Library Guides: LGBTQ+ Issues: LGBTQ Websites

LGBTQ National Websites

About Freedom to Marry
Freedom to Marry is the campaign to win marriage nationwide. We are pursuing our Roadmap to Victory by working to win the freedom to marry in more states, grow the national majority for marriage, and end federal marriage discrimination
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s Center
GLAAD has worked with news, entertainment and social media to bring culture-changing stories of LGBT people into millions of homes and workplaces every day. Read online reports.
LGBTData.org
LGBTData.org serves as a no-cost, open-access clearinghouse for the collection of sexual orientation & gender identity data and measures. This site also provides knowledgeable analysis, commentary and expert "how to" information on gathering such data effectively in scientific surveys, questionnaires and studies.
Intersex Society of North America
The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.
LAMBDA Legal
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
National Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association
Founded in 1990, NLGJA is an organization of journalists, media professionals, educators and students working from within the news industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues. NLGJA opposes all forms of workplace bias and provides professional development to its members.
National LGBTQ Task
The National LGBTQ Task Force, formed in 1973, advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people.
PFLAG: Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays
PFLAG is the extended family of the LGBTQ community. We're made up of LGBTQ individuals, family members and allies. Because together, we're stronger.
Queer Studies
This subcategory of the Gender and Sexuality Studies was developed by Voice of the Shuttle (VoS), University of California, Santa Barbara, and includes selected resources on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersexed, and other antinormative sexual identities, practices, performances, discourses, representations, and communities. Source: Queer Studies VoS
Society of American Archivists
The Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (DSGS) was founded in 1989 by members of the Society of American Archivists who were concerned about lesbian and gay history and the role of lesbians and gays in the archival profession
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.

LGBTQ International Sites

Human Rights Watch: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Rights
Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of more than 280 staff members around the globe.
ILGA-Europe
ILGA-Europe, a driving force for political, legal and social change in Europe and Central Asia, offers a vision iof a world where dignity, freedoms and full enjoyment of human rights are protected and ensured to everyone.
It Gets Better
The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people around the globe the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better.
OutRight Action International
OutRight Action International (formerly known as IGLHRC, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission) is dedicated to human rights advocacy on behalf of people who experience discrimination or abuse on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
Transgender Europe (TGEU)
TGEU envisions a Europe free from discrimination and works for the equality of all trans people in Europe.
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
An international multidisciplinary professional Association dedicated to promoting evidence based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy and respect in transgender health.