Resources for Straight Allies
Organizations:
AFFIRM Network (Psychologists Affirming their Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Family)
c/o Marvin Goldfried
Psychology Department
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500
Website: http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/affirm.nsf
E-mail: marvin.goldfried @sunysb.edu
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
3543 18th St., # 1
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415/861-5437
Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network
121 West 27th Street
Suite 804
New York, NY 10001-6207
Phone: 212/ 727-0135
Website: www.glsen.org
E-mail: glsen@glsen.org
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
1726 M St., N.W. Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/467-8180
Straight Spouse Support Network
Amity Pierce Buxton, Ph.D.
8215 Terrace Drive
El Cerrito, CA 94530-3058
Phone: 510/525-0200
Website: www.ssnetwk.org
E-mai: dir@ssnetwk.org
Books:
- The Beloved and ‘Bent’: Families Learning to Accept Lesbians and Gays. Allen-Thompson, Pam and Di Allen-Thompson, Diversity Press, 1996.
- Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk About their Experiences. Griffin, Carolyn Welch, and Marian J. and Arthur G. Wirth, St. Martins Press, 1997.
- Coming Out as Parents: You and Your Homosexual Child. Switzer, David K., Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.
- Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for Lesbians Gay Men and their Parents. Borhek, Mary V., Pilgrim Press, 1993.
- A Family and Friends Guide to Sexual Orientation: Bridge the Divide between Gay and Straight. Powers, Bob and Alan Ellis, Routlege, 1996.
- The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out. Dew, Rob Forman, Fawcett Books, 1995.
- Friends and Family: True Stories of Gay America's Straight Allies. Dan Woog, Alyson Publications, 1999.
- Just a Mom. DeGeneres, Betty, Alyson Publications, 2001.
- Loving Someone Gay. Clark, Donald H. and Don Clark, Celestial Arts, 1997.
- Navigating Differences: Friendships Between Gay and Straight Men, Price, Jammie, Haworth, 1999.
- Out of the Closet – Into Our Hearts:Celebrating our Gay/Lesbian Family Members. Siegel, Laura and Nancy Lamkin Olson, Leyland Publications, 2001.
- Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families Together. Bernstein, Robert A. Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1999.
- What if Someone I Know is Gay?: Answers to Questions About Gay and Lesbian People. Marcus, Eric and Jane O’ Connor, Price Stern Sloan Publishing, 2000.