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Here are some of our favorite resources:

Selected Web Sites

Parity Information, programs and resources for faith leaders, individuals, families and organizations at the intersection of faith and LGBTQ+. https://parity.nyc/

Family Acceptance Project http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/
Since 2002, a research-based family model of prevention and care to decrease family rejection and increase family support for 
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adolescents.

The National LGBTQ Task Force (http://www.welcomingresources.org/index.htm) has extensive, interdenominational resources: http://www.welcomingresources.org/links.htm

Special mention:

Organizations within denominations that are LGBT supportive, an important resource for working with persons from various denominations and faith traditions: http://www.welcomingresources.org/links.htm

The Human Rights Campaign comprehensive religion and faith section: http://www.hrc.org/topics/religion-faith

Unitarian Universalist Association’s extensive list of resources: http://www.uua.org/lgbtq/ and especially good religious education curriculum with a healthy, holistic view of sexuality: Our Whole Lives (http://www.uua.org/re/owl/)

United Church of Christ LGBT Ministries: http://www.ucc.org/lgbt

Fortunate Families Through accompaniment and bridge-building we seek to celebrate and safeguard the dignity of LGBTQ+ children of God. https://fortunatefamilies.com

Also worth checking out:

PFLAG Faith https://pflag.org/search?keys=faith

Gender Spectrum https://www.genderspectrum.org/explore-topics/faith/

GLAAD http://www.glaad.org/programs/faith

Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry http://www.clgs.org/

Gay Christian Network https://www.gaychristian.net/ (includes an online community)

Many Voices https://www.manyvoices.org

Our Bible App https://www.ourbibleapp.com/

Selected books and references:

Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity
James Martin, SJ.

Bible, Gender, Sexuality: Reframing the Church's Debate on Same-Sex Relationships
James V. Brownson, PhD

Changing Our Mind: Definitive 3rd Edition of the Landmark Call for Inclusion of LGBTQ Christians with Response to Critics
David P. Gushee, PhD

God vs. Gay?: The Religious Case for Equality
Jay Michaelson

Unashamed: A Coming-Out Guide For LGBTQ Christians
Amber Cantorna

Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know about Life and Love and how it Can Revitalize Christianity
Elizabeth M. Edman

Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology
Pamela R. Lightsey

Jesus and the Disinherited
Howard Thurman

The Michael Eric Dyson Reader
Michael Eric Dyson

Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
Kelly Brown Douglas

The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality, and Gender (Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology)  
Adrian Thatcher Especially Chapter 39, Intersex and Transgender People

Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch: Strategies of Ambiguity in Acts
Sean D. Burke

Recommended video: National Geographic Gender Revolution
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/gender-revolution-a-journey-with-katie-couric/

Parents don’t have to choose between their faith and their LGBT kids.
By Dr. Caitlin Ryan, January 7, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/parents-dont-have-to-choose-between-their-faith-and-their-lgbt-kids-commentary/2015/01/07/e3ec4a9c-96bc-11e4-8385-866293322c2f_story.html

Just As I Am: Against the odds, transgender Christians persevere
Austen Hartke
https://sojo.net/magazine/june-2017/transgender-christians-just-as-i-am

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