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	<title>COLAGE: People with a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer Parent &#187; Organizations that COLAGE Loves!</title>
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		<title>LGBTQ and Allied Rights Organizations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LGBTQ and Allied Rights Organizations ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project: www.aclu.org/lgbt/index.html Al Fatiha Foundation: Support for LGBTQ Muslims. www.al-fatiha.org Center Link: A great national resource to find the LGBTQ...]]></description>
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<p><b>ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project:</b> <a href="http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/index.html">www.aclu.org/lgbt/index.html</a></p>
<p><b>Al Fatiha Foundation:</b> Support for LGBTQ Muslims. <a href="http://www.al-fatiha.org/">www.al-fatiha.org</a></p>
<p><b>Center Link:</b> A great national resource to find the LGBTQ Center closest to you <a href="http://www.lgbtcenters.org/">www.LGBTcenters.org</a>.</p>
<p><b>Class Action </b>is an organization that inspires action to end classism. Their website has resources, both online and print, on classism in the US: <a href="http://www.classism.org/">www.classism.org</a></p>
<p><b><i>Color Lines Magazine</i></b> is the national newsmagazine on race and politics. They have many articles about race and current affairs in the US.  <a href="http://www.colorlines.com/">http://www.colorlines.com/</a></p>
<p><b>Family Equality Council:</b> Family Equality Council advocates for family equality nationwide.  <a href="http://www.familyequality.org/">www.familyequality.org</a></p>
<p><strong><i>Fat! So</i></strong><strong>?</strong><strong> Resources around body acceptance and sizism include a website, book, and many links to other resources. </strong><a href="http://www.fatso.com/">http://www.fatso.com/</a><strong></strong></p>
<p><b>Gayellow Pages</b> or Lavender Pages (LGBTQ phone books): <a href="http://www.gayellowpages.com/">www.gayellowpages.com</a></p>
<p><b>Gender Odyssey: </b>An international conference focused on the needs and interests of transgender and gender non-conforming people, with specific programming for families.<b> </b><a href="http://www.genderodyssey.org/">www.genderodyssey.org</a></p>
<p><b>GLAAD:</b> Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation: A great resource especially for finding gay-friendly media in your area.  <a href="http://www.glaad.org/">www.glaad.org</a></p>
<p><b>Human Rights Campaign Family Project:</b> Provides resources, articles, and information that are pertinent to LGBTQ families. <a href="http://www.hrc.org/issues/parenting/10475.htm">www.hrc.org/issues/parenting/10475.htm</a></p>
<p><b>Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund:</b> Legal resources for the LGBTQ community. <a href="http://www.lambdalegal.org/">www.lambdalegal.org</a></p>
<p><b>Local Gay Parenting Groups:</b> There are local groups for LGBTQ parents across the country. Here is a list of LGBTQ parents’ groups state-by state: <a href="http://www.familyequality.org/action/parentsgroups.html">www.familyequality.org/action/parentsgroups.html</a>.</p>
<p><b>Metropolitan Community Churches:</b> MCC Churches work with the LGBTQ community. They are a great resource to connect with and have provided meeting space in the past. <a href="http://www.mccchurch.org/">www.mccchurch.org</a></p>
<p><b>North American Council on Adoptable Children: </b>Adoptive rights organization that has great resources surrounding the rights of transnationally and transracially adopted children. www.nacac.org</p>
<p><b>National Black Justice Coalition:</b> a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black same-gender-loving, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.  <a href="http://www.nbjcoalition.org/">www.nbjcoalition.org</a></p>
<p><b>National Center for Lesbian Rights:</b> Legal resources and referrals.  <a href="http://www.nclrights.org/">www.nclrights.org</a></p>
<p><b>National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: </b><a href="http://www.thetaskforce.org/">www.thetaskforce.org</a></p>
<p><b>National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance: </b><a href="http://www.nqapia.org/">www.nqapia.org</a></p>
<p><b>Our Families</b> is a community-based education project that raised the visibility, experiences and public support of LGBT families of color within predominantly straight communities of color www.basicrights.org/ourfamilies/</p>
<p><b>PFLAG</b> (Parents, Friends, and Family of Lesbians and Gays): PFLAG has chapters across the world, many of whom provide programming for youth with LGBTQ parents.  <a href="http://www.pflag.org/">www.pflag.org</a></p>
<p><b>Safe Schools Coalition:</b> based in Washington State, maintains a website filled with resources, organizations, curriculum and more that help builds safer schools for all youth. <a href="http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/">http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/</a></p>
<p><b>Straight Spouse Network:</b> <a href="http://www.straightspouse.org/">www.straightspouse.org</a></p>
<p><b>Teaching Tolerance. </b>This website has activities and curriculum on a broad level of topics and categorized for different aged groups.<i>  </i><a href="http://www.tolerance.org/"><i>www.tolerance.org</i></a></p>
<p><b>Unid@s:</b> National Latina/o LGBT Human Rights Organization. <a href="http://www.unidoslgbt.com/">www.unidoslgbt.com</a></p>
<p><b>Unitarian Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian &amp; Transgender Concerns:</b> <a href="http://www.uua.org/obgltc">www.uua.org/obgltc</a></p>
<p><b>World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Jewish Organizations:</b> <a href="http://www.glbtjews.org/">www.glbtjews.org</a></p>
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		<title>Youth Specific Organizations</title>
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<p><b>Advocates for Youth:</b> Helps young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. <a href="http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/">www.advocatesforyouth.org</a></p>
<p><b>Camp Ten Trees:</b> Pacific Northwest summer camp with sessions for youth from LGBTQ families. <a href="http://www.camptentrees.org/">www.camptentrees.org</a></p>
<p><strong>Community Network for Youth Development</strong> is based in the Bay Area although their website has resources about youth programming for after school programs which can be educational for anyone who works with young people. <a href="http://www.cnyd.org/trainingtools/index.php">http://www.cnyd.org/trainingtools/index.php</a><strong></strong></p>
<p><b>Families Like Mine:</b> <a href="http://www.familieslikemine.com/">www.familieslikemine.com</a></p>
<p><b>Fierce: </b>Building the leadership and power of LGBTQ youth of color. <a href="http://www.fiercenyc.org/">www.fiercenyc.org</a></p>
<p><b>Gay &amp; Lesbian Advocates &amp; Defenders</b> (GLAD): <a href="http://www.glad.org/">www.glad.org</a></p>
<p><b>Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network</b> (GLSEN): Works to create safe schools for LGBTQ people. <a href="http://www.glsen.org/">www.glsen.org</a><b></b></p>
<p><b>Gay-Straight Alliance Network:</b> Works to empower youth activists to make change in schools. Their website has resources for running groups that may be helpful to your chapter. <a href="http://www.gsanetwork.org/">www.gsanetwork.org</a></p>
<p><b>KASA- Kids As Self Advocates</b>. A national project by and for youth with disabilities. <a href="http://www.fvkasa.org/">http://www.fvkasa.org/</a></p>
<p><b>National Youth Advocacy Coalition:</b> Primarily supports LGBTQ youth though their website; has many organizing tools and resources.  <a href="http://www.nyacyouth.org/">www.nyacyouth.org</a></p>
<p><b>National Youth Development Information Center</b>. This group provides resources youth workers about funding, programming, research, policy, job and training opportunities. <a href="http://www.nydic.org/nydic/index.html">http://www.nydic.org/nydic/index.html</a></p>
<p><b>National Youth Leadership Network: </b>Only national youth-led organization that works to build power among people with disabilities. <a href="http://www.nyln.org/">www.nyln.org</a></p>
<p><b>National Youth Rights Association</b> is a youth led organization that challenges age discrimination. Their website has papers, articles and resources about youth leadership and ageism. <a href="http://www.youthrights.org/">http://www.youthrights.org/</a></p>
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