The Rev. Paul Zahl is a former dean of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, a seminary in Ambridge, Pa. He opposes the ordination of sexually active gay clergy. Contact through Eerdmans Publishing Co.

A psychology professor at DePaul University in Chicago. She is an expert on teen pregnancy and adolescent violence. She has conducted a large study on the effectiveness of school-based health clinics.

An associate professor of history at the University of Kansas at Lawrence and author of Teaching Sex: The Shaping of Adolescence in the 20th Century.

Thomas Holman is a professor of marriage, family and human development at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He wrote “The Teaching of Non-marital Sexual Abstinence and Members’ Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors: The Case of Latter-Day Saints” for the Review of Religious Research.

Stanley Carlson-Thies is founder and senior director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, which has called for a “Fairness for All” approach to religious freedom and LGBTQ rights. He previously worked on faith-based initiatives for the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations.

The Point Foundation grants scholarships to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Contact Eugene Patron, director of marketing and communications.

The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute works to elect LGBT leaders to public office in order to change America’s politics for the support of “true equality” for all. Aisha C. Moody-Mills is the president and CEO.

Gender Odyssey-Family Conference is a the first stand-alone national conference for families of gender non-conforming and transgender children.

Campus Pride is an organization that works to create a safer and more inclusive LGBT environment on college campuses nationally.