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GLBT Resources and Organizations

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AIDS Resources

• Centers for Disease Control HIV Hotline - 800-232-4636
• The Greater Community AIDS Project
• Illinois HIV Hotline - 800-243-2437
• McLean County AIDS Task Force

Bisexual Resources

• American Institute of Bisexuality
• Bi Magazine
• Bisexual Resource Center (the Links on the right work, but not much else seems to right now)
• Central Illinois Bi Women (social group)

Bloomington/Normal Area Organizations and Businesses

• American Civil Liberties Union - 501 E Willow, Normal IL 61761
• The Bistro (alternative bar/nightclub) - 316 N Main St, Bloomington IL 61701 (309-829-2278)
• Connections Community Center - 313 N Main St, Bloomington IL 61701
• Open Door Youth Center - Primarily located at Connections Community Center, 313 N. Main St, Bloomington, IL 61701. Programs and activities within a safe environment for GLBT youth 13-20 years old (usually Friday nights 7:30-10:30 p.m.).
  
  Contact PFLAG (309-663-0831), McLean County AIDS Task Force (309-827-2437) or Shelley (309-452-0876) for more information. Events may also be heard by calling 309-823-0555.

Central Illinois, Chicago, and National Resources

• Amasong - Champaign-Urbana's Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus
• ChicagoRainbow (Yahoo group) - Intellectual/activist/artistic/LGBT womyn
• Diversity of Rockford - 117 S 3rd St, Rockford, IL 61104
• Dove, Inc. (Decatur)
• Gay & Lesbian Association of Decatur (GLAD)
• Gerber/Hart Library - LGBT Information Resources and Library
• Heartland Peace Center (Springfield) - 217-528-2457 (website currently unavailable)
• OUTPost Community Center - 123 W Church St, Champaign, IL 61820
  (217-239-4-OUT)
• PFLAG - Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• Prairie Flame
• Quad Citians Affirming Diversity

College/Youth

• AboutHealth - Real kids, smart choices, growing up
• Central Illinois Safe School Alliance - Making our schools safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth (e-mail)
• Illinois State University PRIDE
• Illinois Wesleyan University PRIDE
• LGBT Resources at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• Open Door Youth Center

Counseling (including AIDS and suicide prevention hotlines)

• GLBT National Hotline - 888-843-4564
• PATH (Personal Assistance Telephone Hotline) of Central IL - 309-827-4005 or 800-570-7284
• The Trevor Project - 24 hour suicide prevention hotline geared towards glbt youth - 866-488-7386

Differently Abled Resources

• Deaf Queer

Legal and Civil Rights

• American ACLU
• Illinois ACLU
• Lambda Legal Defense

Media

• Advocate Magazine
• Bi Magazine
• Chicago Free Press
• PlanetOut.com (e-zine that covers the whole specrum of the GLBT community)
• Prairie Flame
• The Rainbow Connection
• Windy City Times (Chicago's Gay and Lesbian news weekly)

Politics

• American ACLU
• Capitol.org - Find and contact your federal, state, and local officials
• Equal Marriage Illinois of Bloomington/Normal - e-mail emi-bn@hotmail.com
• Illinois ACLU
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• On The Issues - Every political leader on every issue

Spirituality

• Christian
  • A Christian Voice for GLBT Rights
  • Association of Inclusive Christian Ministries
  • The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
  • ChristianGays.com
  • ChristianLesbians.com
  • Dignity USA - GLBT Catholics
  • Evangelicals Concerned - Creating Safe Places for GLBT Christians
  • More Light Presbyterians
  • New Covenant Community Church
  • Open Worship Church of Hope
  • Reconciling Ministries Network
  • Soulforce - Freedom for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from religious & political oppression through the practice of relentless nonviolent resistance
     
• Jewish
  • Gay and Jewish Yahoo Group
  • Nehirim - GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality
       
• Muslim
  • Al Fatiha - GLBT Muslims

Transgender

• FTM International - Serving the female-to-male community
• National Center for Transgender Equality
• Southern Arizona Gender Alliance
• Transgender Law and Policy

Last Updated08/01/2009