External Research Links

Virginia Resources

LGBT Life Center

The LGBT Life Center represents the fusion of two distinct entities that have long played a central role in the lives of LGBTQ+ persons and those affected by HIV/AIDS in Virginia, ACCESS AIDS Care and the LGBT Center of Hampton Roads. The LGBT Life Center, with a history of more than thirty years of community service and partnership in Virginia, offers numerous services to those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS as well as resources, programming, and information to LGBTQ+ Virginians and allies.  

Common Ground - University of Richmond

Common Ground promotes a thriving, equitable, and fully-participatory University community deeply engaged with the broader social world.

Diversity Richmond
Diversity Richmond envisions a community where LGBTQ+ citizens are treated with respect and dignity, and their unique gifts are championed and celebrated, thereby strengthening our community.

Diversity Thrift
A thrift store in the heart of Richmond, benefiting the Richmond Gay Community Foundation and the Gay Community Center of Richmond. 

Harrington Park Press Open Access Resources
Harrington Park Press, a division of Columbia University Press, is launching the beta version of LGBTQ open Access.  They are providing access to selective new and recent open access peer reviewed articles and scholarly publications on a variety of topics including LGBTQ+ aging, employment discrimination, Facebook, health care, law, and race and ethnicity. 

Old Dominion University - Tidewater Queer History Project
Tidewater Queer History Project is an academic/community partnership. A dedicated group of core volunteers works to collect and preserve LGBTQ history in and around Hampton Roads, Virginia. 

OutWire757 - Coastal Virginia's LGBTQ News and Lifestyle Magazine
Outwire757.com is the online news, entertainment, and lifestyle resource for the Hampton Roads' LGBTQ community.

Rainbow Richmond - LGBTQ History of Richmond, VA, 1625-2010
Curated by Cindy Bray, this online exhibit is dedicated to chronicling and preserving LGBTQ+ histories and experiences in Richmond, Virginia.

Side by Side
Side by Side's mission is "dedicated to creating supportive communities where Virginia's LGBTQ+ youth can define themselves, belong, and flourish." They have a variety of useful resources for sexual minority youths and supporters, including links to other national and local resources.

Southwest Virginia LGBTQ History Project
The Southwest Virginia LGBTQ History Project is a community-based history initiative committed to researching and telling the stories of LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations in our region.

University of Richmond - LGBTQ+ Campus Life
The Hub for Student Inclusion and Community aims to remove barriers and create pathways for community building and the celebration of diverse lived experiences. This includes, but is not limited to, students that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or a different gender/sexual minority (LGBTQ+).

VCU - Office of Multicultural Student Affairs - LGBT Student Group

The OMSA is a resource for VCU students, faculty and staff. The primary mission is to assist traditionally underserved and/or underrepresented student populations (i.e. race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender) through a variety of means.

Virginia Commonwealth University - James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections

Community & Activism History

• VCU Gay Alliance of Students Collection
• Richmond Triangle Players Archives, 1992-2007
• Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth, Records, 1990-2005
• Fan Free Clinic Records, 1971-2006
• Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Richmond Chapter Archives 2000-2005
• Richmond Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition Records, 1988-1993
• Central Virginia Primetimers, Records, 2002-2006

Personal Papers

• Guy Kinman Papers, 1984-1993

• Edward Meeks "Pope" Gregory Papers, 1967-1994

• Carl Archaki Papers, 1986-2004, N.D.

Resources can be found at the James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections, we are unable to provide hyperlinks at this time. 

Special thanks to Ray Bonis, Senior Research Associate and Special Collections Archivist at VCU, for putting together this list.

National Resources

ACLU - LGBT Rights

The ACLU works to extend rights to segments of the population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people.

CLAGS - The Center for LGBTQ Studies

CLAGS, a research center operated by City University of New York (CUNY), is "dedicated to the study of historical, cultural, and political issues of vital concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals." They have a variety of online resources of use to researchers.

Digital Transgender Archive

An online transgender history hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

GLAAD "is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation."

Gay Straight Alliance Network 

"A youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources through peer support, leadership development, and training."

GLBT Historical Society - San Francisco

The GLBT History Museum is the first full-scale, stand-alone museum of its kind in the United States, located in the heart of the historic Castro District of San Francisco. The archives contain papers, photos, art and artifacts, ephemera and audiovisual recordings spanning a century of queer history.

Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign is "America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality."

Human Sexuality Collection - Cornell University Library

The Human Sexuality Collection seeks to preserve and make accessible primary sources that document historical shifts in the social construction of sexuality, with a focus on U.S. lesbian and gay history and the politics of pornography.

Mattachine Society of Washington, DC

The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. conducts and funds archive activism — identifying, conserving and interpreting the LGBT historical record.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)

PFLAG "promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights."

OutHistory.org

Comprehensive databases of documents, images, and narratives of LGBTQ+ life in the U.S. OutHistory tells stories about the queer past, about people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. It uncovers histories of same-gender love and of gender crossing in the recent and distant past. 

Queer@UMich

A blog for all things queer at the University of Michigan.

Rainbow History Project

Through oral histories and collecting archival documents, this research project preserves and promotes an active knowledge of the history, arts and culture relevant to sexually diverse communities in metropolitan Washington, D.C.

Refuge Restrooms

A resource that maps gender neutral bathrooms, unisex restrooms, and accessible toilets.

Resources with Data and Statistics about the LGBTQIA+ Community

Governmental and non-governmental surveys, statistics, reports, and related content.

Stand For Trans

A site in support of trans-friendly barbershops and hair salons.

Please note that this curated list of resources is not intended to reflect the entirety of available resources at the state or national level for queer persons, those living with HIV/AIDS, those affected by other forms of legal, social, or cultural discrimination, or any other persons who would benefit from such information. While the LGBTQ+ Research Project has made every effort to ensure the current operation of the above hyperlinks and the propriety of their sources, the Project is not responsible for any errors or omissions the above may contain. The views or opinions expressed in the above do not necessarily reflect those of the Project, and the Project's references to such content do not and should not imply endorsement thereof.