LGBTQ Organizations

National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) (advocacy)

  • https://transequality.org/
  • ncte@transequality.org
  • NCTE — 1133 19th St NW — Suite 302 — Washington D.C. 20036
  • Phone: 202-642-4542

The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates changing policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.

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Freedom for All Americans (policy and legislative advocacy)

This is a bipartisan campaign to secure full nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people nationwide. Their work brings together Republicans and Democrats, businesses large and small, people of faith, and allies from all walks of life to make the case for comprehensive non-discrimination protections for fair treatment of all.

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COLAGE Kids of Trans Community (support for kids of trans parents)

  • https://www.colage.org/kot/
  • colage@colage.org
  • COLAGE — 3815 S. Othello Street, Suite 100, #310, — Seattle, WA 98118
  • Phone: 828-782-1938

COLAGE unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents and caregivers into a network of peers. They provide support to nurture and empower all to be skilled, self-confident, and leaders in our collective communities.

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The Task Force

  • http://www.thetaskforce.org/
  • thetaskforce@thetaskforce.org
  • The Task Force — 1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW —Suite 600 — Washington, DC 20005
  • Phone: 202-393-5177 — Fax: 202-393-2241

Trans/gender non-conforming justice project thetaskforce@thetaskforce.org — (advocacy)

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

They are building a future where everyone is free to be themselves in every aspect of their lives. Today, millions of LGBTQ people face barriers in every part of their lives: in housing, employment, healthcare, retirement, and basic human rights. These barriers must go. This is why the Task Force is training and mobilizing millions of activists across our nation.

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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (legal services)

The ACLU is a nonprofit organization whose mission is “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.”

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National Center for Lesbian Rights – Transgender Law (legal services)

NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families. They do this through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education. Their community and public education broadens public support for LGBT equality.

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TransJustice at the Audre Lorde Project (ALP)(advocacy)

  • https://alp.org/
  • jessica@alp.org
  • ALP — 147 West 24th Street, 3rd Floor — New York, NY 10011-1911
  • Phone: 212-463-0342 · Fax: 212-463-0344

ALP is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, they work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, they seek to reflect, represent and serve our various communities.