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OutProud: The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth
The site for OutProud, The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth, offers a wide range of resources for youth and educators.
PFLAG: Parent, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays
PFLAG is a national non-profit organization with a membership of over 80,000 households and more than 450 affiliates worldwide. It promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered 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 Tucson
Has a help line at (520) 360-3795, and provides panels to organizations seeking more information on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Wingspan
Wingspan is Southern Arizona's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community center. Some of the programs available to youth are a weekly discussion and support group, a tutoring program, and a homeless youth program.
Youth Resource
A project of Advocates for Youth, this virtual safe zone for GLBT youth provides links, online forums, and listservs for queer youth to get connected. Ambiente Joven is the virtual safe zone for Spanish-speaking GLBT youth.

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Connors, Paul G. Homosexuality.
306.766 H754 2008 Teen
Covering today's most current national and international issues, this series introduces the reader to all sides of contemporary controversies in an objective and comprehensive way by providing a wide spectrum of primary sources written by many of the foremost authorities in their respective fields.
Williams, Mary E. Homosexuality: opposing viewpoints.
305.90664 H754 1999 Teen
Debates differing views on the causes of homosexuality, discrimination against gays, and the religious, psychological, and social issues.
Ojeda, Auriana. Homosexuality.
363.49 H754 2004
Presents varying opinions about the state of homosexuality in the United States, an examines the rights of gays, moral issues, and gender identity.

Updated August 2008

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