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Affirmation LGBT Mormons Families & Friends
Affirmation supports LGBTQ/SSA Mormons and their families, friends, and church leader with the goal of helping them lead productive lives consistent with their faith or heritage. They offer a loving, inclusive community, encourage spirituality and empower LGBTQ/SSA Mormons to make valuable contributions within and outside the church. They organize gatherings, international conferences, offer information resources, and work toward dialogue with the church. There are specific programs for coming out, therapy, suicide prevention and awareness, homelessness, health, and many other areas.
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Pride Center of Vermont
802-860-7812
The Center offers special programming for persons with disabilities, senior citizens, families, and health and wellness/HIV resources. There is also a special transgender program.
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Outright Vermont
802-865-9345
Outright offers extensive queer youth programming, education and outreach activities. Its focus is to be a center for LGBTQ center and statewide advocacy organization.
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TheDCCenter for the LGBT Community
202-682-2245
This center covers Maryland and Virginia. It offers programs for women, bisexuals, African Americans and Latinos, seniors, polyamorous, men, transgender individuals, Asian Pacific Americans, deaf and hard of hearing, youth, and genderqueer. It has a lending library, meeting spaces, and a cyber center.
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Gay Community Center of Richmond
804-622-4646
GCCR offers classes and discussion groups, services and advocacy for gay elders (SAGE), a diversity art gallery, and a grant program. It participate in the Central Virginia Rainbow Partnership.
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Equal Rights Washington
206-324-2570
ERW is a statewide political advocacy organization for the LGBTQ community of Washington State. They advocate for marriage equality, anti-discrimination laws, creation and expansion of the domestic partnership registry protections, and passage of the Healthy Youth Act. ERW engages in dialogue with other coalitions and organizations that share its values.
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OutSpokane
509-720-7609
OutSpokane promote and empowers visible diversity for Spokane's LGBTQ and allied citizens. The organization engages in supportive education and the annual production of the city's pride parade. They also provide progressive culture opportunities and experiences for the greater Inland Northwest community.
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Fairness West Virginia
304-806-2220
Fairness engages in political action to end discrimination, advance transgender rights, increase visibility, and protect families.
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MKE LGBT Community Center
414-271-2656
The center offers programming around anti-violence, healthy relationships, counseling, financial coaching, and has a lending library with more than 2,000 LGBT titles. It offers meeting spaces for more than 100 groups during the year as well as computer/internet access and resource referrals. The program serves LGBTQ youth through their Project Q Youth program that offers health education, mentoring, dances,and support for those ages 13-24.
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Fair Wisconsin
608-441-0143
Fair Wisconsin engages in lobbying, legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, coalition building, and electoral involvement on behalf of LGBTQ people and their civil and human rights. Their primary concerns are ending discrimination and protecting families. One can sign up to hold or attend a house party, or engage in leadership conferences. The organization has special outreach activities and opportunities for students. Fair Wisconsin is collecting and publishing personal stories. They also have a Facebook page.
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Wyoming Equality
307-778-7645
The organization works on marriage equality, non-discrimination legislation, and holds social functions in a safe, non-threatening environment.
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Equality Pennsylvania
Harrisburg: 717-319-5210 and Philadelphia: 215-731-1447
This organization works to advance equality and opportunity for LGBT Pennsylvanians through seeking to end discrimination, protect families, build safe schools, advancing transgender rights, ensuring racial justice and immigration equality, and preventing violence.
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Lawrence Queer Youth Voice
www.lawrencequeeryouthvoice.org
785-274-9834 (text only)
This is a statewide Kansas GSA Network. The organization is youth-led and provides a safe space and outlet for youth activism. They have a drop-in center and offer programming. The website also lists events.
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OUTRight Youth of Catawba Valley
828-320-1937
A safe environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 12-20. The organization supports gay-straight alliances, holds monthly discussion groups, promotes bullying prevention and career- and role-models by inviting adult LGBT community models, and engages in community outreach. Resources area available on the website for youth, parents, community and teachers.
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Equality North Carolina
919-829-0343
Coalition and grass-roots work, advocacy for domestic partnership and relationship recognition and other LGBTQ-related legal issues. Provides state and national LGBT-focused news, blogs, and tweets, and connects people to LGBTQ organizations. There is also a speaker's bureau and opportunities to volunteer.
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Empire State Pride Agenda
212-627-4136 (NYC) and 518-472-3330 (Albany)
This is a civil rights and advocacy group that advocates for a Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, health care equality and funding, child-parent security, among other issues. The organization also educates about transgender issues, the health and well-being of LGBTQ people, issues related to creating families, and laws that protect LGBT New Yorkers
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Dakota Outright
Serves the LGBTQ community of central and western North Dakota, according to its mission statement, "by increasing visibility, providing resources and information, advocating for equality, and creating safe spaces for connection, support, and celebration."
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