National & State Organizations
Below are curated lists of resources specific to every state in the US, that offer support to anyone who identifies as LGBTQA+. If you'd like to suggest an organization, email us at escobarvieracg@upmc.edu.
National LGBTQ Organizations
- Talkline Resources
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GLBT Near Me
The largest collection of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender resources on the web. Nation’s largest collection of over 15,000 resources.
Trevor Project
The Trevor Project offers accredited lifesaving, life-affirming programs and services to LGBTQ youth. The Trevor Project is committed to producing innovative research that brings new knowledge to the field of suicidology.
- Youth-Led Organizations
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GSA Network
GSA clubs, or GSAs for short, are student-run organizations that unite LGBTQ+ and allied youth to build community and organize around issues impacting them in their schools and communities. All youth interested in creating or joining a virtual LGBTQ+ youth space may register to join their network and receive resources and news on training opportunities! You do not need to be part of a school GSA club to register with them.
- Policy Related
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Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
CA LGBTQ Organizational Directory
Compiled by the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus. The LGBTQ Caucus strives to advocate for diversity and inclusion of all people, including differently abled bodies. Our Caucus is working diligently to support LGBTQ leaders that represent our community at the local, state, and federal levels.
https://californialgbtqhealth.org/resources/statewide-resources/
- National Coalitions
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Centerlink
Centerlink is a member-based coalition to support the development of strong, sustainable, LGBTQ community centers. A fundamental goal of CenterLink’s work is to strengthen, support, and connect LGBTQ community centers, and to help build the capacity of these centers to address the social, cultural, health, and political advocacy needs of LGBTQ community members across the country.
https://www.lgbtcenters.org/LGBTCenters
GLAAD
GLAAD is an American non-governmental monitoring organization, founded as a protest against defamatory coverage of LGBT people. Its agenda has since been extended to the entertainment industry and its portrayal of these groups.
State Specific LGBTQ Resources
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Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
- Southern Colorado
- Equality Alliance
- Inside Out Youth Services
- The Center on Colfax
- Four Corners Alliance for Diversity
- Northern Colorado Equality
Connecticut
Delaware
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Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
- TransKentucky
- Kentucky Youth Law Project
- The Stay Project
- Tri-State Alliance
- Southern Equality
- Southerners on New Ground
Louisiana
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Massachusetts
Maine
Maryland
- FreeState Justice
- The Lower Shore LGBTQ Coalition
- The Pride Center of Maryland
- Southern Equality
- Southerners on New Ground
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
- Gay Health Task Force
- Empower Montana
- Transvisible Montana
- 406 Pride
- Montana Two-Spirit Society
- Gay Montana
New York
- GLYS WNY (West)
- Identity (upstate)
- The Center
New Mexico
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Nebraska
North Dakota
North Carolina
Nevada
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Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennesee
Texas
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Utah
Vermont
Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley LGBT Center
- Southern Equality
- Southerners on New Ground
- The Stay Project
- Virginia Rural Health Association
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming