- 2021-02-04. Extracts from Letters Written on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice on Transsexuality. Universal House of Justice. Extracts from three letters from 2017 and 2018, with updated or "additional" guidance on gender and sex-change operations. Compilation attached to a letter from the House dated 2021 February 4. Compilations.
- 2018-05-03. 35 Common Objections to the Bahá'í Faith. Bridging Beliefs. Responses to common critiques of, doubts about, and objections to the Bahá'í Faith and against religion in general. Transcripts.
- 2014-05-09. Letter on responding to attitude changes on homosexuality. Universal House of Justice. Challenges centrality of sexuality to life; confronts dichotomy of condemnatory and accepting attitudes against homosexuality; dissuades Bahá’ís from debating or coercing non-Bahá’ís and mentions occasions for standing up against oppression of homosexuals UHJ-letters.
- 2013-04-22. Views on Homosexuality. Universal House of Justice. On the need to overcome material nature including homosexuality; Bahá’ís not to judge or impose values and to treat those with a homosexual orientation sympathetically; no possibility for House to change Bahá’í marriage as between man and woman UHJ-letters.
- 2012-06-07. Homosexuality and the Bahá'í Faith. Tom Price. Homosexuality and the Bahá'í teachings in the light of human rights, prejudice, and science. Audio.
- 2012-05-17. Религии мира о гомосексуализме: обзор учений Индуизма, Иудаизма, Буддизма, Зороастризма, Сикхизма, Христианства, Ислама, Веры бахаи (World Religions on Homosexuality: A Review of the Teachings of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i Faith). Ilyas Fatkulov, Vladimir Chupin, ed. . Краткий обзор точек зрения мировых религий на гомосексуальные отношения. Essays.
- 2011-01-03. Homosexuality and Civil Rights. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Brief comments on the apparent contradiction between eliminating all prejudice, including against homosexuals, vs. the Bahá'í stance on marriage as being only between a man and a woman. UHJ-letters.
- 2010-12-22. Homosexuality in Uganda, Non-involvement of Bahá'ís in repression of. Universal House of Justice. Clarification of mis-reports about Bahá'í involvement in Ugandan repression of homosexuals. Also explains that letters sent written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi are all read by him, and have the same authority as letters written by him. UHJ-letters.
- 2010-10-27. Homosexuality and Civil Rights. Universal House of Justice. Although sexual relations are to be restricted to marriage between a man and woman and Bahá’ís are not to take a position on issues such as civil marriage, Bahá'ís can defend homosexuals from discrimination. UHJ-letters.
- 2008. Same Hesitant Rhythm, The. Brittany D. Kusserow. An outsider's perspective of Bahá'í community participation in one small American city, and her response to Bahá'í views on homosexuality. Link to thesis (offsite). Theses.
- 2004-08-01. Homosexuality in the Baha'i Faith and in World Religions. Christopher Buck, Nahzy Abadi Buck. Slides of two presentations: Christopher Buck's "Homosexuality in World Religions" and Nahzy Buck's "Homosexuality in the Bahá'í Faith." Presentations.
- 2004. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin. Dianne Bradford, Fiona Missaghian, Udo Schaefer, Robert Stockman, Jonah Winters, comp. . Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college course at Hofstra University, New York, fall 2001. Essays.
- 2002-12-26. Transsexuality. Universal House of Justice. Brief overview of the subjects of transsexuality, the acceptability of sex-change surgery, marriage, and the counselling role of Bahá'í institutions. UHJ-letters.
- 2002. Transsexuality and Sex-Change Operations. Universal House of Justice, comp. Short compilation of extracts from letters written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice in response to questions concerning the subjects of transsexuality and sex-change operations. Compilations.
- 2001-06. Sexuality, Self, and the Shape of Society. Holly Hanson. Argues that our culture's current understanding of sexuality is relatively new, is materialistic, and ultimately unjust, especially in the highly politicized discourse about homosexuality. Articles-unpublished.
- 1996-01-13. Homosexuality, Bahá'í Writings on. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Roger Reini, comp, Darren Hiebert, comp. . Compilations-personal.
- 1996. Homosexuality in the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Kamran Hakim. Informal notes on the treatment of homosexuality in the Kitab-i Aqdas, and its background. Essays.
- 1995-11-23. Homosexual Practices, Bahá'í Teachings on. Universal House of Justice. Overview of Bahá'í teachings towards homosexual practices, and how the community should approach homosexuals. UHJ-letters.
- 1995. Sex, Drugs, HIV/AIDS and Religion. Glenn Curran. This paper provides a basic presentation of facts about HIV prevalence, transmission principles, prevention strategies and issues. The second part explores the relationship between HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and religion. Essays.
- 1995. Quranic Roots of Some Legal and Theological Terms of the Kitáb-i Aqdas Regarding Women and Homosexual Relations, The. Kamran Ekbal. Interpretations and etymologies of Arabic terms for prostitution, virginity, dowry, menstruation, sodomy, pederasty, uncleanliness, and adultery. Articles-unpublished.
- 1994-05-03. Homosexuality, Advice on. Universal House of Justice. Clarification to a Bahá'í woman in love with another Bahá'í woman that the Guardian's interpretations of the Bahá'u'lláh's teachings on homosexuality are infallible; concedes that homosexuality may have a "natural" genetic cause. UHJ-letters.
- 1993-07-05. Homosexuality: Biological, or a Learned Behavior?. Universal House of Justice. Various topics related to homosexuality, with an especial focus on whether the Bahá'í writings teach that homosexuality is biologically based or is a "learned behavior." UHJ-letters.
- 1993. Homosexuality. Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . Extracts from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi and letters written by or for the Universal House of Justice emphasize that Bahá'ís empathize with homosexuals while not viewing homosexuality as natural or permanent Compilations.
- 1985. Unrestrained as the Wind: A Life Dedicated to Bahá'u'lláh. National Youth Committee, comp. Compilation of quotations on topics of especial interest to Bahá'í youth. Compilations-NSA.
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