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GLBTA LINKS

PA Diversity Network
Over  200 GLBTA friendly resources, more than 140 of them are verified GLBT friendly.  PDN's greater Lehigh Valley GLBT Infoline
is 610-Help-123 (610-435-7123).

Universal Fellowship of Metrolpolitan Community Churches

Gay Church Directory

Cathedral of Hope Church

Evangelicals Concerned - Creating Safe Places for GLBT Christians

CHICOMAX-Berks County's Leading Gay Informational Site

GAYELLOW PAGES

GAY & LESBIAN ISSUES coverage, commentary & community

GAY BY GOD-Bashert Ministries, Inc.

Pike's Peak MCC

Sirius Radio OutQ GLBT Radio

Air America Talk Radio

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SUPPORT
 
Lehigh Valley PFLAG
(support for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
610-967-5219 or 215-368-2473  
website: http://www.eastern-pa-pflag.org/

Reading PFLAG
610-488-7533 or 610-670-8029

Kindred Spirits
(support & social group for lesbians)
610-868-0248

Gay Men of the Lehigh Valley
(support & social group for gay men)
610-820-0977
gmlv@hotmail.com

Lehigh Valley Renaissance Association
(support and social group for transgendered persons)
610-821-2955, 610-797-8877, and 610-975-9119

A Common Bond
The international support network
of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender former
Jehovah's Witnesses.
P.O. Box 534, Reading, PA 19603. 

GLBT SUPPORTIVE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

Metropolitan Community Church of the Lehigh Valley  
610-709-8800
mcclehighvalley@yahoo.com
http://www.mcclv.org

Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley
610-866-7652
http://www.uuclvpa.org/

Integrity at Trinity Episcopal Church
(Gay and Lesbian Episcopalians)
610-867-4741
http://www.trinitybeth.org/


St. John's Lutheran Church
610-435-1587
 
St. John's Lutheran Church of Easton
610-258-6119

Unity Church of the Lehigh Valley
610-767-4417
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Resource List
Lehigh Valley Area


The Lehigh Valley Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
610-691-3411
 
Trinity Episcopal Church of Mt. Pocono
 
Pennsylvania All Together Now
An ecumenical group in the Greater Lehigh Valley for Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual, Co-gendered, Questioning, or Allied persons, to further full inclusion in our local Christian churches.

POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS

Lehigh Valley PA-GALA
(Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Alliance for Political Action)
610-432-5449 or Fax 610-820-8362  
http://www.pa-gala.org/

PUBLICATIONS

Valley Free Press
(Gay and Lesbian Opinion Newspaper)
610-432-5449
liztrish@aol.com
 
Philadelphia Gay News (PGN)
www.epgn.com

SOCIAL/RECREATIONAL GROUPS

GLORA
(Gays & Lesbians of Reading and Allentown - picnics, trips, game
nights)
GLORAinPA@aol.com

GLOSS
(Gay Lesbian Organized Sports Society)
info@gloss.org
(610) 434-2966
http://www.gloss.org

Barnes & Noble Gay and Lesbian Book Club
(Whitehall store, meets monthly)

Lehigh Valley Gay Men's Chorus
610-366-3320
lvgmc@hotmail.com
http://www.lvgmc.org

GLBT YOUTH

HAVEN I GLBTAQ Youth Group
(ages 14-18)
610-868-2153
havenyouthgroup@hotmail.com
http://www.uuclvpa.org/haven.htm

HAVEN2 GLBTAQ Young Adults Group
(ages 18-24)
610-868-2153
havenyouthgroup@hotmail.com


The Center for Gay and Lesbian Rights
215-731-1447 or Fax 215-731-1544

COUNSELING

Advocates for Behavioral Change
(offer relationship counseling)
610-434-7820

Psychological Services, Bethlehem
610-332-1705

Tom Baust
215-725-7999

Susan Smith & Shawn Bausher
484-884-5700

Anne Huey
(specializing in grief counseling)
610-434-1483  

Patricia Klein, M.S.
610-821-2955

Marjorie Rosen, M.Ed.
610-437-4840

James Fillman, M.A.
215-234-8319

Dorothy Lyos, M.A., Schuylkill County
570-366-3739

Gay & Lesbian Peer Counseling, Philadelphia
215-732-8255

HIV/AIDS

AIDS Outreach, Allentown
610-435-8424

The Lehigh Valley AIDSWALK
610-974-8701

AIDS Services Center at St. Luke's Hospital
641 E. Broad Street
Bethlehem PA 18018
610-974-8701
 
     Mailing Address:
     AIDS Services Center
     Department of Community Health
     St. Luke's Hospital
     801 Ostrum Street
     Bethlehem, PA 18015
 
F.A.C.T
610-820-5519

GLBT ACADEMIC & BUSINESS NETWORKING GROUPS

Equal at Agere
equal@agere.com

GLEE, Air Products
610-481-4911

GLISN, Dun & Bradstreet
610-882-6624

GLASS, Lehigh University
610-758-3469

GLBT Student Union, Northampton Community College
610-861-5541 x1389 or 610-822-2531

Rainbow Space, Muhlenberg College
610-821-3244

Out There, Cedar Crest College
610-437-4471

QuEST, Lafayette College
QuEST_Lafayette@hotmail.com

GLOW at PP&L coming soon

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

MCC (Metropolitan Community Churches)  
310-360-8640
info@MCCchurch.org    
http://www.MCCchurch.org

GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
213-931-9429

Family Pride Coalition
202-638-4200
info@pflag.org
http://www.pflag.org

GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian Straight Education Network)
glsen@glsen.org
http://www.glsen.org

NGLTF (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force)
202-332-6483
http://www.ngltf.org

HRC (Human Rights Campaign)
202-628-4160
http://www.hrc.org

National Youth Advocacy Coalition on Youth & Sexual Orientation 
202-319-7596  
http://www.nyacyouth.org

Advocates for Youth
202-347-5700

Out Youth (talk line)
800-969-6884 (5:30-9:00 p.m. Central Time)

Indiana Youth (talk line)
800-347-8336 (7:00-10:00 p.m.)

COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere) 
colage@colage.org

Trevor Helpline (for questioning youth and suicide prevention) 
800-850-8078


SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LINKS

Freedom to Marry

DontAmmend.com/The Equality Project

Equal Marriage

The Human Rights Campaign

In Defense of Gay Marriage

Lambda Legal Marriage Project

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

Queer Resource Directory

Religious Coalition For the Freedom To Marry

Religious Tolerance

Right To Marry Resource Group

LOCAL LINKS

Pride of the Greater Lehigh Valley

FACT-Fighting Aids Continuously Together

Valley Gay Press

Lehigh Valley Gay Men's Chorus

GLOSS-Gay and Lesbian Organized Sports Society

GLORA--Gay and Lesbian Organization of Reading

Berks Gay Mens Social Group

Diamonz Nightclub & Restaurant

Rainbow Mountain Resort

Renaissance Transgender Association

Katie Wannabe TG Salon/Boutique

Democracy For America


Online Degrees and Scholarships

Online Degree Programs & Scholarships

 

 

Further Reading
In alphabetical order according to author
 
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in
Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the
Fourteenth Century
 
 by John Boswell (1981)


Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe 
by John Boswell (1995)


Gay Theology Without Apology
by Gary David Comstock (1993)


Gifted by Otherness: Gay and Lesbian Christians in the Church
 by Louis William Countryman, M. R. Riley (2001)


The Word Is Out: Daily Reflections on the Bible for Lesbians and Gay Men
Coming Out to God: Prayers for Lesbians and Gay Men, Their Families and Friends

Coming Out As Sacrament

all by Chris Glaser


Jesus Acted Up: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto
by Robert Goss (1994)


Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus Acted Up
by Robert Goss (coming out in 2003)


Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship 
Edited by Robert Gross, and Amy Adams Squire Strongheart (1997)


Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible 
Edited by Robert E. Goss, and Mona West (2000)


What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality
by Daniel A. Helminiak (2000)


Openly Gay, Openly Christian: How the Bible Really Is Gay Friendly
by Rev. Samuel Kader (1999)


From Wounded Hearts: Faith Stories of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People and Those Who Love Them

Together in Love: Faith Stories of GLBT Couples
compiled by local Lehigh Valley editor, Roberta Showalter-Kreider (1998, 2002)


Freedom, Glorious Freedom: The Spiritual Journey to the Fullness of Life for Gays, Lesbians, and Everybody Else
by John J. McNeill (1996)


Taking a Chance on God: Liberating Theology for Gays, Lesbians, and Their Lovers, Families, and Friends
 by John J. McNeill (1996)           
 

The Church and the Homosexual
by John J. McNeill (1993)


The Children Are Free: Reexamining the Biblical Evidence on
Same-sex Relationships
by Rev. Jeff Miner, John Tyler Connoley, David Squire (2002)


Sensuous Spirituality: Out from Fundamentalism
by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott (1992)


The Lord Is My Shepherd and Knows I'm Gay
by Rev. Troy Perry, founder of Metropolitan Community Churches


Holy Homosexuals: The Truth About Being Gay or Lesbian and Christian
by Rev. Michael S. Piazza, Pastor MCC Dallas (1997)


Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 334)
by Ken Stone, Editor (2001)


Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America
by Mel White (1994)


Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus & the Bible 
by Nancy Wilson (2000)



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