RESOURCES:

Information on the Internet can often be difficult to find, sift through and navigate. In this section, we'll be providing links to other sites that you may find useful. This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the resources out there, but it can get you started.

These pages are currently under construction. Please let us know if you come across something on the net that we don't have here, and you would like to see it added to our list.

Arts

Diverse Harmony
www.diverseharmony.org
Diverse Harmony is a musically creative social connection in the greater Seattle area designed to nurture friendships, promote musical abilities and provide a safe place where youth are accepted for who they are.  All levels of music experience are welcome. We will celebrate our diversity through music. 

Flying House Productions
206-323-0750
www.flyinghouse.org
Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus entertain, enlighten, unify and heal our audience and members, using the power of words and music to recognize the value of gay and straight people and their relationships.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters
866-841-9134 x5998
www.toastmasterspride.org
Seattle's Gay and Lesbian Communications and Leadership Program Open to All People. Freely Speaking Toastmasters is "open to everyone" and is created by and for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community of the Seattle area, and enhances the opportunities of Toastmasters International by providing an open environment that is professional, affirming, and FUN. Our members are a jovial bunch given to laughter and smiles.

Seattle Lesbian and Gay Chorus
206-860-7542
www.slgc.org
Founded in 1990 by 17 singers, the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Chorus has grown over the years from a small ensemble to a large professional group performing regularly in Seattle and throughout the Puget Sound area. SLGC is a member of GALA, the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses, and has performed at GALA Festivals in Denver, Tampa, San Jose, and Montreal, Canada. In May of 2002 SLGC was a host chorus to the first ever Western Regional GALA Festival. Its concerts "My Big, Fat, Gay Wedding," "Faraway Places" and "UnSung Heroes" were warmly received in Seattle and continued the chorus' ongoing efforts to expand its musical horizons.

Three Dollar Bill Cinema
206-323-4274
www.seattlequeerfilm.com
THREE DOLLAR BILL CINEMA is a nonprofit arts and education organization providing access to queer cinema, a forum for the exchange of ideas, and a venue for queer filmmakers to show their work. We serve our diverse communities by producing the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and other events.

Health and Wellness

Dunshee House
260-322-2437
www.dunsheehouse.org
Dunshee House, a non-profit organization, builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences.

Gay City Health
206-860-0195
www.gaycity.org
Gay City Health Project is a grassroots health organization for gay, bisexual and transgender (GBT) men based in Seattle, Washington. Our mission is to promote gay and bisexual men's health and prevent HIV transmission by building community, fostering communication and nurturing self-esteem.

Home Alive
206-323-4663
www.homealive.org
Home Alive is a Seattle based anti-violence project that offers affordable self defense classes, provides public education and awareness, and leads local community organizing efforts. We believe violence prevention is a community responsibility as well as an individual issue. Our work in self defense encourages everyone to recognize their entitlement to the basic human right to live free from violence and hate. Our goal is to build a cultural and social movement that puts violence in a context of political, economic and social oppression and frames safety as a human right.

Lesbian Resource Center
206-322-DYKE (3953)
www.lrc.net
The Lesbian Resource Center is a community-based organization committed to advancing the status of lesbians by combatting all forms of oppression and bypromoting empowerment, visibility, and social change.

Lifelong Aids Alliance
206-957-1642
www.lifelongaidsalliance.org
Lifelong AIDS Alliance is committed to preventing the spread of HIV, and to providing practical support services and advocating for those whose lives are affected by HIV and AIDS.

POCAAN
206-322-7061
www.pocaan.org
POCAAN is a multi-cultural AIDS prevention organization created in response to the devastating impact that HIV/AIDS was and continues to have on communities of color. In Washington State, POCAAN brings people of color together across differences of race, gender, class and sexual orientation to achieve its mission.

Verbena
206-323-6540
www.verbenahealth.org
Our Mission is to build vibrant communities for lesbians, bisexual & queer women, and transgendered individuals through health advocacy, education, support & access to care.

Community Organizations

Camp Ten Trees
206-985-2864
www.camptentrees.org
Camp Ten Trees is an overnight summer camp located in Washington State. Camp Ten Trees features one week for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, and one week for the children of LGBTQ families. At Camp Ten Trees, children and youth build self-confidence and strength in diversity in an environment which challenges homophobia and provides a range of traditional camp activities.

Entre Hermanos
206-322-7700
www.entrehermanos.org
Entre Hermanos Agency fue creada para proveer apoyo, desarrollar liderazgo y fortalecer la comunidad gay, lesbiana, bisexual y transgénero Latina. Proveer un ambiente cultural, social y emocional saludable, creando un modelo apropiado a las necesidades de la comunidad.

Family Services - Lesbian Domestic Violence Intervention
206-826-3044
www.family-services.org
In lesbian couples, domestic violence is as common as it is in any other intimate relationship - it is estimated that as many as 46% of lesbian women experience abuse from their partner. The abuse may be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or verbal abuse but it is all the result of one person trying to control their partner. Our weekly group program helps women who use controlling or abusive behavior have healthier relationships. Our small groups are tailored for the specific needs of lesbians who want to change their behavior, whether they are self-referred or are asked to attend a state-certified domestic violence course through the court.

Ingersoll Gender Center
206-329-6651
www.ingersollcenter.org
Ingersoll Gender Center supports transgendered people towards growth and well being. We provide support, education, advocacy and information resources for people interested in gender identity issues, and for service providers, employers, families and friends in order to promote understanding, awareness and acceptance of gender diversity.

Lambert House
206-322-2515
www.lamberthouse.org
Lambert House is a center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth and their allies that encourages empowerment through the development of leadership, social and life skills.

NW Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
www.nwrad.org
Social events, workshops, and support for the deaf LGBT community.

Seattle Counseling Services
206-323-1768
www.seattlecounseling.org
Seattle Counseling Service was founded in 1969 and is the first and oldest community mental health agency for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender persons in the United States.

Seattle LGBT Community Center
206-323-5428
www.seattlelgbt.org
The Seattle LGBT Community Center's mission is to create a meeting place for the LGBT Community to grow together, increase public understanding, and celebrate our diversity.

The Northwest Network
206-568-7777
www.nwnetwork.org
We provide support and advocacy for LBGT folks of all genders who are surviving abuse. We are leather and kink friendly.

Political/Legal

GLSEN Puget Sound
206-333-6194
www.glsenpugetsound.org
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) envisions a future in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
206-937-7242
www.lambdalegal.org
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

Northwest Women's Law Center
206-682-9552
www.nwwlc.org
The Law Center provides legal information online and by phone, as well as taking cases to court that will have a large social impact for equality.

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities
206-684-4500
www.cityofseattle.net/scsm
The Commission's role is to effectively address and present the concerns of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizens of Seattle to the Mayor, City Council, and all City Departments. The Commission recommends legislation, policy, programs and budget items to the mayor, city council and city departments.

National Organizations

Abuse of Power
www.abuseofpower.info
If both you and your partner are in the fire service or law enforcement, you know that reporting your abuse to the department will have serious repercussions, personally and professionally - for both of you. If you are one of these victims, you know it is not easy to find help or information. Most of us have remained silent - with good reason. AbuseofPower.info addresses the unique circumstances you face as you search to regain control of your life.