LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Questioning) Studies *

Freedom to Marry is the campaign to win marriage nationwide. We are pursuing our Roadmap to Victory by working to win the freedom to marry in more states, grow the national majority for marriage, and end federal marriage discrimination

GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love.

The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.

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.

Founded in 1990, NLGJA is an organization of journalists, media professionals, educators and students working from within the news industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues. NLGJA opposes all forms of workplace bias and provides professional development to its members.

The National LGBTQ Task Force, formed in 1973, advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people.

PFLAG is the extended family of the LGBTQ community. We're made up of LGBTQ individuals, family members and allies. Because together, we're stronger.

This subcategory of the Gender and Sexuality Studies was developed by Voice of the Shuttle (VoS), University of California, Santa Barbara, and includes selected resources on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersexed, and other antinormative sexual identities, practices, performances, discourses, representations, and communities. Source: Queer Studies VoS

The Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (DSGS) was founded in 1989 by members of the Society of American Archivists who were concerned about lesbian and gay history and the role of lesbians and gays in the archival profession

The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.

The purpose of the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) is to increase the accessibility of transgender history by providing an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.

Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of more than 280 staff members around the globe.

ILGA-Europe, a driving force for political, legal and social change in Europe and Central Asia, offers a vision iof a world where dignity, freedoms and full enjoyment of human rights are protected and ensured to everyone.

The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people around the globe the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better.

OutRight Action International (formerly known as IGLHRC, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission) is dedicated to human rights advocacy on behalf of people who experience discrimination or abuse on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

TGEU envisions a Europe free from discrimination and works for the equality of all trans people in Europe.

Links to national and international organizations - last updated in 2010, but most still valid.

An international multidisciplinary professional Association dedicated to promoting evidence based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy and respect in transgender health.

The most LGBT-Friendly Countries in the World.
The Equality Index measures the current status of LGBT rights, laws, and freedoms as well as public attitudes towards LGBT people.