Organizations

Wheaton & Chicagoland Area

• Center on Halsted: www.centeronhalsted.org
• Chicago Coalition of
  Welcoming Churches:
  www.chicagowelcomingchurches.org
• Reconciling Journey Ministries

LGBTQ affirming Churches in the Wheaton Area

• St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn
  
• St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wheaton
• First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn

LGBT-affirming groups in mainline Christian Denominations:

• The Chicago Consultation: Affirming Episcopalians/Anglicans in the Chicago area
• Integrity: National Affirming Episcopalian Group
• Affirmation United Methodists
• More Light Presbyterians
• Dignity for Catholics
• The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
• Rainbow Baptists
• The Fellowship of Reconciling Pentecostals
• Lutherans Concerned
• Gay Mennonite League
• United Church of Christ
• Metropolitan Church of Christ
• Axios - Eastern and Orthodox Resources
• Reconciling Ministries Network:
  www.rmnetwork.org
• Conference for Catholic Lesbians
• Inclusive Orthodoxy
• Metropolitan Community Church

National

• Trevor Project: www.trevorproject.com
• It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org
• Soulforce
• GayChurch.org
• Gay Christian Network
• Human Rights Campaign: The Lies and Danger of Reparative Therapy
• Human Rights Campaign: Coming Out Guides
• Human Rights Campaign: Religion and Faith Section
• CanyonWalker Connections: Reparing the Breach Between the Church and GLBT Christian Community

Emergency Hotlines

• Lonely? Confused? Isolated?
  Trevor Project: 24-Hour Hotline
  866-488-7386
  
  
• Victim of violence or discrimination? Center on Halsted: 24-Hour Crisis Line (773) 871-CARE (2273)

Other Resources

• Resources for Gay Christians
• Dear Moms and Dads: A Letter to Parents of GLBT Youth
• "Accepting what cannot be changed" by David Myers
• "Like the wideness of the sea?" by Lewis Smedes
• Sister Friends Together Bible resources, online community, personal stories specifically for Lesbian Christians.
• Coming Out: Vivienne Cass's Model Adapted - Adapted for people from Conservative Christian Backgrounds
• "We Are All Sodomites" by Rev. Dr. Jay Emerson Johnson
• Whosoever Magazine
• Jesus in Love
• Christian Voice for LGBT Rights
• Created Gay
• Gay Christian 101
• Evangelicals Concerned
• Christian Gays
• Grace Inclusive
• The Epistle
• Diversity Christian Fellowship
• Queer Spiritual Spaces
• My Out Spirit
• Chi Rho Press

Jewish Resources

• Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity
• The World Congress of GLBT Jews
• Religion Action Center: Reform Movement Perspective

The Movement

• Harding University:HU Queer Press
• Westmont College: LGBT and Allies
• Goshen College: Open Letter
• Messiah College: InclusiveAlumni
• Gordon College: If I Told You
• Cedarville University: CedarvilleOut
  
• Hope College: LGBT Alumni Association
  
• North Park: Queers and Allies
  
• Seattle Pacific University: SPU Haven
  
• Coming Out Covenant
• New York Times: “Even on Evangelical Campuses, Students Fight for Gay Rights”
• This Is Actually Not A Blog Post about Homosexuality: Part 1
  by Brian McLaren

Books/Films

• Born Again (about a Wheaton graduate)
• Fish Out of Water: www.fishoutofwaterfilm.com
• For The Bible Tells Me So: www.forthebibletellsmeso.org
• Virtually Normal by Andrew Sullivan
• Put This On The {Map}: Reteaching Gender and Sexuality Documentary
• Dear Moms and Dads: A Letter to Parents of GLBT Youth
• Sexuality and the Christian Body: Their way into the triune God" by Eugene Rogers
• The Christian Case for Gay Marriage By David G. Myers & Letha Dawson Scanzoni
• The Church and the Homosexual By John J. McNeil.
• What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality By David Helminiak
• The New Testament and Homosexuality by Robin Scroggs
• Jesus, The Bible & Homosexuality by Jack Rogers
• Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay By James Alison
• Reconciling Journey: A Devotional Workbook for Lesbian and Gay Christians By Michal Anne Pepper
• Love Is An Orientation by Andrew Marin