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 Center closest to you www.LGBTcenters.org.
Class Action is an organization that inspires action to end classism. Their website has resources, both online and print, on classism in the US: www.classism.org
Color Lines Magazine is the national newsmagazine on race and politics. They have many articles about race and current affairs in the US. http://www.colorlines.com/
Family Equality Council: Family Equality Council advocates for family equality nationwide. www.familyequality.org
Fat! So? Resources around body acceptance and sizism include a website, book, and many links to other resources. http://www.fatso.com/
Gayellow Pages or Lavender Pages (LGBTQ phone books): www.gayellowpages.com
Gender Odyssey: An international conference focused on the needs and interests of transgender and gender non-conforming people, with specific programming for families. www.genderodyssey.org
GLAAD: Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation: A great resource especially for finding gay-friendly media in your area. www.glaad.org
Human Rights Campaign Family Project: Provides resources, articles, and information that are pertinent to LGBTQ families. www.hrc.org/issues/parenting/10475.htm
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund: Legal resources for the LGBTQ community. www.lambdalegal.org
Local Gay Parenting Groups: There are local groups for LGBTQ parents across the country. Here is a list of LGBTQ parents’ groups state-by state: www.familyequality.org/action/parentsgroups.html.
Metropolitan Community Churches: MCC Churches work with the LGBTQ community. They are a great resource to connect with and have provided meeting space in the past. www.mccchurch.org
North American Council on Adoptable Children: Adoptive rights organization that has great resources surrounding the rights of transnationally and transracially adopted children. www.nacac.org
National Black Justice Coalition: a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black same-gender-loving, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. www.nbjcoalition.org
National Center for Lesbian Rights: Legal resources and referrals. www.nclrights.org
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: www.thetaskforce.org
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance: www.nqapia.org
Our Families 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/
PFLAG (Parents, Friends, and Family of Lesbians and Gays): PFLAG has chapters across the world, many of whom provide programming for youth with LGBTQ parents. www.pflag.org
Safe Schools Coalition: based in Washington State, maintains a website filled with resources, organizations, curriculum and more that help builds safer schools for all youth. http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/
Straight Spouse Network: www.straightspouse.org
Teaching Tolerance. This website has activities and curriculum on a broad level of topics and categorized for different aged groups. www.tolerance.org
Unid@s: National Latina/o LGBT Human Rights Organization. www.unidoslgbt.com
Unitarian Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian & Transgender Concerns: www.uua.org/obgltc
World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Jewish Organizations: www.glbtjews.org