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

• Charlottesville Gay CVille
• Equality Prince William
• Shenandoah Valley Gay and Lesbian Association
• VA Pride (Richmond)
• NoVA Pride
• Doorways No VA

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

• Equality Virginia
• Equality Maryland

Family Resources

• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
• Family Equality Council
• HRC Family Net
• Family Diversity Projects

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

• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
• Gay & Lesbian National Hotline
• Gay Men’s Peer Counseling
• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays – DC Metro Chapter (PFLAG)
• Straight Spouse Network

Media Resources

• The Advocate Online
• Falls Church News-Press
• The Gay Military Signal
• Genre Magazine
• The Lesbian News
• Metro Weekly
• Virginia Newspaper Links
• The Washington Blade
• The Washington Post

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

• Arlington County Board of Elections
• Arlington County Democratic Committee
• Arlington County Republican Party
• Arlington Young Democrats LGBT Caucus
• Arlington Young Democrats
• Arlington/Falls Church Young Republicans

Virginia Political Resources

• Log Cabin Republican Club of Virginia
• Virginia General Assembly
• Virginia House of Delegates
• Virginia Legislature Online
• Virginia Partisans Gay & Lesbian Democratic Club
• Virginia Senate
• Virginia Absentee Ballot Information
• Virginia Voter Registration Information

National Political Links

• Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
• Lavender Green Caucus
• Log Cabin Republicans
• National Stonewall Democrats
• US House of Representatives
• US Senate

Professional Resources

• National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association
• Northern Virginia Gay & Lesbian Professionals
• Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• GayLaw
• Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies

Faith Organizations & Groups

• Augustana Lutheran Church
• Al-Fatiha (LGBTQ Muslims)
• Affirmation (GLBT Mormons)
  • Affirmation DC
• 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

• Metropolitan Area Gender Identity Connection (MAGIC)
• Transgender Education Association (TGEA)

Health Resources

• American Psychological Association Resources
  • Answers on Homosexuality
  • Just The Facts About Sexual Orientation And Youth: A Primer For Principals, Educators, and School Personnel
  • Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns Program
• 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

• Campus Pride
• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
• Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
• Gay Student Center
• GLBT National Youth Hotline (25 and under)
• Matthew’s Place
• Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL)
• Trevor Project (Suicide Prevention)

Special Events

• AIDS Walk Washington
• Capital Pride
• Cherry Fund
• Reel Affirmations Film Festival

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