Alexander, Scott W., Meg Riley, and Keith Kron. The Welcoming Congregation Handbook: Resources for Affirming Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and/or Transgender People. Unitarian Universalist Association, Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns, Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 1999. Surely this has been updated, but its mere existence proves how long and how faithfully some religious people have been attending to this work.
Countryman, William L. and M. R. Ritley. Gifted by Otherness: Gay and Lesbian Christian in the Church. Harrisburg, Pa.: Morehouse Pub., 2001. Early but still solid ways of thinking about LGBT people in the pews.
Sam Killerman. A Guide to Gender: the Social Justice Advocate’s Handbook, 2nd Edition. (Impetus Books, 2017). FREE (or donation) and uncopyrighted. Written for people who want to learn for themselves, educators who are hoping to better communicate themes of gender to others, and activists who want to add a gender equity lens to their vision of justice.
Mahru, Jennifer. Pastoral Care and LGBT Seniors. Berkeley, CA: Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, 2014. A short piece on how to be most useful to older LGBT people. Available for download: lgbtmap.org
Marshall, Joretta L. Counselling Lesbian Partners. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997. Dated by now, but still helpful for the focus on women in relationships, not something that is taught in every graduate program.
Martin, S.J, James. Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter Into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity. NY, NY: HarperOne, 2017. It remains to be seen if this kind of bridge building is possible, but the idea bears consideration.
PFLAG’s Guide to Being a Straight Ally. This guide will help you understand how straight allies fit in the effort to achieve equality for all. Learn more about what it means to be a straight ally and get some great tips and tools to being more supportive of your LGBT, friends, family, and colleagues. Available for download: pflag.org.
Sanders, Cody J. A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2017. What could be more important than a focus on young queer people?
Schlager, Bernard and David Kundtz. Ministry among God’s Queer Folk: LGBT Pastoral Care. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2019. The first really comprehensive effort to hone in on the issues and challenges faced by those engaged in ministry to queer people of faith.