
Organizations that focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex issues.
American Civil Liberties Union Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & AIDS Project
The ACLU LGBT & AIDS Project advocates for fairness and equality in every community and the federal government.
ARC International
As a Canadian-based international non-profit organization ARC International strives to: develop and assist in the implementation of an international strategic vision regarding LGBT human rights; foster international linkages and communications between stakeholder organizations; and advance equality and justice for LGBT persons and their families at the international level.
Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask is a web magazine that focuses on LGBT rights and activism in Africa. The site reports on the work of LGBT advocates and allies in the region and provides resource links, including country by country profiles of the legal situation LGBT persons face.
Blue Diamond Society
Nepal's only organization for sexual minorities, BDS offers free HIV/AIDS/STI check-ups and treatment, a social support group, a queer/safe-sex film series, and a 24-hour drop-in center.
Equality Project
The Equality Project works to support and help monitor the adoption of written employee nondiscrimination policies on sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace by pressing companies to implement the progressive policies expressed in the Equality Principles.
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues was formed as the Working Group on Funding Lesbian and Gay Issues in response to the lack of visibility and funding for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues in the philanthropic community. They advocate for increased support of LGBT issues within organized philanthropy.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
GLAAD is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
GMHC is a community-based organization focused on reducing the spread of HIV, helping people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence, and keep prevention, treatment and cure of HIV as a national and local priority.
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
The leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students, GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
The U.S. based non-profit, non-governmental organization that seeks to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status.
International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)
The International Lesbian and Gay Association is a world-wide network of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people everywhere.
International Lesbian and Gay Association-Europe (ILGA-Europe)
ILGA-Europe is a non-governmental umbrella organization which represents its members, principally organizations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, at the European level
Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
Macedonian Association for Free Sexual Orientation
MASSO's mission is to achieve social and legal changes, develop and protect LGBTQ culture, and to work on raising public awareness about gay questions, working mostly through media and cultural projects.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
NGLTF works through direct and grassroots lobbying to defeat anti-LGBT ballot initiatives and legislation and pass pro-LGBT legislation and other measures. They also analyze and report on the positions of candidates for public office on issues of importance to the LGBT community.
