This is a list of
LGBT rights organization
LGBT rights organizations are non-governmental civil rights, health, and community organizations that promote the civil and human rights and health of sexual minorities, and to improve the LGBT community. This article focuses on LGBTQIAP+ organiz ...
s around the world. For social and support groups or organizations affiliated with mainstream religious organizations, please see ''
List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) related organizations and conferences range from social and support groups to organizations that are political in nature. Some groups are independent, while others are officially recognized advocacy gro ...
''. For organizations affiliated with
political parties
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, please see ''
''.
International
LGBTQIA+ Youth India*
All Out
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(ILGA)
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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 ...
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International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association (ILGLaw)
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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)
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Global Respect In Education (GRIN)
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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)
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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 ...
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The Kaleidoscope Trust
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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)
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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 docum ...
(formerly IGLHRC)
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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
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Tranz Homos DZ
Kenya
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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
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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
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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
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Shams
Uganda
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Sappho for Equality
Lebanon
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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 ...
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Meem
Sri Lanka
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Equal Ground
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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
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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)
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Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan (GSRAT)
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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
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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)
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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 ...
(based in Canada)
Israel
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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 ...
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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)
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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
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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- ...
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Tehila
Lebanon
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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 ...
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Meem
Nepal
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Blue Diamond Society
Singapore
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 ...
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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)
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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)
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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 ...
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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
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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 Interse ...
Europe
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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 ...
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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 ...
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LGBT Network
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OII Europe
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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
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LGBT Human Rights Project "GayBelarus"
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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
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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
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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 R ...
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Proces
Cyprus
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Cypriot Gay Liberation Movement
Denmark
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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 ...
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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
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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
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Friðarbogin
Friðarbogin is an organization working for LGBT rights in the Faroe Islands.
Friðarbogin was founded in 2003.
References
External links
Archived Friðarbogin website
LGBT organizations in the Faroe Islands
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Finland
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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 ...
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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
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Association des Gays et Lesbiens Arméniens de France
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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
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Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD)
Greenland
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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
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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 ...
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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
...
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Tertiary education, third-level students' unions in Ireland. Founded in 1959, USI represents more than 374,000 students in over ...
Italy
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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. ...
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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.
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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 ...
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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
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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
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Sweden
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HomO
''Homo'' () is the genus that emerged in the (otherwise extinct) genus ''Australopithecus'' that encompasses the extant species ''Homo sapiens'' ( modern humans), plus several extinct species classified as either ancestral to or closely relate ...
, The Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation (government office)
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Campaign for Homosexual Equality
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Kaleidoscope Trust
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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)
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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 ...
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LGBT Network (Scotland)
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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 ...
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Mermaids Gender
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Outright Scotland (formerly the Scottish Minorities Group)
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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 ...
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Racing Pride
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Stonewall
North America
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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
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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
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United Belize Advocacy Movement
This is a list LGBT rights organisations in Belize.
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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, formerly Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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ProudPolitics
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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 ...
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Rainbow Railroad
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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
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Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals, and Gays (JFLAG)
United States
South America
Chile
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Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual (MOVILH)
Colombia
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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
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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
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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 ...
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Gay community
The LGBT community (also known as the LGBTQ+ community, GLBT community, gay community, or queer community) is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer individuals united by a common culture and social ...
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LGBT rights by country or territory
Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality.
Notably, , 33 ...
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List of intersex organizations
Intersex civil society organizations have existed since at least the mid-1980s. They include peer support groups and advocacy organizations active on health and medical issues, human rights, legal recognition, and peer and family support. Some gr ...
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List of transgender-rights organizations
Transgender organizations seek to promote understanding and acceptance, both legally and socially, of transgender persons.
International
* International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
* GATE (organization), GATE
* World Professional Ass ...
References
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Lists of organizations
Rights
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical the ...
Human rights-related lists