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Online, you'll find tools to help you explore the myriad social and political aspects of being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Whether you want to know more about the coming-out experience, are looking for local community resources, want some GLBT activism opportunities, want to stay current on GLBT news and popular culture, are looking for fun things to do, or are looking for a date, the Web can provide access to whatever information or resources you need.

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Coming Out Questions

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LGBT Community

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LGBT Health and Parenting

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GLBT Media

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Get Involved with GLBT Rights

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Religious Issues in the GLBT Community

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GLBT Travel and Other Activities

Coming out and community and activism are all well and good, but what about good old-fashioned fun? The Web is full of resources for finding GLBT groups for travel and leisure.

Dulcinea's Insight

Consider what you're looking for in a GLBT vacation. Are you looking for a cruise or an all-inclusive resort-type of vacation? Will you be traveling alone or with others? Are you looking for a specifically gay vacation, or do you just want to make sure that you're aware of the GLBT-friendly options wherever you travel?

Some sites offer comprehensive lists of gay travel links. They are a great place to do your initial browsing. Consider Travelers Digest and Gay Travel Links. Both sites provide links to travel agents and tour operators, and provide general and specific GLBT travel suggestions.

General travel or entertainment sites can be found in the findingDulcinea Travel Guide and the findingDulcinea Entertainment Guide. These sites should supplement your gay travel or entertainment research because they offer of a wealth of-albeit non-gay-specific-reviews.

For an incredibly thorough group of sport and hobby links, check out Bent Links.

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For GLBT-friendly travel planning ...

The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association is a travel trade association with many GLBT travel listings and links. It has a thorough search engine. Because it's member driven, however, it does not feature independent reviews.

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Alyson Adventures runs GLBT adventure travel excursions to traditional and exotic locations-Antarctica, anyone? Some trips are specifically for singles, but others are more open. And your straight friends are allowed to come along.

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Olivia is a lesbian travel company best known for its lesbian cruises. Featuring entertainers such as the Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge, and Kate Clinton, Olivia Cruises are probably the best-known lesbian-specific travel option.

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RSVP Vacations is a primarily gay male cruise and resort company. They feature a range of cruises, and you can check out tour videos on their site.

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PurpleRoofs.com is a directory of GLBT-owned and -friendly vacation rentals. The directory is searchable and comprehensive and the property detail pages provide summaries of the properties as well as links to the owners' sites. Many offer discounts if you mention PurpleRoofs.

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'Camp'Camp.com is a summer camp in Maine for GLBT adults. It's a rustic, all-inclusive vacation on the grounds of a real summer camp. Remember when summer was the best time ever? It still is.

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For GLBT-friendly sports and hobby groups ...

Outsports is a primarily gay male site for sports fans and athletes. It has news and a directory of local sports groups.

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The Gay and Lesbian International Sport Organization is the organizer of the Outgames-one of two international amateur sports competitions.

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International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics is dedicated to promoting GLBT swimming, diving, water polo, and synchronized swimming. All of these events are hot tickets at both the Gay Games and the Outgames.

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The Federation of Gay Games is the other-older-international gay sports competition body. The Gay Games take place every four years.

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The International Gay Rodeo Association can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about gay rodeo-the history, the schedule...and there's even a Hall of Fame!

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The International Gay Bowling Association can direct bowling enthusiasts to a local league or tournament.

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The International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs can help you find a local square dance club or event. There's even a list of callers.

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GLBT-Knit is for you if you're not so much into sports. Knitting is a very popular GLBT hobby, and this e-mail list can connect you with other enthusiasts.

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