"What Does Gay Mean?" is an anti-bullying program designed by the National Mental Health Program to improve understanding and respect for youth who are gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender (GLBT). Centered on an educational booklet calledWhat Does Gay Mean? How to Talk with Kids About Sexual Orientation and Prejudice, the program encourages parents and others to communicate and share values of respect with their children.
Other Sites of Interest
Guidelines for submitting links to DignityUSA
To submit a link for the DignityUSA website, please contact the National Vice President. All links submitted to this page must be approved by one or more of the DignityUSA officers for approval. Items must be related to DignityUSA OR must meet one of the following criteria:
- Either national or regional in scope.
- From a member organization of Catholic Organizations for Renewal, or other organization with which DignityUSA has an ongoing collaborative relationship and/or reciprocal Web links. Other items may be listed on this page with the officers' approval and direction.
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"What Does Gay Mean?"
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America Magazine
America is a weekly magazine founded by Jesuits of the United States in 1909.
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American Catholic Church in the United States
The Mission of The American Catholic Church in the United States is to respond to the command of Jesus the Christ – To Teach, Preach, and To Sanctify. To Teach and Preach love among all people through the Gospel, and to Sanctify through the Seven Sacraments.
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American Psychiatric Association
Answers to questions about sexual orientation and homosexuality.
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Brian McNaught
Brian McNaught is an educator on the issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people. He does so through books, video tapes, workshops, and public presentations, and he is the host of a radio program entitled "Beyond Being Gay."
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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Current and historical information about the bishops and dioceses of the Catholic Church.
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Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
An international nonprofit organization, run by and for people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered parents. COLAGE provides support, advocacy, and education for LGBT families. COLAGE is the only national and international organization in the world specifically supporting young people with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender parents.
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Culture of Conversation
Working together to create a culture of conversation, consultation, and collaboration among ourselves, within our organizations, and with the official structures of our Church.
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Equal Partners in Faith
A multi-racial national network of religious leaders and people of faith committed to equality and diversity.
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Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is New England’s leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression.
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Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Partnering with media outlets and LGBT organizations to promote fair, accurate and inclusive representations of our community in all media.
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Gay Catholic Parent
Resources for GLBT Christians and their families.
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GCN: Gay Christian Network
A portal to sites relevant to Christians who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
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GLBT World
A gateway to the best informational and support resources for members of the GLBT community
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HeartStrong
HeartStrong, Inc. exists to provide information and support to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and allied persons who have attended or are attending, employed by, or associated with religious educational institutions through support, education, and advocacy.
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Human Rights Campaign
HRC is a bipartisan organization that works to advance equality based on sexual orientation and gender expression and identity, to ensure that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
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Inclusive Orthodoxy
Inclusive Orthodoxy seeks a revitalization of the faith, which is both orthodox in theology and grounded in the progressive message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ—a message of love, a proclamation of hope for the oppressed, an invitation towards all regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
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Institute for Welcoming Resources: Many Stoies One Voice
A diverse mix of theological and political beliefs.
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Integrity USA
A witness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in the Episcopal Church and to the world.
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Interfaith Working Group
IWF promotes religious diversity and social issues: equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people; reproductive freedom; and separation of church and state.
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Kirkirdge Retreat and Study Center
Sponsor of GLBT events for over twenty five years, offering dialogue and space for gay Christians, with many outstanding speakers and events. Their programming is ecumenical with a strong progressive Christian stance and with many Roman Catholic leaders.
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LAMBDA
LAMBDA is a non-profit, gay / lesbian / bisexual / transgender agency dedicated to reducing homophobia, inequality, hate crimes, and discrimination by encouraging self-acceptance, cooperation, and non-violence.
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Lambda Legal
A legal defense organization for the lesbian and gay community — a defining voice in the struggle for lesbian, gay and HIV-related civil rights.
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Metropolitan Community Churches
Metropolitan Community Churches are on a bold mission to transform hearts, lives, and history. They are a movement that faithfully proclaims God’s inclusive love for all people and proudly bears witness to the holy integration of spirituality and sexuality.
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NCR Online (National Catholic Reporter)
The NCR was founded in 1964, in the exuberance following the Second Vatican Council. The online edition presents both astute analysis of current events of interest to Catholics and a growing number of documents that can provide the necessary background for general discussion.
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No Longer Silent: Clergy for Justice
No Longer Silent is an organization of Christian Clergy grounded in the witness of the Bible; convinced of God's unconditional love for all people; raising a voice against Christian intolerance that promotes condemnation, discrimination, and hatred; and advocating justice for all, especially gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered persons.
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ONE Institute
ONE Institute & Archives houses the world's largest research library on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered heritage and concerns.
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PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends.
Includes a downloadable brochure called "Our Trans Children: A Publication of the Transgender Network of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays."
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Scouting for All
Scouting For All believes in scouting but disagrees with the Boy Scouts of America's current policy of discrimination against gay youth and adults and atheists. Scouting For All does what the BSA teaches its scouts to do: to teach them to stand up against social injustice to help make the world a better place.
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Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International
SDA Kinship International provides a safe, spiritual, and social community to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex current and former Seventh-day Adventists.
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Soulforce
A network of friends learning nonviolence from M.K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., seeking justice for God's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children.
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The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
CLGS is a recently established center of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. The Center serves three distinct but overlapping constituencies: the academic theological world; the churches; and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities.
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The Shepherd Initiative
The Shepherd Initiative is a diverse coalition of Christians affirming the dignity and integrity of all people by virtue of their divine creation; regardless of gender, race, religion, age or sexual orientation. They seek to begin to inform the public discourse on homosexuality from a Christ-centered perspective.
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The Shower of Stoles Project
A collection of hundreds of liturgical stoles from gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith from all over North America.
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The Vatican
The official site of the Holy See.
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Tolerance.org
A principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity.
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) are the organizations of the American Catholic hierarchy.
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Whosoever.org
Whosoever is an online magazine dedicated to the spiritual growth of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Christians.
Vision Statement
DignityUSA envisions and works for a time when Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics are affirmed and experience dignity through the integration of their spirituality with their sexuality, and as beloved persons of God participate fully in all aspects of life within the Church and Society.
Upcoming Events
QCF: Fr. John McNeill
May 22nd, 2012
Priest, Prophet, Patriarch of gay Catholic liberation
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June 12th, 2012
Catholic theologian, Women-Church movement leader, Huge heart, Huge mind
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