Click on the following links to open the websites of the national organization, our affiliates across the country, and other online resources of interest to same-sex couples. (These sites will open in a new window.)
- Gay and Lessbian Couples National Network
- Affiliates:
- Just Couples (New York City)
- Gold Coast Couples (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
- Couples Metro Dallas (Dallas, Texas)
- Greater Orlando Couples (Orlando, Florida)
- Couples Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)
- Florida Gulf Coast Couples (Tampa, Florida)
- Alamo Couples (San Antonio, Texas)
- Coachella Valley Couples (Palm Springs, California)
- Greater
Sacramento Area Couples (Sacramento, California)
- Human Rights Campaign.
- California Domestic Partnership registration and termination forms are available at www.ss.ca.gov/business/sf/sf_dp.htm.
- The Alternatives to Marriage Project lists a number of resources concerning domestic partnership benefits and legal issues involving unmarried and same-sex couples.
- The ACLU tracks a wide variety of social issues and current events and has special sections on HIV and AIDS and Lesbian and Gay Rights. They carry lists of cities, states and counties with domestic partner registration or with at least partial domestic partnership benefits for government employees.
- Partners Task Force for Gay & LesbianCouples has a site containing more than 200 essays, surveys, legal articles and resources on legal marriage, ceremonies, domestic partner benefits, relationship tips, parenting and immigration. This is absolutely the most comprehensive site we’ve found for products, organizations and issues. Well worth a look just for background information.
- The National Center for Lesbian Rights tracks legal issues involving gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, and has an authoritative list of eight documents couples should have to protect their partnership rights.
- The political action group CAPE (California Alliance for Pride and Equality) tracks legislative voting records, status of legislation and lists Bay Area serviceorganizations by region.
- Immigration Equality tracks immigration issues concerning lesbians and gay men and persons living with HIV and AIDS.
- The International Commitment Ceremonies Registry carries no legal weight, but you can register your commitment there free or, for a charge, get a certificate. They list some resources, tips on writing vows and have links to the home pages of some couples.
- Nolo Law for All offers do-it-yourself legal information and tools, with a special section on gay and lesbian couples.
- In the gay resources section of Psychpage.com, there is a thorough and insightful article about domestic violence in gay and lesbian relationships.
- Lambda posts important information on hate crimes and domestic violence.
- The archives of Nurse Week magazine contain a July 2000 article on some of the hurdles facing us when our domestic partners are hospitalized.
- Services and education on AIDS are offered through the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
- Delta V lists a wide array of Bay Area gay, lesbian and transgender organizations.
- Normally we wouldn’t list a commercial site, but if you’re having trouble finding that classic gay comedy or drama at your local video store, try clicking on the “gay and lesbian” menu tab at TLA Video.
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Project Inform is an up-to-date source of information on AIDS treatments.