LGBTQ Sites and Communities

YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS


Campus Pride
Organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBTQ students.

Everyone is Gay
Began as an advice website for all with an emphasis on LGBTQ youth. Everyone Is Gay also works to increase awareness at high school and college campuses through an ongoing, nationwide tour.

GLSEN | Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
Organization for students, parents, and teachers that tries to bring about positive change in schools and offers information on what you can do.

Hetrick-Martin Institute
Empowerment, Education & Advocacy for LGBTQ Youth.

Live Out Loud
A nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring and empowering LGBT youth by connecting them with successful LGBT professionals in their community.

PFLAG: Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Made up of parents, families, friends, and straight allies uniting with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education and advocacy.

The Trevor Project
Providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth.

QUEER SITES


Autostraddle
News, Entertainment, Opinion, Community and Girl-on-Girl Culture

ACTUP Oral History Project
A collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York.

GLBT Historical Society
Often referred to as San Francisco’s “queer Smithsonian,” the GLBT Historical Society houses one of the world’s largest collections of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender historical materials. The society’s GLBT History Museum is the first full-scale, stand-alone museum of its kind in the United States.

It Gets Better Project
The It Gets Better Project™ has become a worldwide movement, inspiring more than 50,000 user-created videos to inspire hope for young people facing harassment.

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
The LLM brings a new perspective to art, providing viewers with a personal context and insight into artists as individuals never seen before. We demonstrate that LGBTQ art exists not in a vacuum, but as integral part of the art world.

Outhistory.com
OutHistory tells stories about the queer past, about people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. It uncovers histories of same-gender love and of gender crossing in the recent and distant past.

The Pop-up Museum of Queer History
The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History is a grassroots organization that transforms spaces into temporary installations dedicated to celebrating the rich, long, and largely unknown histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

We Happy Trans
We Happy Trans was created so that trans people could share stories of positive experiences, so the wider world could see that like any other community, we too thrive, struggle, and overcome.

COMMUNITIES & ORGANIZATIONS


AffordableColleges.com
AffordableColleges.com helps students find a rewarding education without taking on thousands of dollars in debt. Their online resource includes scholarships for LGBTQ students and a list of national LGBTQ organizations.

Brooklyn Community Pride Center
The Brooklyn Community Pride Center offers comprehensive programming for Brooklyn’s LGBTQ community, including: community and culture, health and wellness, support groups, leadership and development, and volunteerism.

dot429 – Gay Lesbian Professional Network
Through social media, inspiring events and an online magazine, dot429 creates opportunities and connections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender business leaders.

Gay Men’s Health Crisis
GMHC is the world’s first and leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy.

Gay Voices – Huffington Post
Examine issues, explore culture and join discussions on the latest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender news that matters most to the LGBT community.

GLAAD
Leading the conversation for LGBT equality.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
The Center provides a secure place to come together and plan, share knowledge and expertise, and to shape our future as a vibrant community in New York and around the world.

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
The oldest active Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning (LGBTQ) organization in the United States and the largest repository of LGBTQ materials in the world.

Silence=Death Project
Avram Finkelstein, a member of the Silence=Death Project, talks about AIDS, ACT-UP, institutional silence, Holocaust imagery, street art, and the making of an iconic political image.

Stonewall Community Foundation
Strengthening LGBTQ New York from within.

Trans Lifeline
A non-profit dedicated to the well being of transgender people.

FUNDRAISING ORGANIZATIONS


DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS
One of the country’s largest supporters of direct care for people living with HIV/AIDS and preventive education for those at risk.

Point Foundation: The National LGBTQ Scholarship Fund
The National LGBTQ Scholarship Fund, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer internship programs, college scholarships, college grants.