List of LGBT-related organizations
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) related organizations range from social and support groups to organizations that are political in nature. Some groups are independent, while others are officially recognized advocacy groups within mainstream religious organizations or political parties. For groups whose primary purpose is campaigning for the legal rights of LGBT people, please see List of LGBT rights organizations.
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- Bash Back, network of anarchist and anti-authoritarian queer projects (United States)
- Bay View Garden and Yard Society (BVGAYS), a non-profit gardening and community organization in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]
- Bet Mishpachah, Jewish worshiping community in Washington, D.C.
- Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
- BiNet USA, Bisexual advocacy group (United States)
- Bisexual Resource Center — a US-based nonprofit organization that creates and disseminates resources and raises awareness about bisexuality.[2]
- Black Gay Men's Advisory Group, advocacy group (UK)
- Black Laundry, Israeli LGBT group which campaigns against the occupation of the Palestinian territories, and other issues
- Broken Rainbow, UK charity and support group for victims of same-sex domestic violence.[3]
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- Campaign Against Homophobia — advocacy group (Poland)
- Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
- Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer! — performs at pride events, advocates LGBT and HIV/AIDS issues, raises money for charity (United States)
- Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere — advocacy group (International)
- Colt 45's – (Houston, Texas) Founded in the spring of 1976 as a Gay Western charitable organization, The Colt 45's basic goal was to serve the Houston community as a charity while still having a good time. In the past the community needs have changed and the Colt 45's kept pace with the changes, especially in the area of AIDS and HIV. As a 501(c)(3) charity, they strive to serve the Houston HIV/AIDS community.
- Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus
- Chouettes Coquettes — social group for lesbian and bisexual women in Montreal who are their 20s and 30s (Canada)
- Courage International — church-sanctioned ministry and lay group within the Roman Catholic Church which promotes celibacy
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- Daughters of Bilitis — historical lesbian social and activist organization (United States)
- DELGA — LGBT wing of the UK's Liberal Democrat party
- DignityUSA — lay organization of LGBT-affirming Roman Catholics, not a church-sanctioned organization
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- GALA Choruses — Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses (International)
- Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund — political action committee and leadership institute, which supports openly-LGBT candidates for public office (United States)
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — media watchdog group (United States)
- Gay and Lesbian Employees at Microsoft
- Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands — world's first LGBT micronation
- Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (International
- Gay Christian Network (GCN)
- Gay Games, an organized international participatory athletic and cultural event held every four years
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight Alliance (GLBTSA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)[8]
- Gay Line – a non-profit telephone helpline in Montreal, Canada
- Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
- Gay Men's Chorus of San Diego
- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
- Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA)
- Gay-Straight Alliance
- Gayglers
- Geikristlaste Kogu (GK) — Christian advocacy organization for equal civil and social rights in Estonia
- GenderPAC
- GLBTTQ Community Centre of Ottawa
- Global Alliance of Affirming Apostolic Pentecostals (GAAAP) (Encompasses the former Apostolic Restoration Mission.) International LGBT-Affirming Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal denomination.[9] See Gay Apostolic Pentecostals.
- Grace Gospel Chapel — a LGBT friendly Evangelical Christian church in Seattle, Washington
- Greater Seattle Business Association — a.k.a GSBA, the largest regional LGBT & allied chamber of commerce in the United States and second largest chamber of commerce in Washington State
- GRIN Campaign — Campaigning for social and political equality in education.
- Growing American Youth of St. Louis[10]
- Gulf Coast Archive and Museum of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender History (GCAM) – A 501-c-3 organization that was formed in Houston, Texas, by a group of concerned activists so that our collective histories could be saved – as well as be available for educational uses – through the utilization of a museum or similar venue.
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