Gay Oregon III

Here are some more various links for Oregon.


Love, Commitment, Marriage is a marriage equality group. I believe they are part of Basic rights Oregon.

http://www.lovecommitmentmarriage.org/

CAUSA is an immigration rights group. They do however support LGBT rights as part of their core principles.

http://causaoregon.org/

South Oregon Pride Festival is a good social event that promotes equality, peace, and basic rights for all people.  The event is held in Ashland.

http://www.sopride.org/pages/home.html

http://twitter.com/#!/SOPrideFestival

http://www.facebook.com/SOPrideFestival

Queer Eugene is an online resource for many local events, resources, and other items for the LGBTQ community. They primarily serve Eugene and Springfield but also cover Lane County, Corvallis, and Salem.  They have a lot of good information. Be sure to check them out. 

http://www.queereugene.com/

Eugene/ Springfield Pride is a pride festival. Like most festivals they are a great resource to meet new people, gain education, and finds helpful resources.

http://www.eugenepride.org/

Rainbow Vista is a LGBT retirement community. It is gay owned and operated. They are located in Gresham.

http://www.rainbowvista.com/

Outside In helps homeless youth and others find self sufficiency. They are not LGBT specific but are friendly.They are located in Portland.

http://www.outsidein.org/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Outside-In/188763024041

Q Center is located in Portland and has many resources. Please Check them Out. One program I want to point out is their Persons with Disabilities group.  I usually don't find many of these so use it if you need it.

http://www.pdxqcenter.org/

http://twitter.com/#!/qcenter

http://www.facebook.com/PDXQCenter?ref=ts

http://www.youtube.com/portlandqcenter

Portland Pride or Pride Northwest is a festival offer many resources. Get out meet people, learn, and find support. We should all have pride.

http://www.pridenw.org/

Capitol Pride is a festival in Salem. They have resources online and offer many at their event.

http://www.capitolpride.org/



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Gay California II

Today I continue links for California with more support sites.

The Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County offers education, support, health, and advocacy.

http://www.rainbowcc.org/

Bakersfield LGBTQ offers many services. Some include education, marriage information, and support.

http://www.bakersfieldpride.org/

Tri-City Health Center offers education, support, and health resources.

http://www.tri-cityhealth.org/services/lgbt_services.php

The Pacific Center offers education, support, social events, health resources, and advocacy.

http://www.pacificcenter.org/

Community Link offers education, social events, and community awareness.

http://www.fresnorainbowpride.com/newsite/index.html

The Stonewall Alliance Center offers many programs and resources. online sources are limited however.

http://www.stonewallchico.org/

Bienestar offers education, health, and advocacy resources.

http://www.bienestar.org/eng/page/29/Home-Page.html

The South Bay Alliance offers education and social events.

http://www.southbayalliance.net/

Azteca is a unique group offers support resources for over 50 year old Lations/Latinas.

http://www.aztecaproject.org/

Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing strives to bring affordable housing to elder LGBT members of our community.

http://gleh.org/

The Center in Long Beach offers many programs from education to health and youth. Check them out.

http://www.centerlb.org/

The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center offers pretty much whatever you could need. Certainly check them out.

http://www.lagaycenter.org/

Stanislaus Pride Center offers educations, support, social events, health resources, and advocacy.

http://www.stanislauspridecenter.com/

The Golden Rainbow Center SAGE in Palm Springs offers education, support, social events, health resources, and advocacy.

http://www.grcps.org/

Blind LGBT Pride International offers a variety of support services for the blind in our community. They do work on a global level.

http://www.blind-lgbt-pride.org/

The Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center offers many programs but they did not do a very good good at defining those so please inquire if you need something.

http://saccenter.org/

The San Diego LGBT Community Center offers education, support, social events, advocacy, and health resources.

http://www.thecentersd.org/

Aging as Ourselves in San Diego County focus' on the seniors in our community.

http://www.agingasourselves.org/

The San Francisco LGBT Community Center offers many programs and works with many groups. No matter who you are in our community they can probably help. Easy to navigate site as well.

http://www.sfcenter.org/

The Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center of Silicon Valley offers education, support, social events, and some advocacy.

http://www.defrankcenter.org/


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Gay Vermont

Vermont , The Green Mountain State. A rich pride in work and liberty embody this small state. Today is your day.

The Lesbian Grandmothers is a support group for older Lesbians. A lot is not listed on the site so if your interested e-mail the organizer.

http://www.lesbiangrandmothers.org/

The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont is a wonderful resource for testing and people living with HIV/AIDS. Check them out.

http://www.aidsprojectsouthernvermont.org/

Outright Vermont is an organization dedicated to education, support, and advocacy. They also offer free HIV testing and run a crisis hotline.

http://outrightvt.org/wordpress/

The University of Vermont hs two organizations. The first is their LGBTQA Center. They have a great many resources and services listed. The second site is Free 2 Be. They are student run and focused on support. social events,  and advocacy.

http://www.uvm.edu/~lgbtqa/

http://www.uvm.edu/~free2b/

Pride Vermont seems to be a social/support group. They don't list much online but may have more depth. If anyone can tell me more please do so.

http://www.pridevt.com/

RU12 is a LGBTQ Community Center. They have extensive links and resources. Everything from social events to educational and support services are some things they make available. Check them out.

http://www.ru12.org/

Middlebury College has the Open Queer Alliance. Like most gay-straight alliances they offer education, support, social events, and advocacy.

http://blogs.middlebury.edu/moqa/


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Life Planning and Aging

In my daily research to find resources for everyone I notice a distinct lack of good information on life planning and the aging in our community. There are so many obstacles to us already in life let's not hinder ourselves and forget the older among us. Plan ahead and take care of those who are veterans of life. They paved the way for you.

Queercents is a good site full of tips on many different financial topics. Check them out.

http://queercents.com/

The Gay Retirement Guide is a nice site with links covering topics on retiring and retirement communities. The links are the most worthwhile.

http://www.gayretirementguide.com/

Suze Orman is a well known and respected financial advisor. Her site offers basic advice and more detailed information can be purchased.

http://www.suzeorman.com/index.cfm

Gay Finance is a UK based site offering information on many financial and legal topics for the LGBT community. (note if a UK viewer would mind confirming some of this for me please reply)

http://www.gayfinance.info/

Gay Financial Advisors is a listing of LGBT adivisors by state. They also have links to lawyers, accountants, and insurance brokers. If you need to find someone take a look.

http://gayfinancialadvisors.com/

Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders or SAGE advocates for the elderly on all life issues. They offer links and education. Volunteer work is available.

http://www.sageusa.org/index.cfm

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change is a group for over 60 Lesbians. They offer support, advocacy, and education resources.

http://www.oloc.org/


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Even More Support

I am always amazed the nice things you can find when you search through the internet clutter. Continuing yesterdays support list are some more nice resources. I hope you enjoy them.

EqualBeings.org is a wonderful LGBT guide to YouTube.

http://www.equalbeings.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/EqualBeingsORG

The Gay Alliance of the Genesee valley is a group fostering safe and inclusive environments for all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression. The is a New York based site.

http://www.gayalliance.org/

The Deaf Queer Resource Center serves the deaf GLBT community by providing news and information of note. This is a volunteer run site.

http://www.deafqueer.org/

The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging offers resources and technical assistance to help improve the lives of our older population. They appear to be in the formation stages so keep an eye on them and let me know if they are helpful

http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/


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