Focus on Women: Women's Lives

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Asheville Lesbian Brunch & Social Club - www.meetup.com/Asheville-Lesbian-Brunch-Club/
This group provides an ongoing opportunity for Asheville area lesbians to socialize over Sunday brunch and other events. About twice a month, we will post the event details and location.

Association of Lesbian Professionals in Asheville, NC - www.alpsofasheville.org/
ALPs is a lesbian social organization which supports itself solely on membership dues, fundraisers and volunteers. We are not supported by or affiliated with any political, social or religious organization. We welcome ALL lesbians to join, regardless of employment status.

Bishop Gene Robinson's Comments - www.inchatatime.blogspot.com/2007/10/open-letter-to-lgbt-community-from.html
These are Bishop Gene Robinson's remarks following the Episcopal House of Bishops meetings in New Orleans and its response to the Anglican Communion

Books to Watch out for - www.btwof.com/
Every issue of Books To Watch Out For includes short reviews of 20 to 30 (or more) new books and a bit of publishing news. The reviews are detailed enough to help you decide which books you want to read but short enough to scan on your lunch break.

Carolina Lesbian - www.carolinalesbian.com
CarolinaLesbian.com debuted online in August of 2004, giving women from North Carolina & South Carolina a place to find friends, local events, bars & clubs, community resources, and support. We are dedicated to bringing lesbian and bisexual women together in fun, friendship and community. "Where Women Come Together" has been our driving mission since the very first day. Everything we do and everything we hope for is making our little space online a valuable resource for all women in the Southeast Region and build a community like no other.

Center for Women's Global Leadership - http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/
The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.

Equality Federation - www.equalityfederation.org/
Equality Federation is the national alliance of state-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy organizations. The Federation works to achieve equality for lgbt people in every state and territory by building strong and sustainable statewide organizations in a state-based movement.

Feminist.com - www.feminist.com/
Feminist.com is a thriving online community fostering awareness, education and activism for women all across the world.

Gay Friendly College or University? - www.pridelinks.com/Education/Student_Resources/United_States/North_Carolina/
Trying to Find a Gay Friendly College or University or Start a LGBTQ Group on Campus? Check out these websites. For a links to North Carolina university and college LGBTQ groups go to:

Gender Equality Architecture Reform Campaign - http://gear.groupsite.com/main/summary
Building a united nations that really works for all women.

Get In Touch With Your Feminist Side - www.feminist.org/research/
The website www.feminist.org has a research center that will help you get connected to Women's Studies Programs, University Women's Centers, Feminist Majority Foundation Publications, a Daily Feminist Newswire, Feminist Journals, Feminist Magazines, Women's History, Women's Research Centers, Feminist Books, and Government Resources and References. Click on the link to start getting in touch with your feminist side.

Human Rights Campaign - www.hrc.org/buyersguide/
Buying a cup of coffee? Filling up your gas tank? Booking a flight for that dream vacation?

Every day, you make decisions about whom to support in corporate America. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Buying for Equality can help you easily support companies that support equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans.

Lambda Literary Foundation - www.lambdalit.org

Lambda Literary Foundation
Literature has long nurtured hope and inspiration for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and has provided an avenue for understanding. It is the mission of the Lambda Literary Foundation to support and further the creation and dissemination of writings by, for and about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Land of Sky Regional Council, area agency on aging - www.landofsky.org/aaa
The Land-of-Sky Regional Council Area Agency on Aging (AAA) is the designated regional organization to meet the needs of persons over 60 in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania counties, by the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services. There are 17 AAAs in North Carolina and over 600 in the United States.

Lesbian Connection - www.lconline.org/
Lesbian Connection Magazine is distributed worldwide, with an estimated readership of 50,000.

Lesbian Films - lesbian-films.com
Guide to lesbian, bisexual and FTM characters and scenes in film

Lesbian Herstory Archives - www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org/index.html
The Lesbian Herstory Archives are a one-of-a-kind privately operated archive of lesbian materials. Not to be missed!

Lesbian News - www.thelnmag.com/index.html
Celebrating 32 Years as the Longest-Running National Lesbian Publication

lesbian.org - www.lesbian.org/
Promoting lesbian visibility on the Internet

LGBTQ Student Training and Events - www.campuspride.org
And organizations like Campus Pride (campuspride.org) and Lambada 10 (lambada10.org) have resouces, events and training opportunities for LGBTQ students and their campus allies that promote safety and equality for all students.

Media Matters for America - mediamatters.org/reports/radio/?src=radio-3
Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.

Michigan Womyn's Music Festival - www.michfest.com

NARAL Pro-Choice America - www.naral.org
NARAL Pro-Choice America is committed to advancing our shared values. We are committed to protecting the right to choose and electing candidates who will promote policies to prevent unintended pregnancy. We are going on the offensive, reshaping the terms of the debate, and bridging the false divides that are meant to keep us from progress on reproductive health.

National Museum of Women in the Arts - www.nmwa.org
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists.

National Women's History Museum - www.nwhm.org
The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM), founded in 1996, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and celebrating the diverse historic contributions of women, and integrating this rich heritage fully into our nation's history.

Out in Asheville - www.outinasheville.com
News, Thought & Lifestyles for the GLBTQ Carolinas. OIA is a monthly newspaper and website that covers news and events for the WNC area, and soon central NC as well. It is also a good resource for groups and gay businesses.

People for Employment Equality for Gays and Lesbians - www.eegl.org/
People for Employment Equality for Gays and Lesbians (eegl) is an organization developed to work toward achieving workplace equality across North Carolina. Anti-discrimination laws in North Carolina include protections based on race, religion, national origin, gender, and age. Eegl members believe it is time to add sexual orientation and gender identity to this list.

Planned Parenthood - www.plannedparenthood.org
Planned Parenthood is America's leading sexual and reproductive health care advocate and provider. Founded by Margaret Sanger in 1916 as America’s first birth control clinic, Planned Parenthood believes that everyone has the right to choose when or whether to have a child, that every child should be wanted and loved, and that women should be in charge of their destinies.

Purple Roofs - www.purpleroofs.com
Gay and lesbian accommodations directory.

Rainbow Wedding Network - www.rainbowweddingnetwork.com
Since 2000, RainbowWeddingNetwork.com has been proud to offer you & your partner immediate access to gay-friendly wedding services. And today we have more resources available than ever before! We're the only wedding gift registry for you & your partner! And we make planning easy!

Secondary Education for LGBTQ Students: - colleges.collegetoolkits.com/articles/reslgbrq.aspx
This webpage is a great resource for knowing what questions to ask and what information to seek when you are considering post secondary education as a LGBTQ student

Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders - www.sageusa.org/index.cfm
Despite advances in LGBT civil rights, many senior care providers never stop to consider that their older clients may be lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) - and even those who do may not know how to provide services in culturally-sensitive ways. As a result, LGBT seniors often avoid seeking needed services out of fear of discrimination. The tendency for LGBT seniors to go "back in the closet" is particularly pronounced in situations where they are most vulnerable - such as when accessing home health care or residing in assisted living or residential care facilities. One study indicated that LGBT seniors may be as much as five times less likely to access needed health and social services because of their fear of discrimination from the very people who should be helping them.

SheSource.org - Closing the Gender Gap in News Media - http://www.shesource.org/shesource/index.php
SheSource.org is an online braintrust of female experts on diverse topics designed to serve journalists, producers and bookers who need female guests and sources. SheSource.org includes spokeswomen from a variety of backgrounds, representing demographic and ethnic diversity as well as expertise in areas, ranging from security, the economy, and politics to law, peacekeeping, humanitarian crisis, and more.

Woman Vision - www.womanvision.org
Woman Vision was founded in 1993 to promote tolerance and equal treatment of all people through the production and use of educational media, including video. Through diversity trainings, lectures, and other educational outreach programs, Woman Vision promotes understanding and diversity as values, and provides positive role models and supportive images of societally marginalized people.

World Pulse - http://www.worldpulse.com/
World Pulse is a media enterprise covering global issues through the eyes of women.