GLBT Organizations

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
The commission has created a new online library which documents GLBT Human Rights Abuses Worldwide.

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - Washington, DC
National organization that seeks equal rights on a federal level

National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
Washington, DC - Nation-wide grass roots organization and think-tank

The Advocate - Los Angeles
Bi-weekly national GLBT news magazine

Bi-Net USA - Arlington, VA
(800) 585-9368

Bisexual Resource Center
(617) 424-9595

Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)

Council of Religious AIDS Networks

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) - Regional

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) - New York - Nation-wide media watch and anti-defamation group

Gay & Lesbian National Hotline
Coming-out counseling and nationwide referral

Gay & Lesbian Medical Association - San Francisco
National group for GLBT heath care providers & patients, “to make the health care environment a place of empathy, justice & equity”

Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) - New York Organization working to create safe schools

GenderPAC - PAC working on Transgender issues in Washington, DC

Intersex Society of North America - Seattle, WA
Working to end shame, secrecy and unwanted genital surgeries on intersex people

Keshet Ga'avah - The World Congress of GLBT Jews

Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund (LLDEF)
Midwest regional office in Chicago
National organization defending GLBT rights in the legal system

Lutherans Concerned

National Center for Lesbian Rights - San Francisco
Legal center devoted to advancing the rights and safety of lesbians and their families

National Coalition for GLBT Youth

National Directory of Campus LGBT Resource Centers

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association

National Transgender Advocacy Coalition - Washington, DC
National Advocacy organization promoting understanding, fighting discrimination and fighting for the full civil rights of all transgendered, intersex and gender variant people.

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC)
National group that confronts ageism

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates

Out Magazine - New York
National monthly GLBT feature magazine

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, (PFLAG) - Washington, DC - National organization of allies of the GLBT community

Point Foundation - Grants scholarships to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students of merit

Same Love Same Rights

Service Members Legal Defense Network (SLDN) Washington, DC - Legal services for victims of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy

Soulforce - Engaged in non-violent struggle within religious institutions to end spiritual violence against LGBT people

Straight Spouse Network - Assisting straight spouses and children of GLBT people coming out of the closet

Transgender Law and Policy Institute
National organization working on law & policy initiatives to improve transgender equality.

Youth Resource - Washington, DC
Website created by and for GLBTQA youth.

Allied Organizations

American Civil Liberties Union Lesbian & Gay Rights Project