Resources
Below are links to connect you with all things LGBTQ in and around the area
- County & Local Groups
- Metro DC Groups
- Social & Entertainment Groups
- Theater
- State Links
- Family Resources
- Sports Groups
- Support Groups
- Media Resources
- Online Resources
- National Resources
- International Resources
- Political Resources
- Professional Resources
- Faith Organizations & Groups
- Transgender Resources
- Health Resources
- Youth Organizations
- Special Events
- Gay Owned & Supportive Businesses
Local LGBTQ Community Groups
County & Local Groups
Metro DC Groups
- Go Gay DC – Metro DC’s LGBTQ Community Club
- Brother Help Thyself
- Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- The DC Center for the LGBT Community
- Food & Friends
- Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA)
- Metropolitan Police Department Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit, Washington, DC
- One in Ten
- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays – DC Metro Chapter (PFLAG)
- Rainbow History
Social & Entertainment Groups
- Imperial Court of Washington, DC
- D.C.’s Different Drummers
- DC Lambda Squares (square dancing club)
- DC Prime Timers (mature men and their admirers)
- Dulles Triangles (Fairfax social group)
- Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC
- Lambda Sci Fi
- Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington DC
- The Ushers (theater group)
Theater
- The American Century Theatre
- Arena Stage
- Arlington Arts
- The Arlington Players
- Classika Theatre
- Dominion Stage (Arlington)
- Ganymede Arts
- Helen Hayes Awards
- Keegan Theatre
- The Kennedy Center
- The Little Theatre of Alexandria
- National Theater
- Olney Theatre Center
- Round House Theatre (MD)
- Signature Theatre (Arlington)
- Shakespeare Theatre Company
- Springfield Community Theater
- Studio Theatre
- Teatro de la Luna
- Warner Theatre
- Washington Shakespeare Company
- Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company
State Links
Family Resources
Sports Groups
- Adventuring (sporting activities)
- Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association
- Capital Area Rainbowlers Association
- DC Front Runners (gay and lesbian running club)
- Lambda Divers (scuba group, DC/Baltimore)
- Lambda Links (golf)
- Rainbow Spinnakers (GLBT sailing group out of Alexandria)
- SMASH (Sexual Minority Athletic Sports & Health) Group – (NoVa sports club)
- Team DC – (Umbrella org for all LGBT sports teams)
Support Groups
Media Resources
Online Resources
- AfterEllen.com (lesbian an bi women’s Entertainment news)
- AfterElton.com (gay and bi men’s Entertainment news)
- FreedomToMarry.org
- Gay and Lesbian History of the 20th Century
- Matthew Shepard Online Resources
National Resources
- AIDS Memorial Quilt
- Charles R. Williams Project on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy
- Diversity Builder Referral Network
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
- Gay & Lesbian National Hotline
- Gay Financial Network (GFN)
- Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
- GLBT National Help Center
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- I Am Your Neighbor
- Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies
- Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network
- Let Us Give Blood
- National AIDS Memorial Grove
- National Black Justice Coalition
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
- Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples
- Pride at Work (LGBT Organized Labor)
- Outserve
- Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
- StoneWall Society
- Straight Spouse Network
- Women in the Life (Lesbians of Color)
International Resources
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
- Soul Force (national and international religious denominations)
Political Resources
Local Political Resources
Virginia Political Resources
National Political Links
Professional Resources
Faith Organizations & Groups
- Augustana Lutheran Church
- Al-Fatiha (LGBTQ Muslims)
- Affirmation (GLBT Mormons)
- Bet Mishpachah
- Celebration Center of Religious Science
- Clarendon Presbyterian Church
- Dignity USA (GLBT Catholics)
- Equal Partners in Faith
- Hope United Church of Christ
- Integrity (Episcopal)
- The Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland
- Lutherans Concerned Metro Washington, D.C. (LCMWDC)
- Metropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia
- Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, DC
- MyOutSpirit.com (gay spiritual blog)
- National City Christian Church
- New Beginnings Christian Church (Richmond, 90% GLBT)
- People of Faith for Equality in Virginia
- Religious Tolerance.org
- Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ
- Soulforce (national and international religious denominations)
- St. George’s Episcopal Church
- The Church of St. Clement (Episcopal)
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
- Washington Plaza Baptist Church
Transgender Links
Health Resources
- American Psychological Association Resources
- Arlington County AIDS/STD Services
- Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
- HIV and Hepatitis.Com
- Hepatitis-Central (Over 2,000 pages of Hepatitis C Information)
- The Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer
- Metro TeenAIDS
- NIH Vaccine Research Center
- Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry (NOVAM)
- Whitman-Walker Clinic
Youth Organizations
Special Events
Gay Owned & Supportive Businesses
- Alexander & Associates (Long & Foster, REALTORS)
- Cook Bros. (Arlington’s Design/Build Remodeling Contractor
- Freddie’s Beach Bar and Restaurant
- Java Shack (Arlington)
- John Plank Real Estate Services, Inc.
- Minuteman Press Crystal City
- Studio B Fitness (Private studio in Tysons. E-mail mikeboland@studiobfitness.com for a brochure with a discount coupon)
- The Gale Storm Team, Realtors
- Wicked Jezebel (all girl/lesbian friendly band)
- WolfMountain Glass
Arlington Links
- Animal Welfare League of Arlington
- Arlington Alert! (Register for Emergency Alerts via e-mail, cell phone text messaging, pager, or PDA)
- Arlington County Fair
- Arlington County Government
- Arlington County Police Department Gay and Lesbian Liaison Team (GLLT)
- Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC)
- Arlington Public Schools
- Arlington New Directions Coalition
- A-SPAN (Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network)
- Doorways for Women and Families