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s around the world. For social and support groups or organizations affiliated with mainstream religious organizations, please see ''

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''. For organizations affiliated with

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, please see ''

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''.

International

LGBTQIA+ Youth India
* All Out *

International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) is an organization who is committed to advancing human rights to all people, disregarding gender identity, sex characteristics and expression. ILGA participates in a ...

(ILGA) *

IGLYO The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Intersex Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) is an international LGBTQI organisation that was created in 1984 as a reaction to the need for better cooperation among regional, local ...

* International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association (ILGLaw) *

International Lesbian Information Service The International Lesbian Information Service (ILIS) was an international organization which aimed at fostering international lesbian organizing. It was started within ILGA in 1980. The following year, at a separate lesbian conference arranged pri ...

(defunct) *

Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees The International Railroad for Queer Refugees, formerly known as the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees (IRQR), is an advocacy group for LGBT rights in Iran. It was founded and is headed by Executive Director Arsham Parsi. It was set up on behal ...

GATE A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat" meaning road or path; But other terms include ''yett and port''. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall ...

* Global Respect In Education (GRIN) *

Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association The Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA) was an international gay and lesbian, culture and human rights association. Their last update was issued in March 2016, and the website has been offline since October 2017. The focus of ...

(GLISA) *

Human Dignity Trust Human Dignity Trust is a UK-based registered charity that focuses on strategic litigation challenging the criminalization of homosexuality around the world. It was founded in 2011 by Jonathan Cooper (lawyer), Jonathan Cooper and Tim Otty Queen's ...

The Kaleidoscope Trust Kaleidoscope Trust is a nonprofit organisation that campaigns for the human rights of LGBT+ people around the world. Its mission is to help create a world where LGBT+ people are free, safe and equal everywhere.

Organization Intersex International The Organisation Intersex International (OII) is a global advocacy and support group for people with intersex traits. According to Milton Diamond, it is the world's largest organization of intersex persons. A decentralised network, OII was founded ...

(OII) *

OutRight Action International OutRight Action International (OutRight) is a LGBTIQ human rights non-governmental organization that addresses human rights violations and abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. OutRight Action International doc ...

(formerly IGLHRC) *

Trans March Annual marches, protests or gatherings take place around the world for transgender issues, often taking place during the time of local Pride parades for LGBT people. These events are frequently organized by trans communities to build community, ad ...

Africa

Algeria

* Tranz Homos DZ

Kenya

Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya galck+ formerly The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK), is the national Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) umbrella body, representing LGBTQ+ voices across Kenya. The name change was a result of the growth and inter ...

Nigeria

Bisi Alimi Foundation The Bisi Alimi Foundation (BAF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2015, and registered in England and Wales, but operating in Nigeria as a result of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act 2013 (SSMPA). The foundation aspires to create a Ni ...

South Africa

Intersex South Africa The Organisation Intersex International (OII) is a global advocacy and support group for people with intersex traits. According to Milton Diamond, it is the world's largest organization of intersex persons. A decentralised network, OII was founded ...

Tunisia

* Shams

Uganda

Sexual Minorities Uganda Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) is an umbrella non-governmental organization based in Kampala, Uganda. In August 2022 SMUG was ordered by the Ugandan government to immediately shut down. Organisation Founders included Victor Mukasa and Sy ...

(SMUG)

Zimbabwe

Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe GALZ An Association of LGBTI People in Zimbabwe (formerly Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe) is an organisation established in 1990 in Harare to serve the needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community in Zimbabwe. GA ...

(GALZ)

Asia

Asian Lesbian Network The Asian Lesbian Network was formed in March 1986 at the International Lesbian Information Service (ILIS) conference in Geneva, Switzerland, where lesbians from Bangladesh, India, the United States, Japan, and Thailand organized workshops during th ...

China

Oii-Chinese Oii-Chinese (國際陰陽人組織 — 中文版) is an intersex advocacy and support group and the Chinese-language affiliate of Organisation Intersex International. Oii-Chinese, founded by Hiker Chiu in 2008, is active in Taiwan, Hong Kong, an ...

DiversityUNNC DiversityUNNC is a student society formed at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China , mottoeng = "A City is built on Wisdom" , established = 2004 , type = Public , chancellor ...

- Ningbo

Bangladesh

* Boys of Bangladesh

India

LGBTQIA+ Youth India
*

Humsafar Trust Humsafar Trust ( meaning 'companion' in Hindustani: hi, हमसफ़र, ur, ہمسفر) is an NGO in Mumbai which promotes LGBT rights. Founded by Ashok Row Kavi, Suhail Abbasi, and Sridhar Rangayan in 1994, it is one of the largest and ...

Naz Foundation (India) Trust The Naz Foundation (India) Trust is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in that country that works on HIV/AIDS and sexual health. It is based in the Indian capital of New Delhi. It is a Delhi-based organization that has been at the forefron ...

Nazariya Nazariya: A Queer Feminist Resource Group (Nazariya QFRG) is a non-profit queer feminist resource group based out of Delhi NCR, India. The group was formed in October 2014, and has since established a South Asian presence. The organization under ...

Udaan Trust Udaan Trust is an Indian non-governmental organisation operating in the state of Maharashtra. It is the first HIV/AIDS organisation founded by homosexuals living with HIV/AIDS.U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentDirectory of Associations of P ...

Srishti Madurai Srishti Madurai was established on 2 September 2011 by Gopi Shankar Madurai as the first genderqueer and LGBT student volunteer group designed to target the problems of LGBT people in non-metro cities of Tamil Nadu. In October 2011 Srishti Mad ...

Orinam Orinam (Tamil: ஓரினம்) is a non-funded, social, and activist collective that works to enhance understanding of alternate sexualities and gender identities among families, communities and society. It was founded in 2003 in Chennai un ...

Queerala Queerala, a registered community based Organisation (CBO) for Malayali LGBTIQ people, gives adequate support to Malayali persons who belong to the sexual and gender minorities. Queerala originally started in May 2013 as a secret Facebook page wher ...

Sangama (human rights group) Sangama is an LGBT rights group based in Bangalore, India. When it began in 1999, Sangama acted as a documentation center but it has since grown to become an LGBT rights and HIV prevention NGO that mobilizes against sexual harassment and discriminat ...

* Sappho for Equality

Lebanon

Helem Helem (Arabic: حلم, Lebanese pronunciation: �elem which means ‘dream’) is the first LGBTQIA+ rights non-governmental organization in the Arab world, founded in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2001. Its mission is to lead a non-violent struggle for t ...

* Meem

Sri Lanka

Equal Ground : Equal Ground is a non-profit organization based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, that advocates for political and social rights for LGBT, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), intersex and queer people. The organization, established in 2004, claims ...

Taiwan

Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights The Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights (TAPCPR; ) is a Taiwanese non-governmental advocacy organization which advocates for the expansion of civil rights for same-sex couples, including same-sex marriage, civil partnerships, adop ...

(TAPCPR) * Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan (GSRAT) *

Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association (TTHA; ) is an organization that provides the LGBT community with peer counseling, support networks, and a community resource center. It is the first LGBT non-governmental organization (NGO) registered in Tai ...

(TTHA)

Iran

Iranian Queer Organization The Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO; fa, سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایران), also known as the Persian Gay and Lesbian Organization, was an advocacy group for LGBT rights in Iran based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The organizati ...

(based in Canada) *

(based in Canada)

Israel

Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli ...

Israel Gay Youth Israel Gay Youth (IGY) ( he, ארגון נוער גאה, ''Irgun Noar Ge'eh'', lit. "Proud Youth Organization"; he, איגי, ''Igy'', "IGY") was founded in 2001 in Israel as a non-profit NGO, branching off from the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexu ...

(IGY) *

Hoshen The priestly breastplate or breastpiece of judgment ( he, חֹשֶׁן ''ḥōšen'') was a sacred breastplate worn by the High Priest of the Israelites, according to the Book of Exodus. In the biblical account, the breastplate is termed the ''br ...

- Education and Change *

Jerusalem Open House The Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance (JOH, he, הבית הפתוח בירושלים לגאווה ולסובלנות ''HaBayit HaPatuach'', "Open House" ar, البيت المفتوح في القدس للفخر والتسامح ''Al- ...

* Tehila

Lebanon

* Meem

Nepal

* Blue Diamond Society

Singapore

Pink Dot SG Pink Dot SG, known exonymously as Pink Dot, is an event that has occurred annually since 2009 in support of the LGBT community in Singapore. Attendees of Pink Dot events gather to form a "pink dot" to show support for inclusiveness, diversity ...

Young Out Here Young Out Here (YOH) is a gay, lesbian, Bisexuality, bisexual and queer youth community group based in Singapore. The community group is the first and longest running nonprofit organization, non-profit volunteering, volunteer group of its kin ...

South Korea

Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (; SLRK) is an LGBT rights and counselling organization created on September 9, 1997 in Seoul, South Korea. The current representative of the organization is Kwak Yi-kyong. Former representatives of the g ...

Australia and Oceania

Australia

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia Intersex Peer Support Australia (IPSA), also known as the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia, is possibly the oldest known intersex organization, established in 1985. It provides peer and family support, information and advo ...

(AISSGA) *

Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives The Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) (formerly the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - ALGA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experienc ...

(ALGA) *

Australian Marriage Equality Australian Marriage Equality (AME) was an advocacy group driven by volunteers who came together to pursue the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia. AME partnered with a diverse range of organisations and supporters across the country to ...

(AME) *

Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia The Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia (COAL) was formed in Australia in 1994 to work towards the end of discrimination against lesbians. COAL lobbies the Australian Commonwealth and other state and territory Governments to remove discri ...

(COAL) *

Community Action Against Homophobia Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) is a community activist organisation based in Sydney, Australia. Since its establishment in 1999, CAAH has aimed to eliminate homophobia and achieve full equality for queer people—defined as ...

(CAAH) *

Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation Kaleidoscope Human Rights Foundation (commonly known as "Kaleidoscope Human Rights Foundation" or KHRF) is a non-governmental organisation based in Australia that works to protect the rights of LGBTIQ+ people in the Asia Pacific region. Objecti ...

(KAHRF) *

National LGBTI Health Alliance LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (formerly the National LGBTI Health Alliance) is a peak health organisation for LGBT and intersex organisations in Australia. A not-for-profit company, it was established in August 2007. Key areas of activity Key foc ...

Organisation Intersex International Australia Intersex Human Rights Australia (IHRA) is a voluntary organisation for intersex people that promotes the intersex human rights, human rights and bodily autonomy of Intersex rights in Australia, intersex people in Australia, and provides educatio ...

(OII Australia) *

Transgender Victoria Transgender Victoria (TGV) is a voluntary organisation for transgender people, their partners, families, and non-binary individuals. It promotes equity, and health and community services for transgender people in Victoria, Australia. In Decembe ...

(TGV) *

Victorian Pride Lobby The Victorian Pride Lobby (the Lobby, formerly the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby) is a community-based advocacy group that works towards equality, social justice and advancing human rights for lesbian, gay, queer, bisexual and same-sex a ...

Zoe Belle Gender Centre Zoe Belle Gender Collective, formerly known as the Zoe Belle Gender Centre, is a Melbourne, Victoria-based organization that is concerned with the health and well-being of transgender and other gender diverse people. Among its activities, the orga ...

(ZBGC)

New Zealand

Intersex Trust Aotearoa New Zealand Intersex Aotearoa is a nonprofit organisation based in New Zealand, and is a national advocacy and peer support organisation for intersex people. The organisation was founded in 1996 by Mani Mitchell, and has previously been known as the Intersex ...

Europe

European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights The European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights is an intergroup Intergroups are formed of Members of the European Parliament from any political group and any committee, with a view to holding informal exchanges of views on particular subjects ...

ILGA-Europe ILGA-Europe is the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. It is an advocacy group promoting the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people, at the European level. I ...

* LGBT Network * OII Europe *

Transgender Europe Transgender Europe (TGEU) is a network of different organisations working to combat discrimination against trans people and support trans people rights. It was founded in 2005 in Vienna during the 1st European Transgender Council as "European Tr ...

(TGeu)

Armenia

Pink Armenia Pink Armenia ( hy, Փինք Հայաստան, translit=P’ink’ Hayastan) is the first LGBTQIA+ rights non-governmental organization in Armenia. Pink Armenia was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Yerevan. Its mission is to serve and suppor ...

Right Side NGO Right Side NGO ( hy, Իրավունքի Կողմ) is the first transgender rights organization in Armenia and the first trans-led organization in the South Caucasus region. Right Side NGO was founded in 2016 as a non-governmental organization an ...

Austria

International Human Rights Tribunal The International Human Rights Tribunal (IHRT) was a symbolic tribunal which took place in Vienna, Austria, in June 1995. It was chaired by environmental and human rights activist Freda Meissner-Blau and Gerhard Oberschlick, editor of ''FORVM'', ...

Belarus

* LGBT Human Rights Project "GayBelarus"

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevski Otvoreni Centar Sarajevo Open Centre ( sh, Sarajevski otvoreni centar), abbreviated SOC, is an independent feminist civil society organisation and advocacy group which campaigns for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people and women's rights in Bos ...

(Sarajevo Open Centre)

Bulgaria

BGO Gemini The Bulgarian Gay Organization Gemini was the primary organization in the LGBT rights movement in Bulgaria, based in Sofia. It was legally registered in 1992 by an HIV-positive gay couple and since then has grown to become the main LGBT organiza ...

Croatia

Zagreb Pride Zagreb Pride () is the annual LGBTIQ+ pride march in the city of Zagreb, Croatia, which first took place in 2002, as the first successful pride march in Southeast Europe. Zagreb Pride organizers say their work was inspired by the Stonewall Rio ...

* Proces

Cyprus

* Cypriot Gay Liberation Movement

Denmark

LGBT Danmark LGBT Danmark – Landsforeningen for bøsser, lesbiske, biseksuelle og transpersoner ( da, LGBT Denmark – The Danish National Organisation for Gay Men, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgender persons) is a lobby for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and t ...

Copenhagen Pride Copenhagen Pride is Denmark's largest annual Human Rights festival, focused on LGBT issues. It involves the entire capital Copenhagen and is held in August. A colourful and festive occasion, it combines political issues with concerts, films and a ...

Estonia

Geikristlaste Kogu Geikristlaste Kogu ( en, Association of Gay Christians), GK in short, is an Estonian LGBT rights organization of gays and lesbians who are active Christians. Founded on August 11, 2010, in Tallinn, Estonia, Geikristlaste Kogu is a religiously ...

Faroe Islands

Friðarbogin Friðarbogin is an organization working for LGBT rights in the Faroe Islands. Friðarbogin was founded in 2003. References External links Archived Friðarbogin website
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Finland

Pink Rose Pink Rose () is the first political LGBT association in Finland. It was formed during the 2004 Helsinki Pride by Jani Ryhänen, who is currently serving as president. The day the association formed, the second vice president of the Social Democra ...

Seta In biology, setae (singular seta ; from the Latin word for "bristle") are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms. Animal setae Protostomes Annelid setae are stiff bristles present on the body. Th ...

- LGBTI Rights in Finland

France

Act Up AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an international, grassroots political group working to end the AIDS pandemic. The group works to improve the lives of people with AIDS through direct action, medical research, treatment and advocacy, ...

Arcadie The Association Arcadie, or simply Arcadie, was a French homophile organization established in the early 1950s by André Baudry, an ex-seminarian and philosophy professor. Miller, Neil. Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Pres ...

* Association des Gays et Lesbiens Arméniens de France *

GayLib GayLib is an LGBT liberal political faction affiliated with the Radical Party (formerly Radical Movement). It was formerly affiliated with the French political party Union for a Popular Movement from its inception in 2002 to 2013 and to the Union ...

Homosexualités et Socialisme Homosexualités et Socialisme ( en, Homosexualities and Socialism, HES) is a politically independent LGBT organization affiliated with the Socialist Party (France), Parti Socialiste in France officially, since 2015, and with the Radical Party of ...

Inter-LGBT Inter-LGBT (Interassociative Lesbienne, Gaie, Bi et Trans) is an umbrella group of 50 LGBT organisations in France. Overview It organises the Printemps des Assoces every April as well as the annual Gay marches. Its headquarters, located in Le Ma ...

SOS Homophobie SOS Homophobie is an LGBT support organization based in France that deals with homophobia. The organization currently consists of a 900 volunteer members as well as 17 regional offices, all of which are based in France. The group is frequently me ...

Beit Haverim Beit Haverim ("House of Friends" in Hebrew language, Hebrew) is a French organization for Homosexuality and Judaism, LGBT Jews. History Founded in 1977 by a handful of Ashkenazi Jews, it received help and support from Pastor Joseph Doucé. Sinc ...

Georgia

Identoba Identoba ( ka, იდენტობა) is a Georgia (country), Georgian civil rights organization dedicated to advocating for the rights of LGBT persons in Georgia. It has sponsored peaceful demonstrations in Tbilisi in 2013, 2013 Tbilisi anti-ho ...

Germany

* Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD)

Greenland

LGBT Qaamaneq LGBT Qaamaneq – Landsforeningen for Bøsser, Lesbiske, Biseksuelle og Transpersoner i Grønland ( en, LGBT Qaamaneq – The Greenlandic National Organisation for Gay Men, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgender persons) was a Lobbying, lobby group f ...

Hungary

Háttér Society Háttér Society (''Háttér Társaság'' in Hungarian, ''háttér'' means ''background'') is an NGO representing LGBTQI people in Hungary. It operates a telephone hotline, a legal aid service, an HIV/AIDS prevention program and an archive. Beside ...

Hungarian LGBT Alliance The Hungarian LGBT Alliance is an umbrella organization that brings together gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender organizations in Hungary. It was founded on January 25, 2009, and currently has seven member organizations. Member organizations ...

Labrisz Lesbian Association Labrisz Lesbian Association was founded in 1999 in Budapest, Hungary. Its purpose is making the lives and issues of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women more visible, along with seeking to aid these women with various cultural programs and di ...

Iceland

Samtökin '78 Samtökin '78 (officially The National Queer Organisation in English) is the national queer organisation of Iceland, which is an Non-governmental organization, NGO dedicated to the interest and rights of lesbian, Homosexuality, homosexual, Bisexual ...

Ireland

Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform The Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform was an organisation set up to campaign for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the 1970s. Its most prominent leader was David Norris, an English studies ...

LGBT Ireland LGBTQ+ life on the island of Ireland is made up of persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise. Queer culture and history Politics There was all-party support in 2010 for the Civil Partnership Bill, introduced by the Fi ...

Gay Doctors Ireland Gay Doctors Ireland (GDI) is an organisation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) physicians and medical students in Ireland. It was founded in Dublin by Conor Malone in 2010 as Ireland's first association for LGBT doctors. Full versi ...

National LGBT Federation The National LGBT Federation (NXF) is a non-governmental organisation in Dublin, Ireland, which focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. The current board (as of September 2021) comprises the following: Chair Gavin Henn ...

Union of Students in Ireland The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) ( ga, Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn) is the national representative body for third-level students' unions in Ireland. Founded in 1959, USI represents more than 374,000 students in over forty colleges acr ...

Italy

Arcigay Arcigay is Italy's first and largest worldwide gay organisation. The association was first founded as a local association in Palermo in 1980, then nationally established in Bologna in 1985. The organisation became known throughout Italy for its c ...

Circle of Homosexual Culture Mario Mieli The Circle of Homosexual Culture Mario Mieli (italian: Circolo di Cultura Omosessuale "Mario Mieli") is an association founded in Rome in 1983 to defend the civil rights of LGBT people and dedicated to gay writer and activist Mario Mieli. It is an ...

Lithuania

Lithuanian Gay League The Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) is the only non-governmental organization in Lithuania exclusively representing the interests of the local LGBT* community. The LGL association is one of the most stable and mature organizations within the civic sect ...

Montenegro

Queer Montenegro The Montenegrins, Montenegrin LGBT Association Queer Montenegro is a non-governmental organization established in October 2012. and registered in March 2013 in Podgorica. Queer Montenegro consists of longtime activists for human rights, and prof ...

The Netherlands

COC Nederland COC Nederland, also known as COC Netherlands, is a Dutch LGBTQ+ rights group founded in 1946. COC originally stood for ''Cultuur en Ontspanningscentrum'' (Center for Culture and Leisure), which was intended as a "cover" name for its real purpose ...

Norway

Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation The Norwegian Organisation for Sexual and Gender Diversity (Norwegian: ''FRI – foreningen for kjønns- og seksualitetsmangfold'') is the oldest, largest and preeminent Norwegian member organization representing the interests of gay, lesbian, bi ...

(LLH)

Poland

Campaign Against Homophobia Campaign Against Homophobia (actual name: ''Kampania Przeciw Homofobii'', abbreviation: ''KPH'') is a Polish gay rights organisation, which aims to promote legal and social equality for people outside the heteronorm. It was founded in Warsaw in Se ...

(KPH) *

Lambda Warszawa Lambda Warsaw Association ( Polish: ''Stowarzyszenie Lambda Warszawa'') is the oldest operating Polish LGBT organisation. It was founded in October 1997 by activists of Rainbow Centre (''Ośrodek “Rainbow”''), which existed from 1995 to 1997. ...

Stop Bzdurom Stop Bullshit ( pl, Stop Bzdurom) was a queer anarchist collective in Warsaw with the goal of fighting homophobia and transphobia, founded in May 2019 by Małgorzata "Margot" Szutowicz and Zuzanna "Łania" Madej, opposing the actions of the . A ...

Romania

Accept Accept may refer to: * Acceptance, a person's assent to the reality of a situation etc. * Accept (band), a German heavy metal band ** ''Accept'' (Accept album), their debut album from 1979 * ''Accept'' (Chicken Shack album), 1970 * ACCEPT (or ...

Be An Angel Be An Angel Romania (BAAR) is a Romanian human rights organisation based in Cluj-Napoca founded by Lucian Dunăreanu, an LGBT rights activist. Although the organisation's mission is to combat discrimination in Romanian society in all its forms, i ...

Russia

Children-404 Children-404 is a Russian LGBTI online community on Facebook and on the social networking site VK. The establisher of the community is Lena Klimova, a journalist based in the city of Nizhny Tagil. She is the author of a series of articles on lesb ...

: a Russian public internet project which supports homosexual, bisexual and transgender teenagers in Russia. 404 alludes to the internet error message " Error 404 - Page not found" and refers to the ignoring of the existence of LGBT teenagers by Russian society and establishment. *

LGBT Human Rights Project Gayrussia.ru Gayrussia.ru is an LGBT rights organization based in Moscow, Russia. It has organised numerous public actions in Russia, the most famous being Moscow Pride and Slavic Pride. It also sponsored the documentary ''Moscow Pride '06''. In November ...

Russian LGBT network The Russian LGBT Network (russian: Российская ЛГБТ-сеть) is a non-governmental LGBT rights organization working for the social acceptance of and protection of the rights of LGBT people in Russia. Founded in 2006, it was reformed ...

Serbia

Gay Lesbian Info Centre Gay Lesbian Info Centre is a lesbian, gay and bisexual rights charity in the Serbia. It was formed in 2009 by Predrag Azdejković, Serbian gay journalist, Blogger and writer to promote LGBT right through media, culture and art, to collect infor ...

Spain

Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales The Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales (FELGTB; en, National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals) is the main LGBT organisation in Spain. FELGTB is characterised by demanding LGBT rights, at time ...

Sweden

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, The Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation (government office) *

Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights ( sv, Riksförbundet för homosexuellas, bisexuellas, transpersoners och queeras rättigheter, RFSL, formerly ) is a Swedish organization working for LGBT rights. Lawy ...

(RFSL)

Turkey

KAOS GL KAOS GL, short for Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association ( tr, Kaos Gey ve Lezbiyen Kültürel Araştırmalar ve Dayanışma Derneği), founded in 1994, is one of the oldest and largest LGBT rights organisations in Turke ...

Lambdaistanbul Lambda Istanbul is a LGBT rights in Turkey, Turkish LGBT organization. It was founded in 1993 as a cultural space for the LGBT community, and became an official organization in 2006. Clandestine Pride parade, Pride events were held in Turkey star ...

LEGATO In music performance and notation, legato (; Italian for "tied together"; French ''lié''; German ''gebunden'') indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, the player makes a transition from note to note wit ...

, LGBT group of university students and academics with nationwide organization

United Kingdom

Black Gay Men's Advisory Group The Black Gay Men's Advisory Group is an LGBT rights organisation of African-descended gay or bisexual men founded in 2003 in the United Kingdom. The group was founded to advise health workers and organisations but activities expanded to a var ...

Cara-Friend Cara-Friend was set up in 1974 "as a voluntary counseling, befriending, information, health and social space organisation for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans (LGB&T) community" in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éire ...

(Northern Ireland) *

Campaign for Homosexual Equality The Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE) is a membership organisation in the United Kingdom with a stated aim from 1969 to promote legal and social equality for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals in England and Wales. Active throughout the 1970s ...

Educational Action Challenging Homophobia Educational Action Challenging Homophobia (EACH) is a charity based in the United Kingdom which "affirms the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people and reduces discrimination experienced because of sexual orientation or gender i ...

Equality Network The Equality Network is one of Scotland's national organisations working for LGBTI rights and equality. Established by LGBT activists in 1997, it is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee (no. SC220213), based in Edinburgh. In ...

(Scotland) *

Intersex UK Intersex UK is an organisation by and for intersex people (those born with differences of sex development or variations of sex anatomy) in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Intersex UK works to protect the bodily autonomy and civil rights of inter ...

LGBT Foundation LGBT Foundation (formerly known as The Lesbian & Gay Foundation) is a national charity based in Manchester with a wide portfolio of services. With a history dating back nearly 40 years, it campaigns for a fair and equal society where all lesbian, ...

(formerly Lesbian and Gay Foundation) *

LGBT Humanists UK LGBT Humanists UK, founded in 1979, is a special interest section of Humanists UK which campaigns for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality and human rights in the United Kingdom. It also organises social events for LGBT humanist ...

* LGBT Network (Scotland) *

LGBT Youth Scotland LGBT Youth Scotland is a Scottish List of youth organizations, youth organisation dedicated to the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people from 13 to 25 year of age in Scotland. It was established in November 1989 ...

* Mermaids Gender * Outright Scotland (formerly the Scottish Minorities Group) *

Peter Tatchell Foundation Peter Gary Tatchell (born 25 January 1952) is a British human rights campaigner, originally from Australia, best known for his work with LGBT social movements. Tatchell was selected as the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey ...

* Racing Pride * Stonewall

North America

United Caribbean Trans Network The United Caribbean Trans Network (UCTRANS) is the first regional transgender network in the Caribbean. It works with and on behalf of the transgender community across the region to advocate for their rights, protection, and healthcare. It also ...

Bahamas

Rainbow Alliance of The Bahamas The Rainbow Alliance of The Bahamas was a support and advocacy group for persons in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. History The group was established in May 1999 during a social event hosted by members of other LGBT groups. ...

Belize

United Belize Advocacy Movement This is a list LGBT rights organisations in Belize. Table United Belize Advocacy Movement The United Belize Advocacy Movement, also known as UNIBAM or UniBAM, are a Belize-based non-governmental organisation that advocate against the di ...

Canada

Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (french: Centre canadien pour la diversité et l'inclusion) is a national charitable organization with the mandate to help the individuals and organizations they work with be inclusive, and free of ...

Community One Foundation Community One Foundation, formerly the Lesbian & Gay Community Appeal, is a non-profit foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that builds and supports individuals and groups that enhance the development of the LGBTTIQQ2S communities in th ...

Egale Canada Egale Canada (formerly Equality for Gays And Lesbians Everywhere) is an advocacy organization founded in 1986 by Les McAfee to advance equality for Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their families, across Canada. ...

, formerly Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere *

Lambda Foundation The Lambda Foundation (french: Fondation lambda), officially the Lambda Scholarship Foundation Canada, is a registered Canadian charity with the mission of creating scholarships, awards, and bursaries in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgen ...

PFLAG Canada PFLAG Canada is a national non-profit organization which brings together family and friends of LGBT people in Canada. It was begun separately and without knowledge of the American PFLAG which performs the same functions in the United States. As of ...

* ProudPolitics *

Qmunity Qmunity (officially Qmunity, BC's Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Resource Centre Society), formerly known as the Centre, is an LGBT community centre located on Bute Street in the Davie Village neighbourhood of the West End of Vancouver, British ...

(Vancouver, British Columbia) *

Rainbow Railroad Rainbow Railroad is a Canadian charitable organization that helps lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals escape violence and persecution in their home countries. In the past, they have helped individuals fro ...

Supporting Our Youth Supporting Our Youth (SOY) is an organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which runs programs and events geared to supporting the special needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual and intersex youth."Programs that do help str ...

Jamaica

* Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals, and Gays (JFLAG)

United States

South America

Chile

* Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual (MOVILH)

Colombia

Colombia Diversa Colombia Diversa is an organization based in Bogotá that promotes and defends LGBT rights in Colombia. It was founded in 2004 by a group of activists who met in 2003 while advocating for a failed bill recognizing the rights of same-sex couples. Th ...

Ecuador

Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad was created on October 10, 2000. It is not a federal government program but is a non-profit organization. The organization maintains two main goals. One goal of the organization is to achieve social and political righ ...

Guyana

Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) is a human rights organisation and movement working for equality and justice for all Guyanese. SASOD is committed to eradicating discrimination on the grounds of sexuality, gender se ...

(SASOD)

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