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Gender & Identity

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Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)

  • "Scholarly research and current data about women’s political participation in the United States."

LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

  • Resources and links for prospective and current college students which "provides opportunities for social and academic growth"

Rainbow Resource Center (RRC)

  • The Rainbow Resource Center (RRC) empowers and increases the visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) people by promoting equality and inclusiveness at the University of Maine.

500 Queer Scientists

  • A visibility campaign for LGBTQ+ people and their allies working in STEM and STEM-supporting jobs

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Gender Statistics Website

  • "Developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, in collaboration with National Statistical Offices in the ECE region, this site was launched in October 2000 to bring together both gender statistics and policies focusing on the production, dissemination and use of gender related data. In addition to statistics, this site outlines some of the main gender issues relevant to the region, and provides examples of policies and other initiatives."

WHO: Gender, Equity and Human Rights

  • The Gender, Equity and Human Rights team of the World Health Organization maintains this site and works to address disparities (caused by gender inequalities, inequities and lack of human rights-based approaches) to ensure better health for all.

Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN)

  • "Creating public acceptance and discussion of asexuality and facilitating the growth of an asexual community"

Effective LGBTQ Strategies for a Safer more welcoming campus 

  • The organization is a volunteer-driven network “for” and “by” student leaders. The primary objective of Campus Pride is to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBTQ and ally students on college campuses across the United States. 

Equality Federation 

  • Equality Federation is an advocacy accelerator rooted in social justice, building power in our network of state-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) advocacy organizations.

GLSEN

  • Championing LGBTQ issues in K-12 education since 1990

HRC 

  • Human Rights Campaign

LGBT and Race

  • Four Key studies challenging the myths and biases that hamper the rights and opportunities of LGBT people, especially LGBT people of color.

LGBTQIA+ terms and definitions 

  • University of Colorado Boulder Pride Office's LGBTQ+ Resources 

mypronouns.org 

  • "a practical resource dedicated to the empowering and inclusive use of personal pronouns in the English language."

National Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Centers 

  • CenterLink, The Community of LGBTQ Centers, provides support and access to community centers worldwide. 

National Center for Transgender Equality 

  • The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country."

National Queer and Trans of Color Therapist Network 

  • Advancing healing justice by transforming mental health for queer and trans poc.

PFLAG

  • PFLAG is the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies.

Transgender Law Center 

  • "Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, we employ a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation."

BookRiot

  • #LGBTQ

LGBTQ Reads 

  • LGBTQ Reads is a site dedicated to promoting curated LGBTQIAP+ literature for all ages, run by author and blogger Dahlia Adler. 

Queer Liberation Library

  • Queer Liberation Library fights to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community.

Rainbow Book List

  • The Rainbow Book List, now in its 15th year, is an annual annotated bibliography consisting of quality LGBTQIA+ literature intended for readers from birth to age 18.

Goodreads allows community members to create themed lists of fiction and nonfiction books. Many of these lists will have overlap. These can be the most comprehensive lists of books, and book can be searched in Primo and checked out, or in WorldCat and requested through Interlibrary Loan.