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LGBT Religious Resources

LOCAL RESOURCES:

• Clarendon Hill Presbyterian
  155 Powder House Boulevard
  West Somerville, MA 02155
  Telephone: 617.625.4823
  E-Mail: chpc@tiac.net
• First Congregational Church of Somerville
  89 College Avenue
  Somerville, MA 02144
  Telephone: 617.625.6485
  E-Mail: fcs@firstchurchsomerville.org
• College Avenue United Methodist Church
  14 Chapel Street
  Somerville, MA 02144
  Telephone: 617.776.4172

GREATER BOSTON RESOURCES:

• Dignity/Boston - Catholic
  35 Bowdoin Street
  Boston, MA 02117
  Telephone: 617.421.1915
  E-Mail: dignityinfo@dignityboston.org
• Jesuit Urban Center - Catholic
  775 Harrison Avenue
  Boston, MA 02118-2311
  Telephone: 617.536.8440
  E-Mail: info@jucboston.org
• St. Anthony Shrine - Catholic
  100 Arch Street
  Boston, MA 02118
  Telephone: 617.542.6440
  E-Mail: info@stanthonyshrine.org
• Hope Church Boston - UCC
  85 Seaverns Avenue
  Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  Telephone: 617.522.0600
  E-Mail: info@hopeboston.com
• Emmanuel Church in the City of Boston - Episcopal
  15 Newbury Street
  Boston, MA 02116
  Telephone: 617.536.3355
  E-Mail: website@emmanuel-boston.org
• Trinity Church in the City of Boston - Episcopal
  206 Clarendon Street
  Boston, MA 02116
  Telephone: 617.536.0944
• Metropolitan Community Church of Boston
  131 Cambridge Street
  Boston, MA 02215
  Telephone: 617.973.0404
• Church of the Covenant - Presbyterian/UCC
  67 Newbury Street
  Boston, MA 02116
  Telephone: 617.266.7480
• Old South Church, Boston - UCC
  645 Boylston Street 
  Boston, MA 02116 
  Telephone: 617.536.1970
  E-Mail: oldsouth-approval@world.std.com
• Union United Methodist Church
  485 Columbus Avenue
  Boston, MA 02118
  Telephone: 617.536.0872
  E-Mail: unionboston@cs.com
• Congregation Am Tikva - Jewish
  50 Sewall Avenue
  Brookline, MA 02446
  Telephone: 617.232.5543
  E-Mail: info@amtikva.org
• Old Cambridge Baptist Church
  1151 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  Telephone: 617.864.9275
  E-Mail: chadmin.ocbc@verizon.net
• University Lutheran Church
  66 Winthrop Street
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  Telephone: 617.876.3256
  E-Mail: office@unilu.org
• Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church
  1555 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  Telephone: 617.354.0837

INTERNET RESOURCES:

• Gays for God - An online directory of LGBT friendly religious organizations
  that transcends all faiths.
• Gaychurch.org - An affirming online directory of LGBT friendly Christian
  resources.
• Affirmation.org - Serves the needs of gay Mormon women and men, as well as bisexual and transgender LDS and their supportive family and friends
• GLBTjews.org - The website of the World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
  and Transgendered Jews: Keshet Ga'avah.
• Gayjews.org - An online directory of LGBT friendly Jewish resources and
  organizations.
• Keshet - An online resource of Boston-area LGBT friendly Jewish organizations.
• Orthodykes.org - An online resource geared towards Orthodox Lesbians.
• Queer Jihad - An LGBT friendly online resource for Muslims.
• The Al-Fatiha Foundation - An Islamic organization dedicated to LGBTQ Muslims,
  which embraces the progressive Islamic notions of peace, equality, and justice.

PRINT RESOURCES:

• Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, Literature - Editors: Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe. New York: NYU Press, 1997
• Female Homosexuality in the Middle East:  Histories and Representations - Author: Samar Habib. Routledge, 2007
• The Trouble with Islam:  A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith - Author: Irshad Manji. Note: not primarily about homosexuality, but she is a lesbian Muslim who discusses her struggles with her faith