LesBiGay Families
Local Resources
COLAGE
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
WNY chapter ~ www.clearahead.com/colage.nsf
Human Rights Campaign/PARENTING
This site contains a great deal of info and many links including “Custody and Visitation Laws: State by State,” adoption, donor insemination, foster parenting, surrogacy, etc.
National website www.colage.org
Group for TEENS of GAY & LESBIAN PARENTS Trinity Church
contact Rev. Donna L. Maree ~ dlmaree@trinitybuffalo.org
Online Resources
By clicking on any of the website links listed below, you will be leaving the GLYS website. Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY, Inc., is not responsible for the graphics and/or content on these links or resource pages.
ALL THINGS QUEER: GAY LESBIAN ISSUES
coverage, commentary & community ~for people with brains *and* an
attitude!
Family, Parenting & Parental Rights
http://www.rslevinson.com/gaylesissues/resources/glc_parenting.htm
Books on Lesbian & Gay Parenting
American Psychological Association
www.apa.org/pi/l&bbks.html
Books on Parenting in Alternative Families
The Institute for 21st Century Relationships
www.lovethatworks.org/parenting_books.html
Choices Counseling & Consulting
Contains a variety of resources.
The website of Arlene Istar Lev, LCSW, CASAC
www.choicesconsulting.com/areas/subs/lgp.html
Empower Yourself as a Lesbian or Bisexual Parent
Short, but perhaps helpful to someone.
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/pdf/womens/postcards.pdf
Family and Parenting – resources on Lesbian.com
www.lesbian.com/familyparent/family_intro.htm
Family Pride Coalition- advocacy, education, support
www.familyequality.org
Gabi Clayton’s Resources: Family/Friends/relationships
Gay.com- Families
Lesbian and gay parenting: A new family form
www.gay.com/families/article.html?sernum=377
Gay/Lesbian Issues: Making Babies/Being Parents 10/03/1997
www.rslevinson.com/gaylesissues/features/main/gl971003.htm
Gay Parent Magazine – www.gayparentmag.com
Human Rights Campaign/Parenting
http://www.hrc.org/issues/parenting.asp
Independent Lens ~ “Daddy & Papa”
Info about the film, but the URL takes you to “Gay Parenting: Fact vs. Fiction”
www.pbs.org/independentlens/daddyandpapa/parenting.html
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
The Issues: Parenting
http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/parenting_and_family
OurWorldToo.com
The Ultimate Gay & Lesbian Parenting Resource
(offers merchandise for sale, but along to top are links to info)
http://ourworldtoo.com
Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couples
“The Gay Parent: Challenging the Myths”
by Demian © October 2004, Demian
www.buddybuddy.com/parent-1.html
Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couples
The Web site contains more than 250 essays, surveys, legal articles and resources on legal marriage, ceremonies, domestic partner benefits, relationship tips, parenting, and immigration. The Web site contains more than 250 essays, surveys, legal articles and resources on legal marriage, ceremonies, domestic partner benefits, relationship tips, parenting, and immigration. www.buddybuddy.com
Proud Parenting.com
www.proudparenting.com
TransParentcy
Supporting the loving and caring relationship between Transgender Parents and their Children.
www.transparentcy.org
ADOPTION
ACLU: “Arkansas Anti-Gay Foster Care Ban Overturned 12/29/2004
www.aclu.org/LesbianGayRights/LesbianGayRights.cfm?ID=17243&c=100
American Academy of Pediatrics
Coparent or Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics%3b109/2/339
Adoption Education Center – Working with Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents
www.adoptions.com/aecgaylez.html#dilemma
Lambda Legal Overview of State Adoption Laws (12/15/04)
http://www.lambdalegal.org/our-work/issues/marriage-relationships-family/parenting/
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issue_families
If you know of other sites that should be included here, or if a site no longer exists, please let us know (glyswny@gmail.com)!
