Like Lt. Uhura of 'Star Trek', who broke ground for blacks on television, Tara & Willow, as the first long term lesbian couple featured on prime time television, were ground breaking. They quickly became icons, especially for gay youth who looked to the characters and their travails to find a reflection of themselves and their own issues, in a medium where few if any gay and lesbian characters existed.

Willow & Tara were unique and precious. Tara is cruelly gone, but her legacy for understanding and compassion for others endures.

Tara's bookmarks may have included:

http://www.hrc.org/
The Human Rights Campaign

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/
Go Ask Alice, Sponsored by Columbia University's Health Education Program
They answer questions about relationships; sexuality; sexual health; emotional health; fitness; nutrition; alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs; and, general health in a factual and non-judgmental way.

http://www.glsen.org/templates/index.html
GLSEN, working to make schools safer places for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth

http://www.youthresource.com/
Youth Resource, an informational ezine

http://www.oasismag.com/
Oasis, an ezine, featuring writings by gay and questioning youth

http://teenadvice.about.com/cs/abusedomestic/
a good collection of sites on abuse and
http://teenadvice.about.com/cs/gethelpnow/ a help now set of links

http://www.thetrevorproject.org
24 hr suicide hotline

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/oneigla/tb/
Dealing with issues of being Jewish and gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender

http://uahc.org/dallas/areso/civilmar.html
Dealing with gay marriage within Judaism.

http://www.ndvh.org/
U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TTY)