List of gay-rights organizations
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List of LGBT rights organizations around the world. Note that some organizations support certain rights while opposing others.

International

  • Gay Straight Alliance Network International (GSANI)
  • International Lesbian and Gay Association
    International Lesbian and Gay Association
    The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association is an international organization bringing together more than 750 LGBTI groups from around the world. It continues to be active in campaigning for LGBT rights on the international human rights and civil rights scene and...

     (ILGA)
  • International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
  • International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Youth and Student Organisation
    International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Youth and Student Organisation
    IGLYO stands for the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Youth and Student Organisation. It was created in 1984 as a reaction to the need for better cooperation among regional, local and national LGBTQ youth and student organisations. As a peer-led membership-based network...

     (IGLYO)
  • International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association (ILGLaw)
  • Global Respect In Education
    GRIN Campaign
    GRIN Campaign, Global Respect in Education, is a transatlantic non-profit organisation and advocacy group which campaigns primarily for lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer/questioning people's social and political equality in education...

     (GRIN)
  • International Association of Gay and Lesbian Esperantists (LSG)
  • Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
    Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
    The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is an organization in the United States that seeks to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in K-12 schools. GLSEN is headquartered in New York City and the District of Columbia...

     (GLSEN)

South Africa

  • Lesbigay Stellenbosch Student Society (LBG)
  • out@kovsies Student organization on the Bloemfontein campus of the University of the Free State

China, People's Republic of


China, Republic of (Taiwan)

  • Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan
    Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan
    Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan also known by the acronym G/STRAT was established in May 1999 in Taiwan. It aims to promote rights of sexual minorities in the aspects of family, education system, politics, economy and law....

     (GSRAT)
  • Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association
    Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association
    Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association is an organization providing people with peer counseling, support networks, and a community resource center....

     (TTHA)
  • Bi The Way
    Bi the Way
    Bi the Way is a 2008 documentary film about bisexuality in the United States. It had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas...


Israel & the Palestinian territories

  • The Association of Gay Men, Lesbians, and Bisexuals in Israel
  • Jerusalem Open House
    Jerusalem Open House
    The Jerusalem Open House Pride and Tolerance is a grassroots, activist organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people and their allies...

     - Jerusalem's GLBT community center and gay rights organization

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Australia

National
  • Australian Coalition for Equality (ACE)
  • Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives
    Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives
    The Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives is a non-profit, community-based organisation of volunteers committed to the collection and preservation of material reflecting the lives and experiences of LGBT Australians. The material collected is either produced by LGBT people in Australia or...

     (ALGA)
  • Australian Marriage Equality
    Australian Marriage Equality
    Australian Marriage Equality is a group of Australians from various states and territories who have come together to campaign for law reform and attitudinal change necessary to allow same sex couples to marry...

     (AME)
  • Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia
    Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia
    The Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia was formed in Australia in 1994 to work towards the end of discrimination against lesbians. COAL lobbies the Australian Commonwealth and other state and territory Governments to remove discrimination against lesbians...

     (COAL)
  • ArciLesbica Australia [Italian Aust. LBGTIQ women]

New South Wales
  • Community Action Against Homophobia
    Community Action Against Homophobia
    Community Action Against Homophobia is a community activist organisation based in Sydney, Australia. Since its establishment in 1999, CAAH has aimed to eliminate homophobia and achieve full equality for queer people -- defined as "lesbian, gay, bisexual, same sex attracted, transgender, intersex...

     (CAAH)


Victoria (Australia)|Victoria
  • Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
    Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
    The Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby is the peak lobby group in Victoria, Australia for the attainment of equality, human rights and social justice for gay & lesbian people....

     (VGLRL)

Bulgaria

  • BGO Gemini
    BGO Gemini
    The Bulgarian Gay Organization Gemini was the primary organization in the LGBT rights movement in Bulgaria, based in Sofia.It was legally registered in 1992 by an HIV-positive gay couple and since then has grown to become the main LGBT organization in the country...

  • Sofia Pride Foundation
  • Bilitis Resource Centre

Croatia


Finland

  • SETA - The Finnish National Organization for Sexual Equality

France

  • Act Up
  • Arcadie
    Arcadie Club
    The Arcadie Club was a French homophile organization established in the early 1950s by André Baudry, an ex-seminarian and philosophy professor.-Literary review:...

  • Association des Gays et Lesbiens Arméniens de France
    AGLA France
    -External links:* * * -See also:*LGBT rights in Armenia*Human rights in Armenia*LGBT rights in Asia...

  • David & Jonathan
  • GayLib
    GayLib
    GayLib is an LGBT faction affiliated with the Union for a Popular Movement, France's political party currently in power. Its president is Emmanuel Blanc.-History:...

  • Homosexualités et Socialisme
    Homosexualités et Socialisme
    Homosexualités et Socialisme is an LGBT faction within the Parti Socialiste in France. It was created in 1983 by Jan-Paul Pouliquen. From 1993 to 1997, its president was Stéphane Martinet. Its current president is Gilles Bon-Maury. It is a member of ILGA-Europe and Rainbow Rose....

  • Inter-LGBT
    Inter-LGBT
    Inter-LGBT is an umbrella group of 50 LGBT organisations in France.-Overview:It organises the Printemps des Assoces every April as well as the annual Gay marches. Its headquarters, located in Le Marais, has a library open to the public.Inter-LGBT is considered to be a lobby by its former spokesman...

  • SOS Homophobie
    SOS Homophobie
    -History:It was created on 11 April 1994 and it is strictly volunteer-only. The initial goal was to hold a helpline for LGBT people throughout France, and for homophobia-ridden places to be identified and told to the government, the media and the general public. From 1997 onwards yearly reports...


Germany


Ireland

  • Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform
    Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform
    The Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform was an organisation set up to campaign for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the 1970s...

  • Gay and Lesbian Equality Network
    Gay and Lesbian Equality Network
    The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network is an Irish non-governmental gay rights group, based in Dublin, Ireland. The organisation was founded in 1988 and focuses mainly on achieving change in legislation and social policy that will achieve full equality and inclusion for lesbian, gay and bisexual ...

  • Gay Doctors Ireland
    Gay Doctors Ireland
    Gay Doctors Ireland is an organisation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender physicians and medical students in Ireland. It was founded in 2010 as Ireland's first association for LGBT doctors.-Purpose:...

  • Union of Students in Ireland
    Union of Students in Ireland
    The Union of Students in Ireland is the national representative body for third-level students' unions in Ireland. The Union of Students in Ireland is the sole national representative body for students in Ireland but does not represent students from two of the seven Irish Universities, namely...


The Netherlands

  • COC Nederland
    COC Nederland
    COC Nederland is a Dutch organization for LGBT men and women. COC originally stood for Cultuur en Ontspanningscentrum , which was intended as a "cover" name for its real purpose...



Sweden

  • Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights
    Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights
    Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights is a Swedish organization working for LGBT rights.It was founded in 1950, which makes it one of the oldest LGBT rights organizations in the world...

     (RFSL)
  • HomO
    Homo
    Homo may refer to:*the Greek prefix ὅμο-, meaning "the same"*the Latin for man, human being*Homo, the taxonomical genus including modern humans...

    , The Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation (government office)
  • Ekho, Ekumeniska gruppen för kristna homo-, bisexuella och transpersoner (the organization for LGBT Christians)

Turkey

  • KAOS GL
    KAOS GL
    KAOS GL is a Turkish LGBT rights organisation founded in 1994. The organisation has been publishing the journal KAOS GL since its founding. The group operates the KAOS Cultural Center, which hosts cultural activities, meetings, and showings of films...

  • Lambda Istanbul
    Lambda Istanbul
    Lambda Istanbul is a Turkish LGBT organization. It was founded in 1993 as a cultural space for the LGBT community, and became an official organization in 1996. Clandestine Pride events were held in Turkey starting in 1993, and with Lambda Istanbul participation, they became public marches.The...

  • LEGATO
    Legato
    In musical notation the Italian word legato indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, in transitioning from note to note, there should be no intervening silence...

    , LGBT group of university students and academics with nationwide organization
  • Turk Gay Club

United Kingdom

  • Campaign for Homosexual Equality
    Campaign for Homosexual Equality
    The Campaign for Homosexual Equality is one of the oldest gay rights organisations in the United Kingdom. It is a membership organisation which aims to promote legal and social equality for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals in England and Wales...

  • Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform
    Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform
    The Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform was an organisation set up to campaign for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the 1970s...

     (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland)
  • DELGA (Lib Dems for LGBT Action)
    Delga
    LGBT+ Liberal Democrats is the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender & sexuality minorities equality group of the Liberal Democrats. DELGA was the original name when the organisation was formed...

  • Gay and Lesbian Youth Northern Ireland
    Gay and Lesbian Youth Northern Ireland
    Gay And Lesbian Youth Northern Ireland was set up in 1999 as a result of increased calls to the gay helpline from those under the age of 25 with help from the National Lottery....

     (GLYNI)
  • Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association
    Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association
    The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association is a democratic, membership-based, Humanist campaigning organisation that represents the many non-religious in the lesbian and gay community in the United Kingdom and beyond...

     (GALHA)
  • Homosexual Law Reform Society
    Homosexual Law Reform Society
    The Homosexual Law Reform Society was an organisation that campaigned in the United Kingdom for changes in the laws that criminalised homosexual relations between men.- History :...

  • The Lesbian & Gay Foundation
    The Lesbian & Gay Foundation
    The Lesbian and Gay Foundation is a charity based in Manchester. It was formed with the merger of Healthy Gay Manchester and Manchester Lesbian and Gay Switchboard Services in April 2000....

     (LGF)
  • LGBT Network
    LGBT Network
    The LGBT Network is a gay rights charity based in Scotland and is a registered charity with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.The LGBT Network was founded as a not for profit organisation in April 2008 and operates throughout...

  • OutRage!
    OutRage!
    OutRage! is a British LGBT rights group that was formed to fight for equal rights of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in comparison to heterosexual people. It is a group which has at times been criticised for outing individuals who wanted to keep their homosexuality secret and for being...

  • Queer Youth Network (Q.Y.N.)
  • Stonewall
    Stonewall (UK)
    Stonewall is a lesbian, gay and bisexual rights charity in the United Kingdom named after the Stonewall Inn of Stonewall riots fame. Now the largest gay equality organization not only in the UK but in Europe, it was formed in 1989 by political activists and others lobbying against section 28 of the...

  • Unity Bangor LGBT
    Bangor University
    Bangor University is a university based in the city of Bangor in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales-United Kingdom.It was officially known for most of its history as the University College of North Wales...


Canada

  • Egale Canada
    Egale Canada
    Egale Canada is an advocacy organization founded in 1986 to advance equality for Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families, across Canada....

  • Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal Foundation
    Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal Foundation
    Community One Foundation, formerly the Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal Foundation, is a non-profit foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that builds and supports individuals and groups that enhance the development of the LGBTTIQQ2S communities in the Greater Toronto Area including Durham,...

     (LGCA)
  • Queer Ontario

United States

  • Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons
    Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons
    Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons is an international organization for gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, and intersex people who identify as members or ex-members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

  • African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change
  • Audre Lorde Project
    Audre Lorde Project
    The Audre Lorde Project is a Brooklyn, New York-based organization for queer people of color. The organization concentrates on community organizing and radical nonviolent activism around progressive issues within New York City, especially relating to queer and transgender communities, AIDS and HIV...

  • Bash Back
    Bash Back
    Bash Back! is a network of radical, anarchist queer projects within the United States. Formed in Chicago in 2007 to facilitate a convergence of radical trans and gay activists from around the country, Bash Back! seeks to critique the ideology of the mainstream LGBT movement, which the group sees...

     http://bashbacknews.wordpress.com/
  • Basic Rights Oregon
    Basic Rights Oregon
    Basic Rights Oregon is an American nonprofit gay rights organization based in Portland, Oregon. It is the largest advocacy, education, and political organization working in Oregon to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. BRO has twelve full-time staff, a contract...

  • Canvass for a Cause
    Canvass for a Cause
    The Canvass for a Cause is a California-based non-profit organization that focuses on voter persuasion, and public education efforts to build support for the progressive issues...

  • Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer!
    Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer!
    Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer! is a non-profit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota . The organization was founded by three gay men in 2002 to promote diversity, raise HIV/AIDS awareness, and raise money for other non-profit organizations....

  • Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
    Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere
    COLAGE is an organization, created in 1989 by the children of several lesbian and gay male couples who felt a need for support. Though its membership is not necessarily lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning -identified, COLAGE's focus on the issues of LGBT parents' families makes...

     (COLAGE)
  • CLAMBS Equality (Massachusetts)
  • Daughters of Bilitis
    Daughters of Bilitis
    The Daughters of Bilitis , was the first lesbian rights organization in the United States. It was formed in San Francisco in 1955, conceived as a social alternative to lesbian bars, which were considered illegal and thus subject to raids and police harassment...

  • DignityUSA
    DignityUSA
    DignityUSA is a U.S. organization with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts that "works for respect and justice" for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in the Roman Catholic Church and the world through education, advocacy and support...

     (Catholic Church)
  • Empowering Spirits Foundation
    Empowering Spirits Foundation
    The Empowering Spirits Foundation , Inc. is a national non-profit, non-partisan lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization in the United States...

  • Equal Rights Washington
    Equal Rights Washington
    Equal Rights Washington is Washington’s largest state-wide LGBT advocacy and community outreach organization. ERW's mission is to ensure and promote dignity, safety, and equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Washingtonians....

  • Equality Across America
  • EQCA (Equality California)
    Equality California
    Equality California or EQCA is a non-profit civil rights organization that advocates for the rights of LGBT people in California.-Early history:...

  • Equality Maryland
    Equality Maryland
    Equality Maryland is a non-profit organization formerly headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, now based in Baltimore. Its activities focus on advocacy and education with regard to a number of LGBT social and political movements...

  • Equality Mississippi
    Equality Mississippi
    Equality Mississippi was a statewide LGBT civil rights organization founded March 2000 in Mississippi...

  • Equality North Carolina
    Equality North Carolina
    Equality North Carolina is an activist group in North Carolina designed to fight for equality rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens of the state. Equality NC has two sister projects, with whom it works closely: Equality NC PAC and Equality NC Project...

  • Equality Ohio
    Equality Ohio
    Equality Ohio is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for full equality for the LGBTQ community. It is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 2005 following the passage of Ohio Issue 1, which banned state recognition of same-sex relationships...

  • Equality Utah
    Equality Utah
    Equality Utah is an American non-profit 501 organization which is Utah's largest LGBT-rights equality group based in Salt Lake City, Utah.-Background:It was founded in 2001 as Unity Utah and took its present name in 2004....

  • Family Equality Council
    Family Equality Council
    Family Equality Council is national American advocacy organization committed to securing family equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning parents, guardians and allies.- History :...

  • Fine By Me
    Fine By Me
    Fine By Me is an organization in the United States with the mission to give voice to friends and supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people...

  • Freedom to Marry
    Freedom to Marry
    Freedom to Marry is a non-profit organization leading the campaign for same-sex marriages to be recognized nationwide in the United States of America...

  • Gay Activists Alliance
  • Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
    Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
    Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is a non-profit legal rights organization in the United States. The organization was founded in 1978, and works toward ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression.GLAD is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and...

     (GLAD)
  • Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
    Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
    The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is a non-governmental media monitoring organization which promotes the image of LGBT people in the media...

     (GLAAD)
  • Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
    Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
    The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association works to ensure equality in health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and health care professionals...

     (GLMA)
  • Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund
    Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund
    The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund is an American political action committee dedicated to increasing the number of openly LGBT public officials in US political life.The Victory Fund was founded in 1991...

  • Gay Liberation Front
    Gay Liberation Front
    Gay Liberation Front was the name of a number of Gay Liberation groups, the first of which was formed in New York City in 1969, immediately after the Stonewall riots, in which police clashed with gay demonstrators.-The Gay Liberation Front:...

     (GLF)
  • Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
    Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
    The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is an organization in the United States that seeks to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in K-12 schools. GLSEN is headquartered in New York City and the District of Columbia...

     (GLSEN)
  • Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies
    Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies
    Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies is the officially recognized organization representing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender personnel and their families in the United States Department of State, U.S...

     (GLIFAA)
  • GenderPAC
    GenderPAC
    GenderPAC was a LGBT rights organization based in Washington, DC working to the stated aim of ensuring classrooms, communities, and workplaces are safe places for every person to learn, grow, and succeed, whether or not they conform to expectations for masculinity or femininity...

     (GPAC)
  • Georgia Equality
    Georgia Equality
    Georgia Equality is the largest LGBT rights advocacy groups in Georgia. Their mission is to advance Fairness, Safety and Opportunity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Allied Communities in Georgia...

  • GOProud
    GOProud
    GOProud is an American tax exempt 527 organization representing conservative gays, lesbians, transgendered people, and their allies. GOProud advocates for small government conservatism at the level of federal public policy. GOProud was founded by Christopher R...

  • Houston GLBT Political Caucus
    Houston GLBT Political Caucus
    The Houston GLBT Political Caucus is the South's oldest civil rights organization dedicated solely to the advancement of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights. Founded in 1975, it is the largest gay political organization in the city of Houston and Harris County...

     (HGLBTPC)
  • Human Rights Campaign
    Human Rights Campaign
    The Human Rights Campaign is the United States' largest LGBT advocacy group and lobbying organization; according to the HRC, it has more than one million members and supporters...

     (HRC)
  • Immigration Equality
    Immigration Equality
    Immigration Equality is an American advocacy organization working for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive individuals under the policies of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...

  • IntegrityUSA
    IntegrityUSA
    IntegrityUSA is a U.S. not-for-profit organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and straight friends. Integrity was founded by Dr...

     (Episcopal Church)
  • International Foundation for Gender Education
    International Foundation for Gender Education
    International Foundation for Gender Education is an American non-profit transgender advocacy organization founded in 1987 and devoted to "overcoming the intolerance of transvestitism and transsexualism brought about by widespread ignorance."...

     (IFGE)
  • Kansas Equality Coalition
    Kansas Equality Coalition
    The Kansas Equality Coalition is a statewide LGBT rights organization whose mission is to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression...

  • Kentucky Equality Federation
    Kentucky Equality Federation
    Kentucky Equality Federation is an umbrella gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization in the Commonwealth of Kentucky consisting of Federation for Kentucky Equality, Inc., Kentucky Equality Coalition, Inc., and Kentucky Equality PAC....

  • Keshet, Inc. (Keshet, Keshet Boston)
  • Lambda Legal
    Lambda Legal
    Lambda Legal is an American civil rights organization that focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender communities as well as people living with HIV/AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.Lambda's founder William J. Thom, Esq...

  • Lesbian Avengers
    Lesbian Avengers
    The Lesbian Avengers began in New York City in 1992 as "a direct action group focused on issues vital to lesbian survival and visibility." Dozens of other chapters quickly emerged worldwide, a few expanding their mission to include questions of gender, race, and class.Though some groups continue...

  • Log Cabin Republicans
    Log Cabin Republicans
    The Log Cabin Republicans is an organization that works within the Republican Party to advocate equal rights for all Americans, including gays and lesbians in the United States with state chapters and a national office in Washington, D.C...

     (LCR)
  • Marriage Equality USA
  • MassEquality
  • Mattachine Society
    Mattachine Society
    The Mattachine Society, founded in 1950, was one of the earliest homophile organizations in the United States, probably second only to Chicago’s Society for Human Rights . Harry Hay and a group of Los Angeles male friends formed the group to protect and improve the rights of homosexuals...

  • National Center for Transgender Equality
    National Center for Transgender Equality
    The National Center for Transgender Equality is a nonprofit social justice organization, founded in 2003 by transgender activist Mara Keisling...

     (NCTE)
  • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
    National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
    The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force builds the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community from the ground up. The Task Force is the country’s premier social justice organization fighting to improve the lives of LGBT people, and working to create positive, lasting...

     (The Task Force)
  • National Youth Advocacy Coalition
    National Youth Advocacy Coalition
    The National Youth Advocacy Coalition, or NYAC, which ceased to operate on May 12, 2011 was a organization which sought to fight discrimination against and promote the leadership and wellness for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth.NYAC was founded in 1993. At its...

     (NYAC)
  • North American Conference of Homophile Organizations
    North American Conference of Homophile Organizations
    The North American Conference of Homophile Organizations was an umbrella organization for a number of homophile organizations. Founded in 1966, the goal of NACHO was to expand coordination among homophile organizations throughout the Americas. Homophile activists were motivated in part by an...

  • ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
    One National Gay & Lesbian Archives
    ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives is the oldest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender organization in the United States and the largest repository of LGBT materials in the world. Since 2010 ONE Archives has been a part of the University of Southern California Libraries. ONE Archives...

  • Out & Equal
    Out & Equal
    Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is a United States non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California....

  • OutFront Minnesota
    OutFront Minnesota
    OutFront Minnesota is a LGBT rights organization in the United States state of Minnesota.Its mission is To make our state a place where GLBT Minnesotans have the freedom, power, and confidence to make the best choices for their own lives....

  • Outright Libertarians
    Outright Libertarians
    Outright Libertarians is an association in the United States of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and other self-identified "queer" people who are active in the Libertarian Party...

  • Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
    Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
    Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is a socio-political group of family members and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Its mission statement describes the goals of PFLAG as promoting health and well being of LGBT persons as well as actively supporting...

     (PFLAG)
  • Queer Nation
    Queer Nation
    Queer Nation was an organization founded in March 1990 in New York City, USA by AIDS activists from ACT UP. The four founders were outraged at the escalation of anti-gay and lesbian violence on the streets and prejudice in the arts and media...

  • Rainbow Health Initiative
    Rainbow Health Initiative
    The Rainbow Health Initiative is a Minnesota-based 5013 organization dedicated to "improving the health of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Minnesotans through education, clinical practice, research and advocacy." Founded in 2000 by physicians and health advocates, RHI has re-framed the...

     (RHI) link
  • Rainbow Sash
    Rainbow Sash
    The Rainbow Sash Movement refers to two organizations created by and advanced by practicing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Catholics who believe they should be able to receive Holy Communion....

  • Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
    Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
    The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network is a non-profit legal services, watchdog, and policy organization founded in the United States in 1993. It is dedicated to ending discrimination and harassment of gay and lesbian U.S. military personnel negatively affected by the "Don't ask, don't tell"...

     (SLDN)
  • The Society for Human Rights
    The Society for Human Rights
    The Society for Human Rights was an American homosexual rights organization established in Chicago in 1924. Society founder Henry Gerber was inspired to create the society by Germany's Doctor Magnus Hirschfeld and his work with the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee...

  • Soulforce (organization)
    Soulforce (organization)
    Soulforce is an American social justice and civil rights organization that supports acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people through dialogue and creative forms of nonviolent direct action...

  • Stonewall Democrats
    Stonewall Democrats
    The National Stonewall Democrats is an LGBT-rights group based in Washington, D.C. with a political affiliation to the Democratic Party. The word "Stonewall" in its name refers to the 1969 Stonewall riots, a pivotal event in the history of gay rights....

  • Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah
    Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah
    Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah is a group of weapons advocates and owners in Utah. It supports the Pink Pistols idea that was described nationally in 2000 by writer Jonathan Rauch for the legal, responsible and safe use of weapons for their self defense, recreation and weapon-sports competition...

  • Touro University Gay-Straight Alliance
    Touro University Gay-Straight Alliance
    Touro University Gay-Straight Alliance is a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender medical students, staff, faculty and allies at Touro University, a Jewish-sponsored university in California founded by Bernard Lander...

     (TUGSA)
  • Triangle Foundation http://www.tri.org/ - Michigan
  • Utah Pride Center
  • Washington Families Standing Together
    Washington Families Standing Together
    Washington Families Standing Together was founded in 2009 to preserve domestic partnerships in Washington State by urging voters to approve Referendum 71....

  • Wilde Stein Alliance for Sexual Diversity
    Wilde Stein Alliance for Sexual Diversity
    The Wilde Stein Alliance for Sexual Diversity is a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender student advocacy and social organization at the University of Maine. It is one of the oldest such organizations in the United States and the oldest in Maine. Founded in 1973, Wilde Stein is named after Oscar...


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