ed., The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage ( New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1995 )

Gender-free contra dancing started in the 1970s, with the Boston Lesbian and Gay Folk Dance as perhaps the first group regularly contra dancing without gender roles.

The longest standing group for lesbian and gay Christians in the UK, founded in 1976, is the non-denominational Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement ; specifically aimed to meet the needs of lesbian and gay evangelicals, there is the Evangelical Fellowship for Lesbian and Gay Christians ; specifically working within the Church of England is Changing Attitude, which also takes an international focus in working for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender affirmation within the Anglican Communion.

" Frequently Asked Questions About Being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender and Catholic " Dignity USA.

" In 1988, in response to a campaign against lesbians at the Marine's Parris Island Depot, activists launched the Gay and Lesbian Military Freedom Project ( MFP ) to advocate for an end to the exclusion of gays and lesbians from the armed forces.

* Verzaubert International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Germany: Best film nomination ( 1999 )

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center – best known as simply " The Center " – has occupied the former Food & Maritime Trades High School at 208 West 13th Street since 1984.

There is no one organization that represents all LGBT people and their interests, although there are two organizations that are inclusive of many of the LGBT community issues: InterPride by coordinating and networking gay pride events worldwide, and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission ( IGLHRC ), which addresses human rights violations against LGBT and HIV-positive people and works with the United Nations.

Many women of the Gay Liberation movement felt frustrated at the domination of the movement by men and formed separate organisations ; some who felt gender differences between men and women could not be resolved developed " lesbian separatism ", influenced by writings such as Jill Johnston's 1973 book Lesbian Nation.

According to the International Lesbian and Gay Association ( ILGA ) seven countries still retain capital punishment for homosexual behavior: Afghanistan, Iran, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen.

Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing.

These include an umbrella organizations called Eshel, the Gay and Lesbian Yeshiva Day School Alumni Association, the women's group OrthoDykes, the youth group JQYouth, the American-Israeli group headquartered in Jerusalem Bat Kol and the Israeli group Hod (" Majesty ").

* Balka, Chistie and Rose Andy Twice Blessed: on Being Lesbian or Gay and Jewish Boston: Beacon Press, 1989.

Ayuquelén worked with the International Lesbian Information Service, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, and the Chilean gay rights group Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual ( Movement to Integrate and Liberate Homosexuals ) to remove the sodomy law still in force in Chile.

The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement, G. K. Hall & Co. ISBN 0-8057-9714-9

Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-7425-1971-6

Gay & Lesbian Almanac.

Gay and Lesbian Asia: Culture, Identity, Community, Harrington Park Press.

Living Out Loud: A History of Gay and Lesbian Activism in Australia, Allen & Unwin.

* ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol.

* The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands, founded in June 2004 on the uninhabited Coral Sea Islands off the coast of Queensland, in response to the Australian government's refusal to recognize same-sex marriage.

* LGBT ( Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender )

On June 1, 2009, President Barack Obama declared June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, citing the riots as a reason to " commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans ".

However, in Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston,, the Court ruled that a group may exclude people from membership if their presence would affect the group's ability to advocate a particular point of view.

Willow was included in AfterEllen. com's Top 50 Lesbian and Bisexual Characters, ranking at No. 7.

* The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society

** Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, a New York City non-profit organization commonly known as the Center

However, a psychiatric member of APA's Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues Committee has recently sought to distance the two, arguing that they were separate in the early 70s protests at APA conventions and that APA's decision to remove homosexuality was scientific and happened to coincide with the political pressure.

In August 2011, the APA clarified their support of same-sex marriage in light of continued research suggesting that the same community benefits accepted as result of hetero-sexual marriage apply to same-sex couples as well, " We knew that marriage benefits heterosexual people in very significant ways, but we didn't know if that would be true for same-sex couples ," said Dr. Clinton Anderson, associate executive director of the APA and director of the Office on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns.

APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues.

Changing first to Lesbian and Gay, today most are called Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender ( LGBT ) or simply " Pride ".

* Interpride The International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators

* The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society

The magazine Anything That Moves coined the acronym FABGLITTER ( from Fetish such as the BDSM lifestyle community, Allies or poly-Amorous as in Polyamorous couples became more used, Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Intersexed, Transgender, Transsexual Engendering Revolution or inter-Racial attraction ), although this term has not made its way into common usage.

Another acronym that has begun to spread is QUILTBAG, from Queer / Questioning, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Trans, Bisexual, Asexual, Gay.

* American Psychological Association's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns Office

* The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society

glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture, edited by Claude J. Summers.

Promoting the more liberal ideas — including changing the name of the church because it is seen to be exclusionary of women, acceptance of homosexuals as members and ministers, and increased social and political activity — are groups such as Womaen's Caucus, Voices for an Open Spirit, and the Brethren Mennonite Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Interests.

* The National Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Centers ( NALGBTCC )

* The Gay Center The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center

* International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association

* The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society

), Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America, Charles Scribner ’ s Sons, 2003.

* The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society

" In Glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture, edited by Claude J. Summers.