Local Organizations Queer Housing Queer Classes Websites Books Films Definitions Symbols
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Outright Vermont - Outright Vermont is a statewide organization offering support and resources for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (glbtq) youth (age 22 and under) and for those who work with them. Outright is dedicated to building a more glbtq positive community while instilling pride and confidence in youth through empowerment.
P.O. Box 5235
Burlington, VT. 05402
tel: (802) 865-9677 or 1-800-GLB-CHAT
Website: www.outrightvt.org
R.U.1.2? - R.U.1.2? Community Center is a charitable organization with the purpose of providing venues for the social, cultural, artistic, and educational endeavors of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning and allied communities through visibilty, awareness, and community building.
P.O. Box 5883
Burlington, VT. 05402
tel: (802) 860-7812
Website: www.ru12.org
UVM - LGBTQA Services - LGBTQA Services is one of four programs of the Diversity and Equity Unit of UVM. The program exists to assess and help the University meet the needs of: students, staff, and faculty who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; who are questioning their sexual orientation, and their allies.
461 Main Street, Ste. 300
Burlington, VT. 05405
tel: (802) 656-8637
fax: (802) 656-5235
Website: www.uvm.edu/~lgbtqa
Out in the Mountains - A newspaper to serve as a voice for the LGBT community of Vermont.
P.O. Box 1078
Richmond, VT. 05477
tel: (802) 434-6486
fax: (802) 434-7046
Website: www.mountainpridemedia.org/oitm_index.htm
Samara Foundation - The Samara Foundation of Vermont is a charitable foundation whose mission is to support and strengthen Vermont's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities today and build an endowment for tomorrow.
P.O. Box 1263
Burlington, VT. 05402
tel: (802) 860-6236
fax: (802) 860-6315
Website: www.samarafoundation.org/index.html
SafeSpace - SafeSpace is a social change and social service organization working to end physical, sexual, and emotional violence in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) people. They provide information, support, referrals, and advocacy to LGBTQQ survivors of violence and offer education and outreach programs in the wider community..
PO Box 158
Burlington, VT 05402
tel: (802) 863-0003 or (866) 869-7341
Website: www.safespacevt.org
A Room of Our Own - A co-ed suite arrangement in the L/L Center for LGBT students.
Director: Sarah Forrest
L/L E 381
Burlington, VT. 05405
tel: (802) 656-6386
email: Sarah.Forrest@uvm.edu
GLBT and Allies Program - This program is a supportive residential community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students and their allies. Residents are committed to working together to end homophobia and heterosexism. The program is run through the department of Residential Life.
Director: Kathy Cook
tel: (802) 656-7945
email: cook@house.uvm.edu
Free To Be, in coalition with LGBTQA Services and the Women's Studies Program, is working on making a Queer Studies Minor available at UVM. Because no such thing currently exists, Queer classes are somewhat sparse. However, those that are available are excellent. They are:
HDFS 167 - Sexual Identities
Instructor: Jackie Weinstock
HDFS 264 - Contemporary Issues in Parenting: Who's Fit to Be a Parent?
Instructor: Jackie Weinstock
HDFS 267 - Advanced Seminar in Sexual Identities
Instructor: Jackie Weinstock
ENG 196 A - Queer American Literature
Instructor: Valerie Rohy
GEOG 178 -Gender, Space and Environment
Instructor: Glen Elder
GEOG 274 -Sexuality and Space
Instructor: Glen Elder
WST 141 - Gender and the Law
Instructor: Kerin Stackpole
OutProud.org
Gay
Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project
Gay Men's Health
Information and Resources for Gay and Bisexual Men
Lesbian
Isle of Lesbos
Lesbian News Online
Lesbian.org
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Bisexual
Bisexual.org
Bisexual Resource Center
Robyn Ochs
Transgender
Ethan's Personal Site
Gender.org
Gender PAC
Trans-Health
The TransitionalMale.Com
Intersexed
Intersection
Intersex Society of North America
Intersex Support Group International
How to be an Ally
Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
SOFFA
This is an ongoing list of books that we at Free To Be recommend. Those that have a call number next to them such as "HQ 76.2 1998" are available at the UVM Bailey/Howe Library and can be found at the call number next to them.
Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits
by Loren Cameron
Boys Like Her: Transfictions
by Taste This
FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society
by Holly Devor - HQ77.9 .D49 1997
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and The Rest of Us
by Kate Bornstein - HQ77.9 .B67 1994
My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely
by Kate Bornstein - HQ1075 .B69 1998
Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman
by Leslie Feinberg - HQ77.9 .F45 1996
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue
by Leslie Feinberg - HQ77.95.U6 F45 1998
True Selves : Understanding Transsexualism--For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals
by Mildred Brown - HQ77.9 .B76 1996
Transsexual Workers: An Employer's Guide
by Janis Walworth
The queer community offers a lot of new words and identities that many people, both within and outside of the queer community, may not be familiar with. The LGBTQA Services page offers a list definitions of the many words that are used in queer studies. This is a great resource to familiarize yourself with sometimes foriegn terms like heterosexism, MTF and bigendered. Click here to view this page.
The queer community also uses a lot of symbols. Perhaps the two most common are the pride rainbow and the pink triangle, but there are many more. The LGBTQA Services page offers a list of the various queer symbols and their meanings. Click here to view this page.