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Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered (GLBT) Community
*** This Guide is No Longer Being Actively Maintained ***
By Gary H. Jones, MLS
The GLBT community is frequently underserved when it comes to social services, government, cultural and library resources. This pathfinder is an attempt to identify local and national resources that will assist the GLBT community in locating resources to meet their needs including: medical/health resources; human rights advocacy; educational and recreational resources.
Please Choose from the Following:
Encyclopedia
Books & AudioBooks
Magazines
Databases
Websites
Local Resources
Related Pathfinders
Encyclopedia
Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang
Baker, Paul
London: Continuum, 2004.
306.7 BAK
Books & AudioBooks
Here are some useful Subject Headings to search for materials:
(try both plural and singular spellings):
Gays
Lesbians
Bisexual
Homosexuality
Sexual orientation
Transsexuals
Books
Homosexuality: Debating the Issues
by Robert M. Baird, Ed.
Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1995.
306.76 HOM
Why Marriage? The History Shaping Today’s Debate Over Gay Equality
by George Chauncey
New York: Basic Books, 2004.
306.848 CHA
The Gay Almanac
New York: Berkley Books, 1996.
305.766 GAY
The Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to the Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People
by Nan D. Hunter
New York: New York University Press, 2004.
342.73 HUN
Teens & Gay Issues
by Hal Marcovitz
Broomall, PA: Mason Crest, 2005.
305.235 MAR
Gay & Lesbian
Rights: A Guide for GLBT Singles, Couples and Families
by Brette McWhorter Sember
Naperville, IL: Sphinx Pub., 2003.
342.73 SEM
Everyday Activism: A Handbook for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People and Their Allies
by Stevenson & Cogan, Ed.
New York: Routledge, 2003.
305.906 EVE
Homosexuality and the Law: A Dictionary
by Chuck Stewart
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2001.
346.73 STE
AudioBooks
Hot Target
by Suzanne Brockmann
Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio, 2005.
CD FIC BROCKMANN
A Home at the End of the World
by Michael Cunningham
New York: Audio Renaissance, 2004.
CD FIC CUNNINGHAM
The Birth of Venus: A Novel
by Sarah Dunant
Santa Ana, CA: Books on Tape, 2004.
CD FIC DUNANT
Maurice
by E.M. Forster
England: Sterling Audio Books, 1996.
CASS FIC FORSTER
Barrel
Fever and Other Stories
by David Sedaris
New York: Time Warner Audiobooks, 1998.
CASS 813.01 SED
Magazines
The Advocate. Los Angeles: Liberation Publications, 1967-
OUTWords, 2003- (OCPL Central, Local History/Genealogy Dept.)
The Pink Paper 1989-2001 (OCPL Central, Local History/Genealogy Dept.)
Databases
For articles about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered (GLBT) Community, see OCPL’s Online Databases. Here you can access magazine and journal articles, newspapers, and reference books 24 hours a day using your OCPL library card.
For in-library use of the online databases, please see a librarian.
NOVEL (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library) is an electronic collection of books, e-journals, full text magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and other databases licensed on a statewide basis for libraries and remote locations such as home, school and office.
NewsBank – The Post-Standard
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.
Websites
The Body - The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource
Information in more than 555 topic areas, including:
AIDS Basics & Prevention
Just Diagnosed
Treatment
Quality of Life
Policy & Activism
HIV Around the World
Conferences
SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States)
“Affirms that sexuality is a fundamental part of being human, one that is worthy of dignity and respect. We advocate for the right of all people to accurate information, comprehensive education about sexuality and sexual health services.”
Local Resources
AIDS Community Resources
Through its staff and volunteers, AIDS Community Resources responds to the AIDS epidemic by working to:
Prevent the incidence of HIV infection
Enhance the quality of life for people infected with affected by HIV/AIDS
Collaborate in communities to address HIV/AIDS-related needs
Facilitate access to available resources
End discrimination
627 West Genesee Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
315-475-2430
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups
A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experiences, strengths, and hopes in order to solve their common problems. Various locations around the area, call for schedule information on meetings.
1118A Court Street, Room 35
Syracuse, NY 13208
315-471-0191
American Indian Community House HIV/AIDS Anycum OCE Network
Assists Native American communities providing culturally appropriate referral and case management services for Native Americans with HIV/AIDS.
306 S. Salina St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-234-2424
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center, Syracuse University
The mission of the LGBT Resource Center is to provide education, advocacy, support, and safe communal space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and straight-allied students, staff, faculty, parents, and alumni of Syracuse University. Through the LGBT Resource Center’s services, the Center supports the overall mission of the university, "to promote learning through teaching, research, scholarship, creative accomplishment, and service”. The LGBT Resource Center works collaboratively with all faculty, staff, and students to promote shared responsibility for a campus climate that is safe, healthy, supportive, and respectful for students, faculty, staff, and alumni who are LGBT or questioning.
750 Ostrom Ave
Syracuse, NY 13244
315-443-3983
The Living Room
A drop in center for all persons affected or infected by HIV/AIDS, lunch is provided on Monday and Wednesday.
401 Montgomery St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-478-0367
PFLAG (Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
To promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination, and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG provides the opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
First Unitarian Universalists Society
250 Waring Rd.
Syracuse, NY 13224
315-446-5940
Pride Community Center
709 E. Genesee St.
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-426-1650
The Stonewall Committee
246 E. Water St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-476-6226
Related Pathfinders
New York Public Library GLBT Resources
Last updated: July 14, 2010