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Nevada Gay Rodeo Association

www.ngra.com

This organization creates and promotes rodeos and other events for LGBTQ participants. It also has a store where one can buy rodeo merchandise. There is also a links page that offers more social and other resources for LGBTQ people.

Build Our Center: because every city needs a center

buildourcenter.org

775-298-1479

Building, connecting, and strengthening LGBTQ community in Northern Nevada toward building a community center. Programs include a fundraiser for charity, a business networking group, and a youth outreach project. The website offers links to resources, among them hotlines, youth groups, higher education, trans and other specific groups and resources, and advocacy, media groups, and health resources.

Women Singing Out

www.womensingingout.org

A web page featuring the singing group and its mission to engage lesbians and friends of lesbians in singing for social change.

Garden State Equality

www.gardenstateequality.org

973-473-5428

This is a statewide advocacy and educational organization for the LGBTQ community. Now that marriage equality has been legally secured in the state, the organization focuses on youth, transgender people, and seniors and concerns related to race, economic challenges, and disability justice.

Newark LGBTQ Center

newarklgbtqcenter.org

973-424-9555

A youth/young adult program, a youth caucus, a crochet and knitting circle, free computer and internet use, coffee and conversation, and space or room rentals.

Equality New Mexico

www.eqnm.org

505-224-2766

This is an organization dedicated to educating, advocating, empowering, and convening for collective impact on behalf of LGBTQ people. The are engaged in actions to promote trans awareness and civil rights, political advocacy and leadership development, community wellness and quality of life, and making the voices of the underrepresented heard statewide.

Common Bond: Gay, Lesbian Bisexual, Transgender Community in New Mexico

www.commonbondnm.org

505-891-3647

Connected to the Common Bond New Mexico Foundation, this organization's mission is to strengthen and build the LGBTQ community in New Mexico. They have program called U21 for youth under 21, a community center, an emergency project with an information phone line, and more.

LGBT Center of Raleigh

www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com

919-832-4484

This organization's goal is to connect youth in rural and urban areas of North Carolina by providing a safe space both online and in person for teens to talk about their ideas, find resources, and get help with problems they're facing. The organization helps educate teens on current LGBTQ issues and encourages them to create change in their own communities. They have a private Facebook group.

The Center Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Greater Cincinnati

www.cincyglbt.com

This is a online resource center offering many links to a variety of LGBTQ and LGBTQ friendly organizations. It also serves as a portal for such organizations to apply to the center for funding.

Tulsa City-County Library

guides.tulsalibrary.org

918-549-7323

The Tulsa City-County library offers this page of LGBTQ and Friends Resources, including organizations, books, health- and faith-related organizations and resources, and national links.

Salem Pride: Embrace Diversity-Promote Community

www.salempride.com

This is a resource guide for the LGBTQ community in Salem. It offers news, information, resources, and networking opportunity free of charge.

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center

www.bradburysullivancenter.org

The Center is building a new community center to meet the needs of a rapidly growing LGBTQ community in Lehigh Valley. Currently the center sponsors awards for community leadership, an info line for LGBT employment and housing discrimination, the Valley Gay Press, and regular cultural and educational events throughout the Lehigh Valley. Once constructed the center will offer a variety of on-site services for LGBT people in various life stages, including on-site testing for sexually transmitted diseases, support groups, and computer access.

Juvenile Law Center: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Resources

www.jlc.org

This organization offers a resource page with links to local and national organizations that provide support to the LGBTQ community.

Options LGBTQ News, Resources and Events

optionsri.org

Options is an LGBTQ magazine with an online component. The website offers content from the printed paper, a calendar, and a list of resources.

AFFA Alliance for Full Acceptance

affa-sc.org

843-883-0343

AFFA is a social justice organization that is working for equality and acceptance for LGBTQ people. It offers small grants to help build or support nonprofit organizations that address the needs of LGBTQQ people. Another of their programs supports LGBTQ people who seek greater inclusion in spiritual organizations and communities. The website offers a resources page for local and other resources.

We Are Family: A Safe Space for LGBTQI and Straight Ally Youth

www.waf.org

843-637-3697

This organization offers a space space for the community's Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) for youth ages 16-23. Youth can meet at the center for educational and social activities. They offer Kidspace, a SafeSpace group for adolescent youth ages 11-15 years old. We Are Family offers safe spaces and systems of support for trans individuals and raises funds for the financial care of transpeople in the state. WAF also offers training for adults who work with youth.

Black Hills Center for Equality

www.bhcfe.org

605-348-3244

This center serves western South Dakota's LGBTQ+ community with resources, education, and networking necessary to enhance the lives of diverse people, with special outreach services to LTBTQ, questioning, intersex, intergender, asexual, ally, pansexual + individuals and their family and friends. It is community-based with a volunteer staff that organizes events on topics such as Living with HIV, Gender Identity Support Group. There is also a regular potluck. They engage local schools in combating bullying, promote marriage equality, and raise awareness by hosting such events as the Black Hills Pride Festival and the Dakotas' Equality Summit.

miPride

www.michiganpride.org

This organization's name is Michigan Pride. It offers education, outreach, support, and events to enhance the lives of lesbians, bisexual, gay, and transgender people, and seeks to build quality relationships with all Michigan residents. Their website provides legal news, community event information, and other resources.

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