Gay and lesbian rights organizing : community-based strategies / Yolanda C. Padilla, editor.

"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of gay & lesbian social services, volume 16, number 3/4 2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Organizing for change: one city's journey toward justice / Erlene Grise-Owens, Jeff Vessels, Larry W. Owens -- One community's path to greater social justice: building on earlier successes / Melanie D. Otis -- Coalition building and electoral organizing in the passage of anti-discrimination laws: the case of Connecticut / John Bonelli, Louise Simmons -- Organizing to amend antidiscrimination statutes in Maryland / Daphne L. McClellan, Geoffrey L. Greif -- Resisting fragmentation, living whole: four female transgender students of color speak about school / Nova Gutierrez -- Building community for Toronto's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgender youth / Bev Lepischak -- Building community-based alliances between GLBTQQA youth and adults in rural settings / Carol A. Snively -- Grassroots meet homophobia: a Rocky Mountain success story / Audrey Olsen Faulkner, Ann Lindsey -- The importance of GLBT think tanks to our agenda of equality and liberation / Sean Cahill -- Assessing health and social service needs in the GLB population: the Norwegian experience / Berge-Andreas Steinsvåg, Bjørg Sandkjœr, Ingvill Størksen -- 'Trans'cending barriers: transgender organizing on the Internet / Eve Shapiro -- "AM/FM activism": taking national media tools to a local level / Kristen Schilt -- A gay and lesbian congregation seeks social justice for other marginalized communities / Lon B. Johnston, David Jenkins -- From movement demands to legislation: organizing in the LGBT community in Mexico City / Mirka J. Negroni.