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Women, Feminism | Men | Gender | Love and Sex | Parents and Children | Older People | Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender

Women, Feminism

• Our Bodies, Ourselves - Companion to the book
• Women's Studies - An annotated list of reference Websites (Library of Congress)
• WomenWatch: U.N. Information and Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women

Web Directories:

• Women - Directory (Internet Public Library)
• Femina: Sites by, for, and about Women
• Women's Resources on the Internet
• WWWomen - Web directory

Women's Studies Directories:

See also

• Gender Studies, below

These directories point to more academic Web sites.

• Subject Listing of Women and Gender Resources (women's studies librarian, University of Wisconsin)
• Women and Society - Webliography, bibliography, filmography, etc. (SUNY Buffalo)
• Women's Studies Database (University of Maryland)
• Women's Studies Online Resources - Meta page with links to major sites (Joan Korenman, University of Maryland-Baltimore County)
• WSSLinks - Links selected by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and American Library Association (ALA)

Feminism:

• Femininst Majority Foundation - Breaking news and activism [feminist.org]
• Feministe - Feminist blog team-written by two women with differing politics
• Feministing - A very active blog aimed at young feminists
• National Organization for Women (NOW)

Women's History:

• Aletta: Institute for Women's History - Searchable databases of books, periodicals, and other collections
• American Women - A gateway to resources in American women's history (American Memory Project, Library of Congress)
• American Women's History: A Research Guide - For many topics, gives print and online resources (Ken Middleton, librarian, Middle Tennessee State University)
• Diotima: Women and Gender in Ancient World
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
• Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement (Duke University)
• The Internet Women's History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall, Fordham)
• Medieval Women: An Interactive Exploration (McMaster University, Canada)
• WWW Virtual Library: Women's History

Magazine-type Sites:

• iVillage - Health, parenting, etc. A Web version of a women's magazine
• Women.com - Another Web site that looks like a women's magazine

Men

• MenStuff - All kinds of advice on men's issues — fatherhood, health, relationships, sex
• XY Online - Australian magazine with some thought-provoking articles and an extensive bibliography

Gender Studies

• Gender and Sexuality (EServer)
• Gender Studies (Voice of the Shuttle)

Gender Studies Index:

• Gender Inn - Index to feminist literary criticism and gender studies, focusing on British and American literature (University of Cologne)

Love and Sex

Adults only:

• Sexuality - Mature sites for mature readers. You won't find anything obscene here, just links to good sites for adults interested in sex and erotica.

All Ages:

• Afraid to Ask - Questions (and answers) about sex and health you might be afraid to ask
• All About Sex
• American Social Health Association - Information on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
• Coalition for Positive Sexuality - "You have the right to complete and honest sex education"
• Cool Nurse - Teen health and advice
• Go Ask Alice your health and sex questions (Columbia University)
• I Wanna Know - Info on STDs (American Social Health Association)
• It's Your (Sex) Life - Advice on communication, birth control, and STDs (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• New York Online Access to Health (NOAH):
  • Sexuality
  • Family Planning and Birth Control
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
  • Pregnancy
• Scarleteen - "Sex education for the real world"
• Sex Education Resources for Teens and Youth - Good links
• Sex, Etc. - Advice for teens from Answer, a sex education advocacy group at Rutgers University
• Sextionary - Sexual terms defined with videos and humor (Planned Parenthood)

Reproductive Health: Index:

• Popline - Index to "the world's reproductive health literature"

Parents and Children

• Alliance for Childhood - Advocates more play and less training on computers and academic subjects for young kids
• Child Stats
• Hip Mama - Advice from one hip mama to others
• It's Just Another Baby
• Parent Soup
• Parenting Adolescents

Older People, Aging

• Aging Stats
• AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) - Advice for those aged 50 and over

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT)

• Gay.com
• glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture
• People with a History: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans* History (Paul Halsall, Fordham)
• PlanetOut
• Bisexual Resource Center
• Transsexual Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gay Rights:

• Freedom to Marry
• Human Rights Campaign

Gay and Lesbian Studies Bibliography:

• Guide to Gay and Lesbian Resources - Huge annotated bibliography, based on the collections of the University of Chicago library