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We are mentioning these links as ones we consider may be useful. We cannot guarantee that the whole web-site will be appropriate for use, nor can we guarantee the information found on them to be completely accurate. We share them with you so you can see what is available out there. Care will need to be taken on copyright: most sites will probably not mind being used in the classroom, however it is always wise to check.

For ease of use we have grouped the links by category. Some links may appear under more than one category heading where applicable.

Click the linked text below for the relevent subject area.

Bisexual

Bi and Bi-inclusive groups worldwide. Bisexual resource centre.

Bullying

VISIONARY
European Internet portal on school bullying and violence that addresses teachers, parents, professionals, pupils and others interested in the topic. The portal aims to help all who search for background information on school bullying and violence and its prevention, project descriptions, good practice, materials and other resources on school bullying and violence in the Internet. It furthermore aims to provide a platform to users who are interested in exchanging ideas and experiences with others on an International level.

http://www.bullying-in-school.info

TACKLING HATE CRIME  -  PAUL HARTNETT
Writer Paul Hartnett has worked as a Special Needs teacher in a number of schools and has been Head of two Learning Support departments in East London's Bethnal Green. He has also worked with Lancashire Constabulary on Hate Crime initiatives and has given talks to Police re issues relating to homophobia at Preston HQ.

Paul has also worked with School's Out on the subject of homophobic abuse, putting together this essay

Action Work
Actionwork Films, Theatre and Anti-Bullying.

www.actionwork.com

Bully.org
Anti-Bullying Events for Young People.

www.bully.org

Scotland's Antibullying Website
A very useful website from Scotland

http://www.antibullying.net/homophobicinfo3.htm

Stop Hate Now - A surrey campaign site to help the gay community with information, news, support and ways of reporting including third party. We believe there are many reasons why reporting is so low in Surrey and we can all do our bit to help raise the profile of hate crime and ways we can all report it. We understand that while confidence is low its time we speak out and tell the authorities about the issues surrounding our everyday lives

Current Campaigns: Educate Dont Segregate, Walk to StopHate 26th August 2007

StopHate Website available here

Leicestershire Anti Bullying Team STANCE Resource Pack
Leicester Anti Bullying Team has produced its unique whole school resource pack to enable school staff to address homophobia and homophobic bullying in secondary schools.

STANCE takes the form of pack containing ten resource books which is available to secondary schools

To visit the STANCE website click here

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Charities

Crusaid
Crusaid exists to make a difference to people living with and affected by HIV
and AIDS.

www.crusaid.org.uk

Terence Higgins Trust
HIV/AIDS information, safer sex, online booklets and help line.

www.tht.org.uk

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Coming Out

Gay Youth UK
Information on coming out.

www.gayyouthuk.org.uk/support/coming_out.phtml

Youth Information (part of National Youth Agency)
Useful advice and resources on coming out.

www.youthinformation.com/infopage.asp?snID=130

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Culture

Big Gay Read
A British site which links you to a recommended LGBT reading list, iInfo on authors and a chance for you to vote for your favourite book. You can even meet some of your favourite authors in scheduled online chats over the coming months.

www.biggayread.com

Roger Taber
"From the mother of a gay son: I am the mother of a gay son and am writing to tell you about a collection of poems I was given for Christmas - The Third Eye: poems by R. N. Taber. Like his other volumes - Love And Human Remains & First Person Plural - it has a gay section; there are also gay poems in other sections where appropriate. As far as I know, Roger Taber is the only contemporary poet who combines gay and other poems in his work. I have also seeen some of his gay poems in (general) Forward Press anthologies. My family enjoy Roger Taber's poetry very much but his gay poetry touches us in particular as it was not easy coming to terms with my son being gay. I have been in touch with Roger by e-mail. My son and the rest of our family especially applaud the fact that he expresses the view that gay poetry should no more be seen as a genre-within-a-genre separate from mainstream poetry/literature than gay men and women should be seen as separate from mainstream society. Details of his poetry collections are on amazon.co.uk as well as some reviews; there is also an amazon link on his home page."

hometown.aol.com/rogertab/myhomepage/poetry.html

Queer@Kings
An academic organisation within Kings College that runs a programme of speakers and conferences to raise issues of queer culture and academia.

www.queermatters.org/queerkcl.html

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Disability

Access 4 All - LGBT Disabled Peoples Forum
Access 4 All is the for the Brighton City area. The forum is open to anyone who self-identifies as a disabled and/or deaf lesbian, gay man, bisexual or transgender person. The aim of the Forum is to create a safe and welcoming space for us to meet together, raise awareness of the accessibility issues affecting us as LGBT disabled people and to discuss issues of importance or concern to us.

www.access-4-all.org.uk

GLAD - Greater London Action on Disability
GLAD is an organisation of disabled people which is working to improve the lives of disabled Londoners.

www.glad.org.uk

Regard – National (UK) organisation of disabled LGBT people
Regard aims to raise awareness of disability issues within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) communities, and to raise awareness of sexuality issues within the disability communities.

www.regard.org.uk

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Education

Battlefront
In a social education class it seemed to be acceptable to make homophobic comments when racism would have resulted in disciplinary action from the teacher. It seems that homophobia is a uniquely accepted form of prejudice. We want to do something to change this attitude. We also want to provide support for victims of homophobia.

battlefront.co.uk

NUT
NUT union useful material for lgbt teachers and students and tackling homophobia

www.teachers.org.uk/topichome.php?id=213

Links to LGBT Education and Research

http://kc.nimhe.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=Item.viewResource&intItemID=72056

Instant Display Teaching Resources
Teachers all recognise the importance of having an attractive, positive learning environment and spend an awful lot of energy and time creating wonderful displays in classrooms. The items on this website are intended to help you create that learning environment. They can be used as complete displays on their own or of course they can be additions to your existing displays, surrounded by childrens' work etc. Some poster sets also act as permanent displays - containing information which the children need almost constant access to.

www.instantdisplay.co.uk

The Safe Schools Coalition
The mission of The Safe Schools Coalition: An international public-private partnership in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth is to help schools - at home and all over the world - 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.

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/safe.html

East End Eye - Tower Hamlet's Comprehensive Pack on LGBT Issues for educational organisations:

http://www.eastendeye.org.uk/lgbt

Them and Us - A guide to anti-homophobia policies and practice in secondary schools (PDF)

Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into centers of justice where students learn to read, write and change the world. Includes an online book store
http://teachingforchange.org/index.html

GALE - The Global Alliance for LGBT Education
The Alliance for LGBT Education provides information and a platform for exchange for everyone who is concerned with education about the rights of lesbian women, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people. This website is the virtual platform of the Alliance. Here you will find lots of information, ranging from simple exercises to do in a group to elaborate campaigns for attitude change.

http://www.lgbt-education.info/en/home

Details and information for guidance on all forms of bullying, including homophobic bullying, in schools can be found on the Teachernet website. Click the image below for visit their site

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Help and Advice

Care Services Improvement Partnership
The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) was created in 2005 by the integration of a number of initiatives supporting the development of services to help improve people’s lives. Commissioned by the Department of Health and other agencies CSIP aims to achieve this by supporting the implementation of national policy for local benefit. We work with communities, systems and organisations that are engaged with health and social care needs.

Attached is a document with direct links for the LGBT community for reference: (word)
CSIP website: www.csip.org.uk

Counselling Directory
A support network of UK counsellors and psychotherapists, with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling covered, fees and contact details. Free, confidential and easy to use.
Counselling Directory

Equality Britain
Equality Britain's main aim is to continue to provide practical and efficient media tools enabling employers and service providers to send a positive message to all sections of the community. Click the image below to visit their website: -

Gay Activists Alliance
The GAA was formed during the Stonewall riots in America in 1969 by dissident members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and became active in 1970 campaigning for Human Rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community of America
Through the commitment of the GAA and the GLF the campaign for the Human Rights of the LGBT communities became more active and the beginning of the long struggle for acceptance that we also campaign for today
The GAA are a non government funded equality and human rights campaign group
The GAA are peaceful but demonstrative groups and individuals from the worldwide community that campaign for the equality and human rights of the LGBT and Intersexual communities around the worldwww.gayactivistsalliance.org

London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
Offering calm words 24 hours a day about love, life, safer sex and practically everything else.

www.llgs.org.uk

PACE
London's largest lesbian and gay counselling and mental health project.

www.pacehealth.org.uk

Queery – LGBT community directory
A community driven directory for LGBT life . With listings and links for services and resources, scene and non-scene, community and voluntary, commercial and business - support and information, town and country UK-wide. Listings of gay venues and services in the UK can be found on The site it was developed to serve the needs of the lesbian and gay communities, and to allow those callers unable to get through on the LLGS phoneline or other helplines serving the lesbian and gay communities to find the information they need.

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Lesbians

British lesbians throughout history
Useful information about British women who have contributed to lesbian history such as Ethel Smyth and Mrs Pankhurst, Eva Gore-Booth and Esther Roper, The Ladies of Llangollan and Mary Anning.

www.rowfant.demon.co.uk

Hilly Bits – by women for women
Lesbian information.

Herstory
A site that can you take you to many other sites that has useful information on lesbian history such as

www.lesbian.com/herstory/herstory_intro.html

Isle of Lesbos
A place of art, culture, and learning dedicated to lesbian and bisexual women.

On this site you will find a wealth of historical literary material and images celebrating romantic love between women -as well as the joys of sisterhood.”

Lesbians of colour
The history of lesbians of colour is hidden between the lines of heterosexual, male and white history. Although lesbians of colour have always been present in all facets of daily life and social movements, it was not until the late 1970s, that lesbians of colour began energetically organizing "out" groups, compiling anthologies and reclaiming our history. This site is dedicated to locating and making this herstory accessible.

www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/loc.html

Lesbian History Project
A lesbian history research site.

www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/main.html

Lesbian History Timeline
Timeline of lesbian history attempts to be international but US based, all sorts of fascinating info.

www.swade.net/lesbian/tribal_chant/les_hist.html

Zuna Institute
This excellent Black Lesbian site from the States is both informative and
exciting with an excellent Slide Presentation of Inspiring Black Lesbians.

www.zunainstitute.org

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LGBT Groups

Amnesty International UK
LGBT page of Amnesty International

www.amnesty.org.uk/lgbt

Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association
The only autonomous national organisation worldwide for gay and lesbian humanists.

Embrace Network
A Network of LGBT organisations in the East Anglian Region

www.embracenetwork.org.uk

Intercom Trust
Works to build a South West where lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people can live and work amongst our neighbours without prejudice and without fear. Has a section that works in schools JAAHB lead agency in tackling homophobic bullying in schools. The project is based in Devon, but our help and resources are available across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

http://www.intercomtrust.org.uk/

International Lesbian and Gay Association
A world-wide network of over 400 national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for LGBT people. Founded in 1978.

www.ilga.org

The London Gay Reading Group
Monthly reading group in London. The site offers descriptions of the books (mostly fiction) read and discussed by the group since its creation in 2001.

www.lgrg.cjb.net

Stonewall
UK based lobby group working for equality and justice for LGBT people.

New Zealand AIDS Foundation

http://www.outthere.org.nz/

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LGBT History

365.com: gay Canada’s online daily newspaper
Useful site with info on a variety of historical figures and info on events based on months of the year.

www.365gay.com/lifestylechannel/intime/Index.htm

The Borthwick Institute: pages on sources for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered History
Inspired by the 2005 Lesbian and Gay History Month. As part of the University of York and as an archive used by students, academics and members of the general public we wanted to produce a website which would encourage researchers to consider LGBT history and provide a teaching resource (aimed largely but not only at undergraduate courses) with general research guidance and sample "case studies" from the 16th to the 18th centuries, taken from the documents we hold here. A grant to design and develop the site was provided by the University of York's Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum Project from the HEFCE Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund.

www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/guideleaflets/lbg/doc1.htm

Brighton Our Story: 200 years of lesbian and gay history
Site of the Brighton our story project with detailed history of LGBT Brighton.

http://www.brightonourstory.co.uk/

Canadian LGBT archives
Lots of info including photos of past and present LGBT people.

Gay history and literature
Essays written by author and editor Rictor Norton.

www.infopt.demon.co.uk/gayhist.htm

The GLBT Historical Society Library and Archives
Contain materials primarily about GLBT life in Northern California. We also have some material from under-represented groups from around the world and about GLBT life prior to 1970. Also has pictures of same sex marriages before 2004 .

GLBTQ
Aiming to be the most comprehensive, accessible, and authoritative encyclopaedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (glbtq) culture.

The Hall-Carpenter Archives (HCA)
Named after the authors Marguerite Radclyffe Hall and Edward Carpenter, founded in 1980. National LGB archive for the UK They have three different archives each on a separate site in London : 1) The Hall-Carpenter Archives main collection (papers of campaign organisations, periodicals and printed ephemera) 2) The Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive (cuttings from national, local and foreign newspapers, badges and banners) 3) The HCA Oral History collection (oral history tapes and transcripts).

hallcarpenter.tripod.com

Holocaust material
Material on the Holocaust produced by KM L i n k M u s e u m C o n s u l t a n c y which advises on gay and lesbian history projects through conferences, research and media work.

www.xs4all.nl/~kmlink/07gayhistory/framegayhistory.htm

International Association of Gay and Lesbian Children of Survivors of the Holocaust
The site offers resources on the Holocaust.

www.infotrue.com/gay.html

Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Historical and Celebrity Figures

home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/celebs-list.html

Northwest History Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project (USA)
"Sexual minority history in the Seattle area and the Pacific Northwest”, the site also has suggestion for a questionnaire to use when gathering oral history from LGBT people.

Nottingham Lesbian and Gay Switchboard's History Project
The website looks at developments in Nottingham and nationally since 1967. Extracts from interviews with lesbians and gay men of all ages bring comments on "coming out" and the "pre-1967" situation. There are sections on areas of discrimination and mental health issues as well as an up-to-date look at recent changes in the law. The site also carries a news page and an on-line version of Nottingham's Queer Bulletin.

Paragraph 175
Educational resources based around the documentary Paragraph 175 . Paragraph 175 was a 1871 German law, amended by the Nazis and kept on the German law books until 1969, because of it some of the victims who were there for homosexuality were sent directly to prison and that it took years for them to be recognised as victims of the concentration camps (The official apology from the German government came in 2001!!!).

www.tellingpictures.com/outreach/index.html

Pink Triangle
The History of the Gay Male and Lesbian Experience during World War II.

Reclaiming History
Some famous LGBT people throughout history.

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Older LGBT people

Polari
Working strategically for more lesbian and gay friendly services to older people.

www.polari.org

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Race/Ethnicity

Scottish Executive Education Department Anti Racist Toolkit
A project funded by the Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED) following recommendations made in the report of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (Macpherson Report, 1999) regarding the need to include anti-racism within the curriculum.

http://www.antiracisttoolkit.org.uk

Black Gay Men's Advisory Group
Independent group of black gay and bisexual men of African and African/Caribbean parentage working for and on behalf of other black men who have sex with men.

www.bgmag.org.uk

Imaan
A social support group for Muslim lesbian, gays, bisexuals, transgender, those questioning their sexuality or gender identity and their friends and supporters.

www.imaan.org.uk

Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group
Providing an atmosphere of friendship and support for Jewish gays, lesbians, bisexuals and their partners.

www.jglg.org.uk

UK Black Out
We have created this site for black lgbt people and their friends . This is a site for everyone! No matter what race you are, we all share a common philosophy -- that is, that we welcome diversity. Rejoice, enjoy, and explore the diversities, differences, and excitement of our cultures. Let's work towards making a world where there is no racism, prejudice and homophobia. It's our diversity that makes us strong! Although the site is titled 'UK Black Out', we do not mean to exclude any race. We are simply trying to provide a service for which there is a gap in the market. Everyone is welcomed to participate. We do not promote racial divide. In fact, we will post information on any topic which we think is relevant to our audience, be it black, white, Asian, or Latin.

www.ukblackout.com/index.html

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Religion

Imaan
A social support group for Muslim lesbian, gays, bisexuals, transgender, those questioning their sexuality or gender identity and their friends and supporters.

www.imaan.org.uk

Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group
Providing an atmosphere of friendship and support for Jewish gays, lesbians, bisexuals and their partners.

www.jglg.org.uk

Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM)
A UK based international charity for an inclusive church.

www.lgcm.org.uk

Young LGBT Christians (YLGC)
YLGC is a place for young LGBT Christians to meet, socialise, hear from each other and support each other. We are based around an email list, and have quarterly meetings and regular social activities.

http://www.ylgc.org.uk/

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The Beaumont Society
UK based transgender support group.

www.beaumontsociety.org.uk

The Croydon Trans Group
Social and Support group for TV and TS people

http://www.croydonlgbtnetwork.org.uk/trans.htm

FTM Network for female to male transgender and transsexual people
Browse the links for further details. This site aims to provide information for female to male trans people, particularly those in the UK (but much is relevant elsewhere) to help them decide what they wish to do. The site includes lots of practical advice, and hopefully will prove a useful resource.

www.ftm.org.uk/

Gender Identity Research and Education Society
The aim of this website is to inform a wide public of the issues surrounding gender identity and transsexualism. It is also a resource for gender dysphoric people and their families; the medical and other professionals that provide their care, including clinicians and the police; Health Authorities; Members of Parliament and other policy makers; employers; the media.

www.gires.org.uk

The Gender Trust
The Gender Trust specifically helps adults who are Transsexual, Gender Dysphoric or Trangender i.e. those who seek to adjust their lives to live as women or men, or to come to terms with their situation despite their genetic background. There are a number services that we can supply: information about trained counsellors, psychologists and psychotherapists; advice on initiating the proper referral procedure to a choice of psychiatrists; help for those who are Intersex, and try to provide care for partners and families of all these individuals; guidance and information for those who may encounter gender issues in the course of their work, including employers, social workers, welfare workers, the media and the medical profession.

www.gendertrust.org.uk

Inner Enigma
Inner Enigma is charity supporting intersexed and transsexual people, primarily in the Manchester area of the UK. We run a monthly social meeting in central Manchester at a sympathetic, lively venue.

www.innerenigma.org.uk

Mermaids
Mermaids is a support group for gender variant children and teenagers . Our aims are simple: We aim to support children and teenagers up to age 19, who are trying to cope with gender identity issues. In support of this one aim, we also intend to: offer support to parents, families, carers, and others; raise awareness about gender issues amongst professionals (e.g. teachers, doctors, social services, etc.) and the general public; campaign for the recognition of this issue and the increase in professional services.

www.mermaids.freeuk.com/

Press for Change
This site aims to be a newspaper, library and resource centre rolled into one. Nowhere else in the world will you find such a comprehensive collection of information about the trans rights campaign, and details about the legal, medical, political and social issues surrounding the people it represents. If you're a trans person, we aim to raise your consciousness. If you're a researcher or a journalist we want you to have everything you could possibly want to report us accurately and fairly. If you're a campaigner already, we want to provide you with the very best resources. And if you're not, we'd like to show you what an astonishing challenge we face.

www.pfc.org.uk/

The web archive of the Press for Change news distribution provides a detailed day-by-day historical resource covering news events in British trans lives of the last eight years

www.pfc.org.uk/pfclists/news-arc/index.htm

Galop and Central School of Speech and Drama - Voice and Movement Workshops
Free workshops for all trans people on Thursday evenings.
Click here for the brochure (pdf)
www.galop.org.uk

Roberta Cowell
Very comprehensive site with a film about Roberta Cowell who was the very first British transsexual.

www.transgenderzone.com/features/roberta_cowell.htm

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Youth

Albert Kennedy Trust
Supporting lesbian, gay and bisexual young people.

http://www.akt.org.uk

Gay Youth Corner
Serving over four million pages every month and with an average of 100 new people joining the community every day, TheGYC is the top international gay youth web site based in the UK.

www.thegyc.com

Gay Youth UK
The aim of the site, is to provide as much information, support, help and advice to all gay youth within the UK. In fact, not just gay youth, but those who may be questioning their own sexuality, or who may be bisexual.

www.gayyouthuk.org.uk/

Gay and Lesbian Youth In Calderdale (GALYIC)
In partnership with the National CAMHS Support Service, GALYIC have developed a webpage as part of the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), Children young people and families programme.  The page includes links to relevant policies, evidence base, information and resources for young LGBT people, parents and workers.  It can be accessed at:

http://www.csip.org.uk/~cypf/social-inclusion/social-inclusion.html

To visit GALYIC's website, please click here www.galyic.org.uk

LGBT Youth Scotland
LGBT Youth Scotland believes that schools have a key role to play in providing a safe and secure environment for every one of their students.

www.lgbtyouth.org.uk

The Queer Youth Alliance
The UK Alliance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Young People. We are the first and only national organisation run by and for LGBT Youth Peoples Chat, Friend Finder, Homeless gay and lesbian LGBT youth projects, links and listings of all the major LGBT Youth Organisations across the UK.

www.queeryouth.org.uk

Sticks and Stones
Rural Media's Sticks and Stones Project - a place where young LGB people can chat with others about how best to deal with anti-gay attitudes and homophobic bullying. It's a great opportunity to meet lots of other people, via the forum or in the making of a series of 4 short films about life as a young gay, lesbian or bisexual person in rural areas.

http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk/sticks/

ThinkB4YouSpeak.com
Campaign site for Educators and Parents around combatting the use of 'That's So Gay'. An interactive website supported by the GLSEN

Voyager House Website – Youth links
Links to a range of youth and information/advice websites.

Out There!
A Queer Youth Development Project for Aotearoa New Zealand

http://www.outthere.org.nz/

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