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Ambiente Joven is an Advocates for Youth project dedicated to promoting education about sexual and emotional health for LGBT Latinos in the United States and Latin America. This Spanish-language site features peer educators who provide culturally relevant sexual health information for LGBT Latinos.
Bisexual Resource Center (BRC)
The BRC is committed to providing support to the bisexual community and raising public awareness about bisexuality and bisexual people.
Campus Pride is a national nonprofit organization that supports student leaders and activists who want to create safer college environments for LGBTQ students.
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
The Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) strives to ensure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity. GLSEN provides resources for GSAs and sponsors the Think B4 You Speak campaign to raise awareness of the prevalence and consequences of anti-LGBT bias, the National Day of Silence and No-Name-Calling Week.
Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Network
GSA Network empowers young people to stand up against homophobia and transphobia in schools by supporting them in starting, strengthening and sustaining school-based GSAs.
The Give a Damn Campaign engages, informs and involves all people, including heterosexual allies, in promoting LGBT equality.
Ever wanted to find an LGBTQ youth center near you? Now you can! Just enter your zip code, how many miles you can travel and choose "youth" under the drop-down menu. You'll be given a list of all the LGBTQ youth centers in the area with information about each one. GLBT Near Me is a project of the GLBT National Youth Talkline, the GLBT National Hotline and the GLBT National Help Center.
The It Gets Better Project Web site features over 5,000 user-created videos that allow young LGBT people to see how love and happiness can be a reality in their futures. Through the Web site, LGBT young people can not only watch videos from celebrities, organizations, activists, politicians and media personalities, but share their stories and get help through the Trevor Project and GLSEN. The site also welcomes straight allies to visit and support their friends and family members.
While it may get better after high school or when the bullying stops, the Make It Better Project focuses on stopping the bullying of LGBTQ youth in schools now. Through their Web site] and You Tube channel young people and adults work together to make schools safer for LGBT young people right now.
The Matthew Shepard Foundation was created to honor the memory of Matthew Shepard who was murdered in an anti-gay hate crime in Wyoming in October 1998. The foundation works to replace hate with understanding, compassion and acceptance through its varied educational, outreach and advocacy programs and by continuing to tell Matthew's story. The foundation supports Matthew's Place, an online community and resource center for LGBTQ young people and their allies as well as many other programs to teach the values of respect for all people and acceptance of individual differences.
National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
The NCTE is a social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment.
National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)
The NYAC is a national social justice organization working with LGBTQ young people to strengthen the role of young people in the LGBTQ rights movement.
NOLOSE is a volunteer-run organization dedicated to ending the oppression of fat people and creating vibrant fat queer culture. The organization started out as the National Organization for Lesbians of SizE. As the organization grew, it changed its mission to include not only a broader community of queer women--dykes, lesbians and bisexual women, including trans women--but also transgender people overall.
outLoud Radio is a radio project by and for LGBT youth and their allies. The project supports LGBT young people in making radio documentaries, audio art and Web radio. outLoud Radio gives young people the opportunity to decide how they will be represented, advance social justice and make the most of their lives.
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
PFLAG works to end discrimination against LGBT people and secure equal rights for them. The organization also promotes the health and well-being of LGBT people and their families and friends through support, education and advocacy.
Prism Comics is a nonprofit organization that supports LGBT comics, creators and readers. Their mission is for LGBTQ comic fans to be able to see themselves and their experiences represented in this unique genre.
Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD)
RAD is a nonprofit organization that promotes the educational, economic and social welfare of deaf LGBT people. RAD has over fifteen chapters in the United States and Canada.
The Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC)
The DQRC is a national resource and information center for, by and about the deaf LGBTQ and intersex communities.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
GLAAD advances LGBT equality by amplifying the voices of LGBT people, empowering them to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present and helping grassroots LGBT organizations communicate effectively.
The GLBT National Help Center offers peer counseling for LGBT young people through their youth talkline as well as through their live chats.
The Trevor Project Web site includes a digital community, information on their advocacy/educational programs that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone as well as information on their toll-free, 24-hour, crisis intervention lifeline.
Trans Youth Family Allies (TYFA)
TYFA empowers young people and their families by promoting education about transgender issues and gender identity. The organization is committed to creating supportive environments where gender expression in all its forms can be celebrated and accepted.
Youth Resource is an Advocates for Youth project created by and for LGBT young people. Through monthly features, message boards and online peer education, the Youth Resource Web site provides information on activism, culture, sexual health and other issues that are important to LGBT young people.
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