Name: Center for American Progress
Address: 1333 H Street Washington, D.C.
Phone: 202.682.1611
Email:
Website: http://www.americanprogress.org
Notes: The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans, through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action.
Name: Families and Friends of Adoption/Foster Care
Address:
Phone: 208.512.7986
Email: amwenzel@outlook.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/LGBT-Families-and-Friends-of-AdoptionFoster-Care/124638867641977
Notes: A Facebook forum for singles and couples that need a little extra support in starting a family or who are interested in fostering in their area in Idaho, US or anywhere. Here people can bring up questions and concerns that people can shed some light on.
Name: Freedom To Marry
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Website: www.freedomtomarry.org
Notes: On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the freedom to marry nationwide. This is the story of the movement that transformed a nation, and the campaign that led to victory: Freedom to Marry.
Name: Gay Marriage USA
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Website: https://www.facebook.com/GayMarriageUSA
Notes: A social media forum that connects those interested in the continued legalization of same-sex marriage in all states.
Name: Give a Damn
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Website: http://www.wegiveadamn.org
Notes: Give A Damn is a project of the True Colors Fund, using pop culture, art, and storytelling to explore the way that things like race, class, and gender intersect and impact the lives of LGBT folks.
Name: GLAAD
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Website: http://www.glaad.org/
Notes: 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.
Name: Human Rights Campaign
Address: 1640 Rhode Island Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20036-3278
Phone: 202.628.4160 / 800.777.4723
Email:
Website: http://www.hrc.org/
Notes: HRC advocates for LGBTQ equality and educates the public about LGBTQ issues.
Name: Immigration Equality
Address: 40 Exchange Pl # 1300, New York, NY 10005
Phone: 212.714.2904
Email:
Website: http://www.immigrationequality.org/
Notes: Immigration Equality is the nation's leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization. They represent and advocate for people from around the world fleeing violence, abuse, and persecution because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status.
Name: IREX
Address: 1275 K Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.628.8188
Email: communications@irex.org
Website: http://www.irex.org
Notes: IREX is a nonprofit organization that builds a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world by empowering youth, cultivating leaders, strengthening institutions, and extending access to quality education and information.
Name: Keshet
Address: 284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Phone: 617.524.9227
Email: info@keshetonline.org
Website: http://www.keshetonline.org/
Notes: Keshet is a national organization that works for full LGBTQ equality and inclusion in Jewish life. Led and supported by LGBTQ Jews and straight allies, Keshet cultivates the spirit and practice of inclusion in all parts of the Jewish community.
Name: Love is Love Project
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Website: http://loveisloveproject.org/
Notes: The Love is Love Project strives to share stories and images of the LGBTQ community in multi-media platforms, hoping that mainstream audiences will see these images and stories, changing their own views to include more love in their lives.
Name: Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People and their Families
Address: PO Box 1246, Amherst, MA 01004-1246
Phone: 413.256.1611
Email:
Website: http://familydiv.org/exhibits/love-makes-a-family/
Notes: Family Diversity Projects (FDP) is a non-profit organization (501c (3) devoted to educating people of all ages about the full range of diversity. Family Diversity Projects creates traveling photo-text exhibits, books, and curriculum to help eliminate prejudice, stereotyping, bullying, and harassment of people who are discriminated against due to sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, race, national origin, religion, and disabilities of all kinds.
Name: National Aids Trust (NAT)
Address: New City Cloisters, 196 Old Street, London EC1V 9FR
Phone: 44 020 7814 6767
Email: info@nat.org.uk
Website: http://www.nat.org.uk/
Notes: NAT champions the rights of people living with HIV and campaigns for change.
Name: National LGBTQ Task Force
Address: Washington, DC: 1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005 / New York: 116 Nassau Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10038 / MA: 1151 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 / FL: 801 Arthur Godfrey Road, Suite 402, Miami Beach, FL 33140 / MN: 122 W. Franklin Ave, Suite 210, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: Washington, DC - 202.393.5177 / New York, NY - 212.604.9830 / Cambridge, MA - 617.492.6393 / Miami, FL: 305.571.1924 / Minneapolis, MN: 612.821.4397
Email:
Website: http://www.thetaskforce.org/
Notes: The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people.
Name: National Partnership for Women & Families
Address: 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202.986.2600
Email: info@nationalpartnership.org
Website: http://www.nationalpartnership.org
Notes: The National Partnership believes that actions speak louder than words. And for four decades, they have fought for every major policy advance that has helped women and families. Today, they promote fairness in the workplace, reproductive health and rights, access to quality, affordable health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.
Name: OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)
Address: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500
Phone: 800.538.7418
Email: admin@outserve-sldn.org
Website: http://www.outserve-sldn.org
Notes: OutServe-SLDN is a non-partisan, non-profit (501-c-3), legal services, watchdog and policy organization that provides free and direct legal assistance to service members and veterans affected by the repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law, the current ban on open authentic transgender service and those currently serving who may experience harassment or discrimination.
Name: Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Address: 1110 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005 / 123 William St. 10th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Phone: Washington, DC: 202.973.4800 / New York, NY: 212.541.7800
Email: actionfund@ppfa.org
Website: http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/
Notes: Planned Parenthood was founded over 100 years ago on the revolutionary idea that women have the right to access the information and care they need to live strong, healthy lives. Today, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) fights to protect that right.
Name: Pride at Work
Address: 815 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202.637.5014
Email: info@prideatwork.org
Website: http://www.prideatwork.org/
Notes: Pride At Work is a nonprofit organization that represents LGBTQ union members and their allies. They are an officially recognized constituency group of the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations) that organizes mutual support between the organized Labor Movement and the LGBTQ Community to further social and economic justice. They coordinate and support more than 20 Chapters across the country.
Name: Proud Parenting
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Website: http://www.proudparenting.com
Notes: A social network and information resource for gay and lesbian parents, as part of the Gay Ad Network's advertising marketplace for connecting advertisers with gay consumers worldwide.
Name: Queerty
Address:
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Email: holla@queerty.com
Website: http://www.queerty.com/
Notes: Queerty is a gay news and entertainment site.
Name: The Friends and Family Plan (Auburn Theological Seminary)
Address: Auburn Theological Seminary, 475 Riverside Dr #1800, New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212.662.4315
Email: media@auburnseminary.org
Website: http://www.friendsandfamilyplan.org/
Notes: The Friends & Family Plan strives to empower people to have a conversation with someone who is conflicted about supporting LGBT equality because of their Christian convictions is difficult, using research, strategies, messages, and resources to help you prepare.
Name: The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA)
Address: 1201 NE 26th Street Suite 103, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305
Phone: 954.630.1637
Email:
Website: https://www.iglta.org/
Notes: IGLTA - The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association is the world's leading global travel network dedicated to connecting and educating LGBT travelers and the businesses that welcome and support them along the way.
Name: True Colors Fund
Address: 330 West 38th Street, Suite 405, New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212.461.4401
Email:
Website: http://truecolorsfund.org/
Notes: The True Colors Fund is working to end homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, creating a world in which all young people can be their true selves.
Name: Voice for Adoption
Address: 1220 L Street NW, Suite 100-344, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.210.8118
Email: voiceforadoption@gmail.com
Website: http://www.voice-for-adoption.org/
Notes: Voice for Adoption (VFA) develops and advocates for improved adoption policies. Recognized as a national leader in special needs adoption, VFA works closely with federal and state legislators, as well as other child welfare organizations, to make a difference in the lives of the 112,000 children in foster care who are waiting to be adopted and the families who adopt children from foster care.
Name: We R1 Campaign
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Website: https://www.joemlyman.com/wer1campaign.html
Notes: An anti-bullying campaign, intended for all races, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.
Name: Welcoming Schools
Address: Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20036-3278
Phone: Front Desk: 202.628.4160 / Toll-Free: 800.777.4723
Email:
Website: http://www.welcomingschools.org/
Notes: Welcoming Schools, a project of the HRC Foundation, is a comprehensive approach to improving school climate in elementary school environments with training, resources, and lessons to help schools in embracing family diversity, creating LGBTQ-inclusive schools, preventing bias-based bullying, creating gender-expansive schools, and supporting transgender and non-binary students.
Name: DADsquared
Address:
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Email: info@dadsquared.org
Website: www.dadsquared.org
Notes: DADsquared is a global community designed by and for gay fathers. Their mission is to provide resources, guidance and direction to gay dads raising children and to those still searching for the possibility.
Name: Center for the Study of Social Policy
Address: 1575 Eye Street N.W. Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005 / 39 Broadway Suite 2220, New York, NY 10006 / 1000 North Alameda Street, Suite 102, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 202.371.1565 (DC) / 212.979.2369 (NYC) / 213.617.0585 (LA)
Email: info@cssp.org
Website: http://www.cssp.org/
Notes: The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) works to secure equal opportunities and better futures for all children and families, especially those most often left behind. Underlying all of the work is a vision of child, family and community well-being. It's a unifying framework for the many policy, systems reform and community change activities in which CSSP engages.
Name: Elton John AIDS Foundation
Address: 584 Broadway, Suite 906, New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212.219.0670
Email: info@ejaf.org
Website: http://www.ejaf.org
Notes: EJAF is a dynamic non-profit organization whose mission is to end the AIDS epidemic by ensuring everyone has the information and means to prevent infection and all people living with HIV have access to high-quality medical care and treatment. They believe AIDS can be beaten, so they raise funds for evidence-based programs and policies, and speak out with honesty and compassion about the realities of people's lives.
Name: Everyone Is Gay
Address: 556 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 101 #490, Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone:
Email: info@everyoneisgay.com
Website: http://www.everyoneisgay.com/
Notes: Everyone Is Gay works to improve the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning/Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA) youth using a three-pronged approach: providing honest advice to these youth while keeping them laughing; talking to students in an effort to create caring, compassionate school environments; and working with families & educators of LGBTQIA kids to help foster an ongoing dialogue and deeper understanding.
Name: Free2Luv
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Email: info@free2luv.org
Website: http://free2luv.org/
Notes: Free2Luv is an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to rockin' individuality, celebrating equality, spreading kindness & standing up to bullying through arts & entertainment. We empower, engage & enlighten youth to be their true, authentic selves and know that they are perfect just the way they are.
Name: Gay Parent Magazine
Address: PO Box 750852, Forest Hills, NY 11375-0852
Phone: 718.380.1780
Email: gayparentmag@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gayparentmag.com
Notes: Gay Parent Magazine is the longest running, nationally distributed publication dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parenting (LGBT).
Name: Independent School Diversity Network
Address: Park West Finance Station, New York, NY 10025
Phone:
Email: contact@isdnetwork.org
Website: http://www.isdnetwork.org/
Notes: ISDN is an inter-school community dedicated to strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion in independent schools by providing family support, programming, resources, and opportunities for communication and collaboration between school communities.
Name: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Address: 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 1505, New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212.430.6054
Email: hello@outrightinternational.org
Website: https://www.outrightinternational.org/
Notes: IGLHRC fights to protect and advance the basic rights of LGBTIQ people everywhere, as part of the global human rights movement. They empower people on the front lines, hold leaders accountable at the United Nations and regional human rights monitoring bodies and measure impact through positive change in people's lives.
Name: My Family! Products
Address: 542 Cross Keys Rd., #3-301 Sicklerville, NJ 08081
Phone: 856.318.2606
Email:
Website: http://www.myfamilyproducts.net
Notes: Long-term partners in business and life, Cheril and Monica started My Family! Products (a subsidiary of their publishing company Dodi Press) with the goal of creating a multi-cultural, positive and affirming library of children's books that feature LGBT families.
Name: National Center for Transgender Equality
Address: 1400 16th ST N.W., Suite 510, Washington D.C. 20036
Phone: 202.642.4542
Email: ncte@transequality.org
Website: http://www.TransEquality.org
Notes: The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation's leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people.
Name: The American Military Partners Association
Address: 1725 I Street, Northwest, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202.695.2672
Email: Lance@MilitaryPartners.org
Website: www.MilitaryPartners.org
Notes: With more than 50,000 members and supporters across the country and around the world, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA) is the nation's largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military families and their allies - connecting, supporting, honoring, and serving the partners, spouses, families, and allies of America's LGBT service members and veterans our modern military families.
Name: Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
Address: 305 Seventh Ave, 15th Floor, New York NY 10001
Phone: 212-741-2247
Email: info@sageusa.org
Website: http://www.sageusa.org/
Notes: SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources for LGBT older adults and their caregivers, advocates for public policy changes that address the needs of LGBT older people, and provides training for aging providers and LGBT organizations, largely through its National Resource Center on LGBT Aging.
Name: US Human Rights Network
Address: 250 Georgia Avenue SE, Suite 330, Atlanta GA 30312
Phone: 404.588.9761
Email: info@ushrnetwork.org
Website: http://www.ushrnetwork.org/
Notes: The US Human Rights Network is a national network of organizations and individuals working to build and strengthen a people-centered human rights movement in the United States, where leadership is centered on those most directly affected by human rights violations, and the full range of diversity within communities is respected and embraced.
Name: Southern Poverty Law Center
Address: 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: 334.956.8200
Email:
Website: http://www.splcenter.org
Notes: The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.
Name: PFLAG
Address: 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 660, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.467.8180
Email: info@pflag.org
Website: https://www.pflag.org/
Notes: PFLAG unites an supports the parents, families, friends, and allies of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ). Please check their website for chapters across the country.
Name: Proud Parenting
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Website: http://www.proudparenting.com/
Notes: Proud Parenting is a news-based website and photo gallery, with content targeting for LGBTQ parents.
Name: The National LGBT Health Education Center
Address: Ansin Building, 8th Floor, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Phone: 617.927.6354
Email: lgbthealtheducation@fenwayhealth.org
Website: https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/
Notes: The National LGBT Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
Name: LGBT Families and Friends of Adoption/Foster Care
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Website: https://www.facebook.com/ittakesavillageidaho/?ref=page_internal
Notes: A Facebook forum to support singles and couples who are considering or who have formed their family through adoption/foster care.
Name: Matthew Shepard Fund
Address: 800 18th Street, Suite 101, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303.830.7400
Email: programs@matthewshepard.org
Website: http://www.matthewshepard.org/
Notes: The Matthew Shepard Foundation empowers individuals to embrace human dignity and diversity through outreach, advocacy and resource programs. They strive to replace hate with understanding, compassion and acceptance.
Name: My Princess Boy
Address:
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Website: http://www.myprincessboy.com/
Notes: My Princess Boy stems from a nonfiction picture book about acceptance, striving to further build a world where anyone who is different, feels different or expresses themselves differently, is accepted for who they are.
Name: National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds
Address: 5712 30th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: 206.526.1221
Email: teresa.rafael@ctfalliance.org
Website: http://www.ctfalliance.org/
Notes: The National Alliance of Children?s Trust and Prevention Funds (Alliance) is a membership organization that provides training, technical assistance and peer consulting opportunities to state Children?s Trust and Prevention Funds and strengthens their efforts to prevent child abuse.
Name: National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA)
Address: 2120 L Street, NW Suite 850, Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202.588.9888
Email: info@nlgja.org
Website: http://www.nlgja.org/
Notes: 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
Name: California Cryobank
Address: 11915 La Grange Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: 866.927.9622
Email:
Website: https://cryobank.com/
Notes: CCB provides a variety of reproductive services ranging from pre to post conception. Find a sperm donor, store your semen / eggs / embryos for tomorrow, or learn about all the future services for after your child is born.
Name: Courage Campaign
Address: 7119 West Sunset Boulevard, No. 195,Los Angeles, California 90046
Phone: 323.556.7220
Email:
Website: http://www.couragecampaign.org/
Notes: Courage Campaign fights for a more progressive California and country. They are an online community powered by more than 1.3 million members. They use a proven strategy, combining digital tools with grassroots community organizing. Every day, they use email, social media, petitions, offline events and data-driven outreach to educate public opinion, mobilize action, and hold our leaders accountable.
Name: Trans United With Family and Friends (TUFF)
Address:
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Email: tufforg@gmail.com
Website: http://www.tufforg.com/
Notes: TUFF is a non-profit organization giving financial assistance and grants towards transition costs for transgender/gender variant individuals.
Name: GSA Network
Address:
Phone: 415.552-4229
Email: info@gsanetwork.org
Website: https://gsanetwork.org/
Notes: GSA Network is a next-generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities.
Name: Out and Equal Workplace Advocates
Address:
Phone: 415.694.6500
Email: hello@outandequal.org
Website: http://outandequal.org/
Notes: Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is the world?s premier nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workplace equality. They partner with Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies to provide executive leadership development, comprehensive training and consultation, and professional networking opportunities that build inclusive and welcoming work environments.
Name: National Center for Lesbian Rights
Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 370, San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415.392.6257
Email:
Website: http://www.nclrights.org/
Notes: The National Center for Lesbian Rights maintains an unwavering commitment to advance LGBT equality continues. NCLR?s programs focus on employment, immigration, youth, elder law, transgender law, sports, marriage, relationship protections, reproductive rights, and family law create safer homes, safer jobs, and a more just world.
Name: Gay Family Values
Address:
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Email: gayfamilyvalues@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gay-family-values.com/
Notes: Gay Family Values was started by a family living in northern CA, in the wake of CA passing Prop 8. They started making YouTube videos to show that gay families are no different then straight families - that we all value marriage and family - an they strive to show images of happy LGBT families from all around the world - destroying some of the negative stereotypes about gay families.
Name: American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER)
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Website: http://afer.org/
Notes: Since its founding in 2009, the American Foundation for Equal Rights has fought for full federal marriage equality for all Americans.
Name: Fertility Planit
Address:
Phone: 415.516.4544
Email: info@fertilityplanit.com
Website: http://www.fertilityplanit.com/
Notes: FertilityPlanit.com is a site for people who want to have children and create families, and for all services that support them.
Name: Growing Generations
Address: 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: 323.965.7500
Email: family@growinggenerations.com
Website: https://www.growinggenerations.com/
Notes: Growing Generations is the largest provider of surrogacy and egg donation services in the United States.
Name: RaiseAChild.US
Address:
Phone: 323.417.1440
Email: info@raiseachild.org
Website: https://raiseachild.org/
Notes: RaiseAChild recruits, educates, and nurtures supportive relationships equally with all prospective foster and adoptive parents while partnering with agencies to improve the process of advancing foster children to safe, loving, and permanent homes. Their vision is to be the nationwide leader in the recruitment and support of LGBT and all prospective parents interested in building families through fostering and adopting to meet the needs of the over 425,000 children in the foster care system.
Name: Transgender Law Center
Address:
Phone: 510.587.9696
Email: info@transgenderlawcenter.org
Website: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
Notes: Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression. They envision a future where gender self-determination and authentic expression are seen as basic rights and matters of common human dignity.
Name: GetEQUAL
Address:
Phone: 872.216.7027
Email:
Website: http://www.getequal.org/
Notes: GetEQUAL exists to serve and grow a constituency of everyday Americans ? LGBTQ and straight ? who are willing and ready to demand equality. They are committed to working with everyone, no matter the sex, gender, race, class, look, age, ability, religion, family status, and citizenship to build a society in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are equal.
Name: TransParent
Address:
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Website: http://transparentusa.org/
Notes: TransParent envisions a world that honors and affirms the naturally occurring human experience of gender independence. Their mission is to normalize this experience through connection, support and resources - Connecting families through locally established TransParent support groups; Supporting and encouraging parents to act on behalf of their child?s best interest; Organizing experienced and knowledgeable resources to assist families with their child?s gender journey; By fulfilling this mission they empower gender independent children to live authentically.
Name: COLAGE
Address: 3815 S. Othello Street, Suite 100, #310, Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 828.782.1938
Email: colage@colage.org
Website: http://www.colage.org/
Notes: COLAGE unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities.
Name: International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA)
Address: 1201 NE 26th Street Suite 103, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305
Phone: 954.630.1637
Email:
Website: https://www.iglta.org/
Notes: IGLTA is a global travel network dedicated to connecting and educating LGBT travelers and the businesses that welcome and support them along the way.
Name: Teaching Tolerance
Address:
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Website: http://www.tolerance.org/
Notes: Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance provides educators with free educational materials, focused on "Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human."
Name: Give OUT Day
Address: HORIZONS FOUNDATION, 550 Montgomery Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone:
Email: GiveOUTDay@horizonsfoundation.org
Website:
Notes: Give OUT Day is the ONLY national day of giving for the LGBTQ community ? a 24-hour online fundraising event that unites donors and nonprofit organizations from across the country to raise critically needed funds. The technology platform is provided for free and hundreds of nonprofits have leveraged it to attract new donors, motivate their boards and other supporters, and raise their visibility.
Name: It Gets Better Project
Address: 110 S. Fairfax Avenue, Suite A11-71 - Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Website: http://www.itgetsbetter.org/
Notes: The It Gets Better Project's mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.
Name: History UnErased
Address: PO Box 8421, Lowell, MA 01853
Phone: 978.502.2845
Email: info@unerased.org
Website: https://unerased.org/
Notes: HUE?s mission is to improve the social and emotional well-being of all students through academic study of LGBTQ history and content.
Name: My Kid is Gay
Address:
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Email: info@everyoneisgay.com
Website: http://mykidisgay.com/
Notes: My Kid Is Gay is a first-of-its-kind digital presence, inclusive of videos, advice, and resources, dedicated exclusively toward helping parents understand their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual children.
Name: Lambda Legal
Address: National Headquarters: 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10005-3919 (see website for regional offices)
Phone: 212.809.8585
Email:
Website: http://www.lambdalegal.org/
Notes: Lambda Legal, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
Name: Gay for Good
Address: PO Box 1446, Los Angeles, CA 90078
Phone:
Email: g4ginfo@gayforgood.org
Website: http://www.gayforgood.org/
Notes: Gay For Good aims to energize and mobilize the LGBT community to interact with the greater community by volunteering our time to various social welfare and environmental service projects.
Name: Ground Spark
Address: 4104 24th Street, Suite 2013, San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone: 415.641.4616
Email: info@groundspark.org
Website: http://groundspark.org/
Notes: Ground Spark creates visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and communities to take action for a more just world. Their films and campaigns are a mix of independent projects we initiate and commissioned projects for community clients. They specialize in crafting strategic documentary films and distribution campaigns with ambitious social, economic, and environmental justice goals.
Name: Youth and Gender Media Project
Address:
Phone: 323.610.4254
Email: info@youthandgendermediaproject.org
Website: http://youthandgendermediaproject.org/
Notes: The Youth and Gender Media Project believes all young people should be encouraged to be themselves, free from the fear of bullying or discouragement. Their mission is to support educators, families and youth who want to create inclusive communities by providing them with ground-breaking videos and curricula about gender expansive youth. Their films open minds and hearts, and invite viewers to examine and challenge everything they thought they knew about young people and their relationships to gender. Their ultimate vision is to create a world where all people are free to express themselves fully and are celebrated for who they really are.
Name: Harvey Milk Foundation
Address: P.O. Box 5666, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33310
Phone: 916.492.2707
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Website: http://milkfoundation.org/
Notes: As a not- for-profit global organization, they strive to empower local, regional, national and global organizations so that they may fully realize the power of Harvey Milk?s story, style, and collaborative relationship building! The Foundation, through Harvey?s dream for a just tomorrow, envisions governments that celebrate the rich and universally empowering diversity of humanity, where all individuals ? gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, racial and ethnic minorities, the elderly, the young, the disabled ? all who had been excluded can fully participate in all societal rights without exception.
Name: Teaching Tolerance
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Website: http://www.tolerance.org/
Notes: Teaching Tolerance is a blog run by the Southern Poverty Law Center where educators who care about diversity, equity and justice can find news, suggestions, conversation and support.
Name: The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
Address: 1133 15th Street NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.842.8679
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Website: https://victoryfund.org/
Notes: The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund works to change the face and voice of America's politics and achieve equality for LGBT Americans by increasing the number of openly LGBT officials at all levels of government.
Name: The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
Address: 110 William Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212.727.0135
Email: glsen@glsen.org
Website: http://www.glsen.org
Notes: GLSEN strives to ensure every member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Name: The Gentleman's Foundation
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Website: https://www.thegentlemensfoundation.org/
Notes: The Gentlemen’s Foundation, Inc.’s (TGF) mission is to promote the holistic development – mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual growth - of Gay, Bisexual and Transgender men of color. TGF is committed to celebrating, supporting, empowering and mentoring Gay, Bisexual and Transgender men of color, as well as encouraging healthy dialogue on issues that promote development and growth, public service, leadership, and networking. TGF accomplishes its mission through various channels including the mPact2 holistic mentoring program, the Circle of Trust mental health initiative, various social events, as well as educational and cultural programming. TGF also provides support and charitable giving to other organizations who share similar missions, objectives or programming.
Name: The Handsome Father
Address: P.O. Box 153208, Austin, TX, 78715
Phone: 512-565-6757
Email: info@thehandsomefather.org
Website: https://www.thehandsomefather.org/
Notes: The Handsome Father aims to build a community of support for gay fathers no matter their path to fatherhood: foster care, adoption, surrogacy, co-parenting with a woman, or biological children from a heterosexual relationship. They help fathers-to-be understand their own unique options for becoming a dad and how to be a great one! They strive to make the path to fatherhood easy to access and simple to understand. And once you become a dad, they foster a community of support to help you connect to other men who can understand and appreciate what it means to be a gay dad.
Name: Hayden’s List
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Email: Scott Tayloe, Founder and CEO, scott@haydenslist.com Veronica DiLullo, Co-founder and Executive Director of Outreach, veronica@haydenslist.com Regina Tingle, Co-founder and Executive Editor, regina@haydenslist.com Josh Tayloe, Director of IT, josh@haydenslist.com
Website: http://www.haydenslist.com/
Notes: Through our shared personal experiences, the purpose of Hayden’s List is to better the lives of the LGBTQ community and its supporters. They pride themselves on giving everyone an opportunity to help serve the LGBTQ community by rating and reviewing businesses and service providers accordingly.
Name: Choose To Be Nice
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Website: http://choosetobenice.com/
Notes: Choose To Be Nice is a social movement dedicated to encouraging and inspiring kindness wherever and whenever possible. They strive to improve the way people interact with one another by reminding them that they have a choice about how to “be” in the world.
Name: Helpusadopt.org
Address: PO BOX 787, New York, NY 10150
Phone: 917.684.5484
Email: info@helpusadopt.org
Website: http://www.helpusadopt.org/
Notes: Helpusadopt.org is a national 501(c)(3) financial grant program that helps couples/individuals (regardless of race, religion, gender, ethnicity, marital status or sexual orientation) with the cost of their adoptions by awarding grants up to $15,000. They support domestic, international and foster care adoptions and do not charge applicants to apply. Since 2007, they have awarded 208 adoption grants totaling over $1.8 million.
Name: Love Comes First
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Website: http://lovecomesfirst.com/
Notes: Love Comes First is a non-profit, multimedia project featuring the inspirational stories of LGBTQ parents on the forefront of societal change and reproductive possibility. The project also includes subject expert interviews in family-related fields, such as fertility law, psychology and surrogacy. And finally, Love Comes First offers an inside look at new technologies in reproductive medicine from an inclusive family-building perspective.
Name: Men Having Babies
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Email: ron@menhavingbabies.org
Website: http://www.menhavingbabies.org/
Notes: Men Having Babies, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that was spun off in July 2012 from a program that ran at the NYC LGBT Center since 2005. It started as a peer support network for biological gay fathers and fathers-to-be, offering monthly workshops and an annual seminar. Over time, elaborate online resources were developed, the group’s mailing list expanded to about 2000 couples and singles from around the world, and it teamed up with LGBT family associations to develop similar programs in Chicago, San Francisco, LA, Barcelona, Tel Aviv and Brussels.
Name: The Next Family
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Email: BrandyBlack@thenextfamily.com
Website: http://thenextfamily.com/
Notes: The Next Family is a diverse community where modern families meet. It is the start of an on-going, open-minded and sincere dialog between urbanite families, adoptive families, in vitro parents, interracial families, same sex parents, single parents and so on. It is a way to remind people that the Next Generation of families already exists in larger numbers than the old model of a “family unit”.
Name: Strong Families
Address: 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510.663.8300
Email: erin@forwardtogether.org
Website: http://strongfamiliesmovement.org/
Notes: Strong Families is a multiyear national initiative to change the way people think, feel and act in support of families.
Name: Woodhull Freedom Foundation
Address: 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 101, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 888-960-3332
Email: woodhullfoundation.org
Website: https://www.woodhullfoundation.org/
Notes: The Woodhull Freedom Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization devoted to education and public advocacy in support of the principle that consensual sexual expression is a fundamental human right.  The Foundation offices are located in Washington, DC, and we work in partnership with activists, advocacy organizations and coalitions across the United States fighting the political, social and economic forces driving and expanding sexual repression.