LGBT Student Resources

GayWork.com Search for jobs at gay-friendly companies and post your resume – works in partnership with monster.com.

Gay Financial Network Career Center Offers career articles, information, news, and job listings.

Gayellow Pages Organizations, businesses, and other resources for gays and lesbians – searchable by subject and location.

Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies GLIFAA is a non-profit that works to secure full parity for gay and lesbian personnel and their families in U.S. foreign affairs agencies serving in the United States and overseas.

University of Pennsylvania Career Services (Click on Internet Links from the left column to get to the Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual site.) Includes information about resume writing, coming out on the job, interviewing strategies, and researching organization policies and climates. Also provides links to other informative sites.

Colorado College Career Services Assists with decisions regarding sexual orientation and job searching. Includes common issues that are discussed from the perspective of students, gay professionals, and employers.

Mount Holyoke Career Development Center Provides a listing of various websites that includes information about group searching, gay work place issues, and company/organization policies. Also includes resource listings.

Lawrence University Career Center Discusses the issues faced by LGBT people in the workplace. Also provides additional resources that can help with the decision on how to approach various career issues.

Worknet Employer Database Provides information on companies with non-discrimination policies, domestic partner benefits, and LGBT employee groups. Includes a listing of states which ban discrimination.

Pro Gay Jobs E-Recruitment site dedicated to helping gays and lesbians find jobs in gay-friendly companies. Provides job postings from companies that promote diversity, and provide safe and open environments for all workers.

Transgender: Employment and Transition Includes a FAQ section on transgender and transsexual issues, and a section on transitioning and employment.

Queer Resources Directory Includes links to workplace and domestic partner resources, as well as queer friendly businesses.

Gay/Lesbian Listings From the Riley Guide.

Out Professionals NYACM was founded in 1983 by ten gay men and lesbians.  We didn't really know what to call this new group when we began, but we thought the title "New York Advertising and Communications Network" was descriptive yet generic enough to not offend straight sensibilities.

The Commercial Closet Association A non-profit educational and journalism organization that works to improve societal perceptions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people through better portrayals in the most powerful cultural medium of our time--mainstream advertising. The project brings together journalistic reporting, critiques, visitor reviews, live video lectures, guidelines and resources for advertisers and their ad agencies.

Organizations

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute
1734 14th Street NW
Washington, DC
202-332-6483
**They publish Gay & Lesbian Civil Rights in the U.S. — includes helpful workplace non-discrimination info.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
666 Boradway
New York, NY 10012-2317
212-995-8585
**They publish Out on the Job, Out of a Job — examination of some of the legal issues surrounding coming out at work.

Publications

Baker, Daniel, Sean O'Brien Strub and Bill Henning. Cracking the Corporate Closet: The 200 Best (and Worst) Companies to Work for, Buy from, and Invest in if You're Gay or Lesbian – and Even if Your Aren't. (New York: HarperBusiness, 1995). Located in the LGBT Center and the Career Services Library

Fried, Barbara. Domestic Partner Benefits: A Case Study. (Washington, DC: College and University Personnel Association, 1994).

Friskopp, Annette and Sharon Silverstein. Straight Companies, Gay Lives: Gay and Lesbian Professionals, the Harvard Business School, and the American Workplace. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995).  Located in the Career Services Library

McNaught, Brian. Gay Issues in the Workplace. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993).

Mickens, Ed. The 100 Best Companies for Gay Men and Lesbians. (New York: Pocket Books, 1994).  Located in the LGBT Center and the Career Services Library

Miriam, Frank. Pride at Work: Organizing for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Unions. (New York: Lesbian and Gay Labor Network, 1990).

Powers, Bob, and Alan Ellis. A Manager's Guide to Sexual Orientation in the Workplace. (New York: Routledge, 1995).

Rasi, Richard A. and Lourdes Rodriguez-Nogues. Out in the Workplace: Gay and Lesbian Professionals Tell Their Stories. (Boston: Alyson Publications, forthcoming). Located in the LGBT Center and the Career Services Library

Winfeld, Liz and Susan Spielman. Straight Talk about Gays in the Workplace. (New York: Amacom, 1995).

Woods, James D. The Corporate Closet: The Professional Lives of Gay Men in America. (New York: Free Press, 1993).  Located in the LGBT Center