Welcoming Congregation Resources
UUA sites related specifically to transgender identity issues:
- www.uua.org/obgltc/
Unitarian Universalist Association Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns (Information on becoming a UUA certified Welcoming Congregation; also has an extensive recommended reading list). - www.uua.org/obgltc/resource/tg102.html
Includes definitions of key terms as well as a section titled "How To Be More Understanding and Welcoming of Transgender People" - www.uua.org/obgltc/resource/cp.pdf
"Crossing Paths: Where Transgender and Religion Meet"
Other resources
- www.nmha.org/whatdoesgaymean
National Mental Health Association - www.glsen.org
Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) - www.pflag.org
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) - www.pflagmd.org
PFLAG Columbia-Howard County chapter - www.infowebpage.org/pflagbalto
PFLAG Baltimore chapter - www.hrc.org
Human Rights Campaign - www.tolerance.org
Teaching Tolerance
Books (non-fiction)
- Homosexuality and World Religions, Arlene Swidler, Editor
- Freedom, Glorious Freedom: The Spiritual Journey to the Fullness of Life for Gays, Lesbians, and Everyone Else, by John J. McNeil
- Gay Theology without Apology, by Gary David Comstock
- Free to Be You and Me, by Marlo Thomas
- Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question and Answer Book for Boys and Girls, by Joanna Cole and Alan Tiegreen
- Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk About Their Experiences, by Carolyn Welch Griffen, Marian J. Wirth, and Arthur G. Wirth
- Straight Parents, Gay Children: Inspiring Families to Live Honestly and with Greater Understanding, by Robert A. Berstein
- Loving Someone Gay, by Donald H. Clark
- Trans Forming Families: Real Stories of Transgender Loved Ones, Mary Boenke, Editor
- Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up With Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents, Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels, Editors
- Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and their Families, Peggy Gillespie, Editor, and Gigi Kaeser, Photographer
Fiction (Elementary School):
- And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Fiction (Middle School):
- Am I Blue?, Marion Dane Bauer, Editor
Welcoming Congregation Resources