Austin GLBT Support and Community Organizations:

PFLAG/Austin (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) - offers support and information to family and friends of GLBT people

Austin Latino/a Lesbian & Gay Organization - offers cultural and social events for GLBT people of color, as well as Informe-SIDA, an HIV prevention, education and case-management program

GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) - a national organization combating anti-gay discrimination faced by students and school personnel in K-12 schools. E-mail the Austin chapter of GLSEN at glsen_austin@yahoo.com

Waterloo Counseling Center - provides a variety of individual, couples, and group psychotherapy to GLBT people aged 18 and up

AIDS Services of Austin (ASA)

Austin Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce - promotes networking, education and support for gay and gay-friendly businesses and professionals

Austin Lesbian Gay Political Caucus

Bisexual Network of Austin - promotes the understanding and acceptance of bisexuality as a sexual orientation and identity

Central Texas Transgender Society

Equality Texas - works toward the elimination of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/ expression through lobbying, education, and research

Project Transitions - a hospice program for those with HIV and AIDS

YeYe - a social and support group for lesbians of color

Additional Austin Youth Organizations and Resources:

Lifeworks: Alliance of Youth and Family Services - offers counseling, education, shelter and support for youth, individuals and families

SafePlace - offers services to children and adults who are survivors of sexual or domestic violence and abuse

American Youthworks - offers a variety of educational programs (including a fully-accredited charter school), employment-training and health-related services

Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region - has several Austin clinics which provide preventive health care & family planning services at affordable prices, responsible sexuality education, and advocacy

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Texas - matches young people ages 6 to 16 with volunteers who serve as friends, mentors and role models

Communities in Schools - help young people learn, stay in school, and prepare for a successful life by providing school-based social services and links to community resources

Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network - offers links to various groups and organizations in the Austin-area

People's Community Clinic - a primary health care center serving the uninsured working poor

YWCA of Greater Austin - provides counseling, substance abuse services and wellness programs to women and their families

GLBT-friendly Places of Worship in Austin:

Trinity United Methodist Church

University Baptist Church

Metropolitan Community Church of Austin

WhoSoEver

First English Lutheran Church

Central Presbyterian Church

Faith Presbyterian Church

United Christian Church

Grace United Methodist

National GLBT-friendly Places of Worship:

Integrity (Episcopal)

Dignity (Catholic)

Evangelicals Concerned (Evangelical Christian)

The Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association, Inc. (Vaishnava & Hindu)

Lutherans Concerned- North America

Affirmation (Mormon)

Metropolitan Community Churches (Christian)

United Church of Christ (Christian)

Clergy United (Christian)

The Gay Christian Network

Al-Fatiha (Muslim)

More Light (Presbyterian)

Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (Quaker)

Seventh-Day Adventist Kinship

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

The UCC Coalition (United Church of Christ)

Affirmation (United Methodist)

Unity Churches

A Common Bond (Jehovah's Witnesses)

Circle Sanctuary (Pagan)

Rainbow Wind (Pagan)

Rainbow Baptists

The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists

The World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews

Faith in America

Entertainment, Media and the Arts in Austin:

Austin Chronicle - Austin's leading alternative weekly paper

Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Fest

Texas Gay Rodeo Association

Austin Children's Museum

Austin Lyric Opera

Sharon Bridgforth

Adventuring Outdoors - an Austin-area gay & lesbian social organization for the outdoor enthusiast

Austin Gay Community Organizations and Resources - The GLBT friendly community at your fingertips

Other GLBT youth organizations in Texas:

H.A.T.C.H. (Houston Area Teen Coalition of Homosexuals) - a Houston-based GLBT youth organization

LAMBDA GLBT Community Center - an El Paso-based GLBT organization

Youth First Texas - a GLBT youth organization in the Dallas area

OUTstanding in Amarillo

National Organizations and Resources:

GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) - a national organization combatting anti-gay discrimination faced by students and school personnel in K-12 schools.

The Trevor Project - operates the nation's only round-the-clock, toll-free suicide prevention hotline for GLBTQQ youth. (1-866-4-U-Trevor)

Human Rights Campaign - maintains the largest full-time lobbying team in the nation devoted to issues of fairness for GLBT Americans

International Foundation for Gender Education - a leading advocacy and education organization providing information and referrals for transgendered persons

National Youth Advocacy Coalition - Out Youth is a member of this national organization, which advocates for and with GLBT young people in an effort to end discrimination and to ensure their physical and emotional well being

OutProud: The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Youth - maintains a comprehensive online database of GLBT and GLBT-youth services throughout the U.S.

PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) - promotes the health and well-being of GLBT persons, their families and friends through support, education and advocacy

Planned Parenthood Teenwire - an online resource for teens offering information on sexuality, sexual health (including STD-s), and relationships

Health Initiatives for Youth - a youth/adult partnership with a strong leadership role in the battle against adolescent HIV and the many health needs of young people

Scouting for All - an organization commited to getting the Boy Scouts of America to rescind its policy of discrimination against gay youth and adults.

American Civil Liberties Union: Youth and Safe Schools Information

AFFIRM: Psychologists Affirming their Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Family - a group formed for the purposes of coming out in support of their relatives and encouraging further research and clinical work on GLB issues.

Congregation Beth Simchat Torah - New York City's synagogue for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews, as well as our families and their friends. The largest gay synagogue in the world.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Inc. - a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders.

Transgender Law and Policy Institute - a non profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in our society. Bring together experts and advocates to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality.

National Transgender Advocacy Coalition - Working for human rights, civil rights, protective legislation and societal acceptance for all transgendered, transsexual, intersexed, crossdressing and gender-variant people and families since 1999.

Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) - National and International organization specifically supprting young people with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender parents.

LAMBDA GLBT Community Services; Anti-Violence Project - LAMBDA's Anti-Violence Project (AVP) provides victim services including information, to survivors of hate crimes, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes.

Interesting Links

Gay Youth News Blog - News for LGBT youth and thier allies

Safe Schools Coalition - An international public-private partnership in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. Dedicated to helping schools become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.

Advocates for Youth - Dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

glbtq - An encyclopedia of of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture.

YouthResource: A Project of Advocates for Youth - A website by and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth that takes a holisitc approach to sexual health and exploring issues of concern to GLBTQ youth.

Sexuality and U - Committed to providing you credible and up-to-date information and education on sexual health.