dinners, hikes, and other
group activities; in southwestern British Columbia; as of 2-15-04
viable, but no news or maintenance
http://www.fvgala.web1000.com
- Gay Vancouver
Online. Your Lesbigay Guide to Vancouver
http://www.gayvancouver.bc.ca
- The Gentle Giants of
Oregon (Portland)
note: "...dedicated to bringing together heavyset men and the men who like
them that way..."
http://www.chubnet.net/gentlegiants/
- Guerrilla Masquerade
Party. GMP.
note: costume parties, costume guerrillas, glbt fun with costumes
http://www.gmpseattle.com/
- Identity,
Inc. (Anchorage)
note: online community center, publishes NorthView
http://www.alaska.net/~identity
- Kings Wrestling (Seattle)
note: for men and women of all ages and skill levels
http://www.kingswrestling.org
- Long Yang Club
Seattle
note: social and support group for Gay Asians and interested
non-Asians; promotes Asian culture
http://www.longyangclub.org/seattle
- Mature
Friends (Seattle)
note: a social group for gay men and women over 40
http://www.maturefriends.org
- Northwest
Bears (Seattle)
http://www.nwbears.org
- OK Bears (Okanagon, British
Columbia)
http://www.okbears.com
- Orca Swim Team
(Seattle)
http://www.teamseattle.org/orca
- Oregon Bears (Portland)
http://www.oregonbears.org/
- Out & About (Vancouver, B.C.)
note: "great outdoors" activities from urban walks to global
adventures
http://oavancouver.org
- Out on the Green.
(Vancouver, B.C.)
note: Vancouver's Gay and Lesbian Golf League
http://www.outonthegreen.com
- OutVentures (Seattle)
note: plans hiking, backpacking, cycling, kayaking and other summer
adventure events/trips
note: formerly Summer Buddies
http://www.outventures.org
- Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo
Association
http://www.PacificNWGRA.org
- Pacific Rim Curling League (Vancouver)
http://www.prcl.ca
- Portland Metro Prime
Timers
note: for mature gay men, bisexual men, and their friends
http://www.geocities.com/pdxprimetimers
- Prime Timers
Victoria (B.C. Canada)
http://www.members.shaw.ca/primetimersvic
-
Prince George Gay and Lesbian Information Services (Prince George,
B.C.)
http://www.minifi.com/glis
- Puddletown Dancers (Seattle)
note: square dance club
http://www.puddletowndancers.org
- Rain City Soccer
Club (Seattle)
note: three teams- women (Dirty Onas), men (Stonewall FC), co-rec (Team
Out); participates in local games, regional, national and international
tournaments
http://www.raincitysocder.org
- Rainbow
Wranglers. A Gay & Lesbian Square Dance Club (Eugene, Oregon)
http://www.users.uswest.net/~kitterman/index2.html
- Rose City
Softball Association (Portland and SW Washington)
http://www.portlandgaysoftball.com
- Rosetown Ramblers
Square Dance Club. A Gay & Lesbian Organization (Portland)
http://www.rdrop.com/users/ramblers
- Seattle
Frontrunners
note: club for runners
http://www.seattlefrontrunners.org
- Seattle Men in
Leather
http://www.seattlemeninleather.org
- Seattle Quake Rugby
note: primarily gay men's rugby football club
http://www.quakerugby.org
- Sisters of Sin (Seattle)
note: women's leather interest
http://www.byz.org/~sos
- Ski Buddies (Seattle)
note: plans ski and winter adventure events/trips
http://www.skibuddies.org
- Squares Across the
Border (Vancouver, B.C.)
note: gay and lesbian square dance club
http://www.squaresacrosstheborder.org
- Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, Seattle
Chapter
http://www.ttca.org
- Team Seattle
note: GLBT umbrella organizations for various sports
http://www.teamseattle.org
- Tri-City Gay &
Lesbian Social Network (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody,
B.C.)
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/heights/3922/
- Triangle
Recreation Camp (Seattle)
http://www.camptrc.org
- Vancouver
Leather
note: dissolved 2001
http://www.vancouverleather.com
- The Venerable Friday
Potluck (Seattle and area)
note: a potluck social for gay men, every two weeks; inactive
http://www.geocities.com/fridaypotluck
- West Seattle
Potluck
http://www.geocities.com/westseattlepotluck
RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY
- Bellevue First United Methodist
Church (Bellevue, Washington)
http://www.oz.net/~bfumc
- Christ Alive Community
Church
Christ Alive Community Church (Vancouver, British Columbia)
note: performs marriages regardless of gender or sexual orientation
status
http://www.christalive.ca
- 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
- Community of Welcoming
Congregations (Portland)
note: "an association of religious congregations...in the Portland
Metropolitan area that welcome and affirm people of all sexual
orientations..."
http://welcoming congregations.org
- Corvallis United
Methodist
Church (Corvallis, Oregon)
http://www.corvallisfumc.org/cumchome.htm
- 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 glbts
http://www.dignitypacific.org/Seattle/
- Edmonds
Unitarian Universalist Church (EUUC) (Edmonds, Washington)
euuc.org/aboutus/welcoming/welcoming.htm
- 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
- Grace Gospel Chapel
(Seattle)
"The oldest independent, evangelical church with a special ministry to the
GLBT community in the U.S."
http://www.GraceGospelWA.org
- Lamb of God
Metropolitan Community Church (Anchorage)
http://www.mccanchorage.com
- Living Water
Fellowship (Mill Creek, Washington)
http://www.livingwaterwa.com
- Metropolitan
Community Church, Eugene (Oregon)
note: MCC of the Two Rivers
http://www.mcctworivers.com
- Metropolitan
Community Church Seattle
http://www.mccseattle.org/capital.html
- Multifaith Alliance
of Reconciling Congregations.
note: "...MARC is an alliance of non-official persons from a wide variety of
faith communities who are working to make the
gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered/questioning (GLBTQ) community aware
that there are faith communities who are open, welcoming, reconciling and
accepting of them..."
http://www.multifaith.org/MARC/MARC.html
- New Heart
Metropolitan Church (Tacoma)
http://www/newheartmcc.org
- Portland
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Program
note: program of the American Friends [Quakers] Service Committee, Pacific
Northwest Region
http://www.afsc.org/pacificnw/pnplgb.htm
- Ravenna United Methodist
Church (Seattle)
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/ravenna/
- Religious Coalition for
Equality.
note: "Advocating for marriage equality and civil rights"
http://www.religiouscoalition-wa.org
- River of Life Metropolitan
Community Church (Pasco, Washington)
http://users.owt.com/rolmcc
- 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
- Suquamish United Church of
Christ (Suquamish, British Columbia)
note: "...affirming to members of groups that continue to suffer injustice
for reasons that may include sexual orientation...."
http://www.suquamishucc.org
- Tikvah
Chadashah (Seattle)
note: glbt Jewish 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
- Washington
State - Open & Affirming Congregations.
note: listed by city
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/ravenna/draftlist.html
-
Welcoming Congregations
note: provides lists by state of welcoming, gay-affirming
congregations
http://www.christianlesbians.com/congregations
- Well-Spring Chapel
(Marysville, Snohomish County)
note: nondenominational
http://www.well-springchapel.com
- Woodland Park United Methodist
Church (Seattle)
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/wpumc
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