List of gay-rights organizations

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Contents 1 International 2 Africa 2.1 Cameroon 2.2 Kenya 2.3 Nigeria 2.4 Senegal 2.5 Sierra Leone 2.6 South Africa 2.7 Uganda 2.8 Zambia 2.9 Zimbabwe 3 Asia 3.1 Hong Kong 3.2 India 3.3 Indonesia 3.4 Israel 3.5 Japan 3.6 Lebanon 3.7 Malaysia 3.8 Nepal 3.9 Palestinian territories 3.10 Philippines 3.11 Singapore 3.12 South Korea 3.13 Sri Lanka 3.14 Taiwan 4 Europe 4.1 Austria 4.2 Belgium 4.3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.4 Bulgaria 4.5 Croatia 4.6 Cyprus 4.7 Czech Republic 4.8 Denmark 4.9 Estonia 4.10 Finland 4.11 France 4.12 Georgia 4.13 Greece 4.14 Germany 4.15 Hungary 4.16 Iceland 4.17 Ireland 4.18 Italy 4.19 Kosovo 4.20 Latvia 4.21 Lithuania 4.22 Macedonia 4.23 Malta 4.24 Moldova 4.25 The Netherlands 4.26 Norway 4.27 Poland 4.28 Portugal 4.29 Romania 4.30 Russia 4.31 Serbia 4.32 Slovakia 4.33 Slovenia 4.34 Spain 4.35 Sweden 4.36 Switzerland 4.37 Turkey 4.38 Ukraine 4.39 United Kingdom 5 North America 5.1 Bahamas 5.2 Canada 5.3 Cuba 5.4 Guatemala 5.5 Jamaica 5.6 Netherlands Antilles 5.7 United States 6 Oceania 6.1 Australia 6.2 Fiji 7 South America 7.1 Argentina 7.2 Bolivia 7.3 Brazil 7.4 Chile 7.5 Colombia 7.6 Guyana 7.7 Peru 7.8 Uruguay 8 See also

Here is a list of gay-rights organizations around the world. Note that some organizations support certain gay rights while opposing others.

[edit] International

• Gay Straight Alliance Network International (GSANI)
• International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)
• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO)
• Amnesty International (AI)

[edit] Africa

[edit] Cameroon

• Alternatives-Cameroun
• The Cameroonian Association for the Defense of Homosexuality (ADEFHO)
• Igreja da Comunidade Metropolitana (ICM)

[edit] Kenya

• Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya

[edit] Nigeria

• Changing Attitude Nigeria (CAN)

[edit] Senegal

• And Ligeey

[edit] Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association

[edit] South Africa

• Lesbian & Gay Equality Project
• Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand (GLOW)

[edit] Uganda

• Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG)

[edit] Zambia

• LEGATRA

[edit] Zimbabwe

• Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)

[edit] Asia

[edit] Hong Kong

• HORIZONS
• Rainbow Action

[edit] India

• Humsafar Trust
• The Naz Foundation
• The Gay Bombay Group

[edit] Indonesia

• [GAYa Nusantara Foundation]

[edit] Israel

• The Agudah - The Association of Gay Men, Lesbians, and Bisexuals in Israel
• Jerusalem Open House - Jerusalem's GLBT community center and gay rights organization
• The Haifa LGBTQi Forum - for the Gay Men, Lesbians, Transgenders, Bisexuals Queers and Intersexual in the Haifa area.
• Hoshen -Eduacation and Change

[edit] Japan

• OCCUR - Association for the Lesbian and Gay Movement in Japan

[edit] Lebanon

• Helem

[edit] Malaysia

• PT Foundation (Pink Triangle)

[edit] Nepal

• Blue Diamond

[edit] Palestinian territories

• ASWAT - Palestinian Gay Women (www.aswatgroup.org/english/)
• AlQaws - Palestinian Gay Project ( www.alqaws.org)

[edit] Philippines

• University of the Philippines Babaylan (UP Babaylan) - first LGBT student organization in the entire UP System and the Philippines
• Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines (ProGay Philippines)
• Lesbian and Gay Legislative Advocacy Network Philippines (LAGABLAB-Pilipinas)
• Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP)

[edit] Singapore

• People Like Us (PLU)

[edit] South Korea

• Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea
• Lesbian Counseling Center in South Korea
• Chin-gu-sa-i - Korean Gay Men's Human Rights Group
• KSCRC Korean Sexual-Minority Culture & Rights Center

[edit] Sri Lanka

• Equal Ground
• Companions on a Journey

[edit] Taiwan

• Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan (GSRAT)
• Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association (TTHA)

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

• Rechtskomitee Lambda
• Homosexuelle Initiative (HOSI Wien), (HOSI Linz)

[edit] Belgium

• Holebifederatie
• Fédération des Associations gayes et lesbiennes (FAGL)

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Organisation Q
• Organisation Logos

[edit] Bulgaria

• BGO Gemini BGO

[edit] Croatia

• Inqueerzicija
• Iskorak
• Kontra
• LORI
• kugA
• Queer Zagreb

[edit] Cyprus

• Cypriot Gay Liberation Movement

[edit] Czech Republic

• Gay and Lesbian League
• Gay Iniciativa v Czeske Republice (GI)

[edit] Denmark

• Danish National Association for Gays and Lesbians (LBL)

[edit] Estonia

• Estonian Gay League
• Diversity

[edit] Finland

• SETA - The Finnish National Organziation for Sexual Equality

[edit] France

• SOS Homophobie
• Inter-LGBT
• Act Up
• David & Jonathan
• Collectif Contre l'Homophobie
• Syndicat National des Entreprises Gaies
• Association des Parents Gays et Lesbiens
• GayLib
• Homosexualités et Socialisme

[edit] Georgia

• Inclusive Foundation

[edit] Greece

• Cooperation against Homophobia

[edit] Germany

• Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD)
• Ökumenische Arbeitsgruppe Homosexuelle und Kirche

[edit] Hungary

• Háttér Support Society for LGBT People
• Labrisz Lesbian Association [1]
• Habeas Corpus Working Group

[edit] Iceland

• Samtökin '78

[edit] Ireland

• Gay & Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN)
• Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform
• Steven Donohues Galway Gays

[edit] Italy

• Arcigay
• Arcilesbica Arcilesbica

[edit] Kosovo

• QESh
• Elysium

[edit] Latvia

• Mozaīka
• ILGA-Latvija

[edit] Lithuania

• Lithuanian Gay League

[edit] Macedonia

• Macedonian Organisation for Free Sexual Orientation

[edit] Malta

• Malta Gay Rights Movement (MGRM)

[edit] Moldova

• GenderDoc-M

[edit] The Netherlands

• COC Nederland
• Homo LesBische Federatie Nederland

[edit] Norway

• Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation (LLH)

[edit] Poland

• Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
• Lambda Warsaw [2]

[edit] Portugal

• ILGA Portugal
• Opus Gay

[edit] Romania

• ACCEPT
• Be An Angel

[edit] Russia

• Argorisk
• Krilija

[edit] Serbia

• Gayten LGBT
• Gay-straight Alliance, based in Belgrade
• Koalicija protiv diskriminacije / Coalition Against Discrimination
• Labris, lesbian human rights group
• Lambda, LGBT human rights and queer culture centre (with offices in Niš and Kragujevac)
• LGBT Vojvodina, rights and culture development center of homosexual, bisexual and transsexual/transgender population of Vojvodina
• QueerBeograd
• Queeria
• Taboo, group for affirmation of diversity. NGO working in Zrenjanin, Kragujevac and other smaller Serbian towns.

[edit] Slovakia

• Altera

[edit] Slovenia

• DIH
• LeGeBiTra
• Lingsium
• SkuC-LL
• SkuC-Magnus

[edit] Spain

• Federación Española de Asociaciones de Gays, Lesbianas, Bisexuales y Transexuales

[edit] Sweden

• Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL)
• HomO, The Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation (government office)
• Ekho, Ekumeniska gruppen för kristna homo-, bisexuella och transpersoner (the organization for LGBT Christians)

[edit] Switzerland

• Pink Cross
• Swiss Lesbian Organization (LOS) LOS

[edit] Turkey

• KAOS GL
• Lambda Istanbul
• LEGATO, LGBT group of university students and academics with nationwide organization
• Pink Triangle Group
• Rainbow Solidarity and Cultural Association for Transgenders, Gays and Lesbians
• Pink Life Ankara

[edit] Ukraine

• Nash Mir
• Ukrainian Gay & Lesbian Association

[edit] United Kingdom

• Stonewall
• OutRage!
• UNISON
• Queer Youth Network (Q.Y.N.)
• Proud2serve.net

[edit] North America

[edit] Bahamas

• Rainbow Alliance of The Bahamas

[edit] Canada

• AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
• Allied Rainbow Communities International
• Canadian Bar Association SOGIC
• Canadian Human Rights Commission
• Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA)
• Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition
• Canadians for Equal Marriage
• Dignity Canada
• Egale Canada
• Equal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
• Eucharistic Catholic Church in Canada
• Family Pride Canada
• Integrity Canada
• LEGIT
• Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal Foundation (LGCA)
• Lesbian Mother's Association
• Metropolitan Community Church
• New Democratic Party of Canada
• NGALE
• NSRAP
• PFLAG Canada
• TransCanada
• United Church of Canada

[edit] Cuba

• Cuban National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX)

[edit] Guatemala

• Associacion Gay Lesbica Guatemalteca

[edit] Jamaica

• Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG)

[edit] Netherlands Antilles

• APEX

[edit] United States

• African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change
• Alternative Family Project
• American Medical Student Association [3] (AMSA)
• American Medical Association [4][5] (AMA)
• One National Gay & Lesbian Archives
• Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons (Mormon Church)
• API Equality [6]
• Basic Rights Oregon [7]
• Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights [8] (BAPHR)
• Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer!
• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) [9]
• Daughters of Bilitis
• Digital Queers (DQ)
• DignityUSA (Catholic Church)
• EQCA (Equality California) [10]
• Equality Florida [11]
• eQualityGiving [12]
• Equality Maryland [13]
• Equality Mississippi
• Equality North Dakota
• Equality Texas [14]
• Equality Virginia [15]
• Equal Rights Washington [16]
• Fine By Me
• Gay Straight Alliance Network International (GSANI)
• Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD)
• Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
• Gay and Lesbian Medical Association [17] (GLMA)
• Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network [18](GLSEN)
• Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute [19]
• Gay Liberation Front (GLF)
• Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA) [20]
• Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD)
• Gay Straight Advocates for Education (GSAFE) [21]
• Gay Pride Virginia (GPV) [22]
• GenderPAC (GPAC) [23]
• Georgia Equality
• Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
• Immigration Equality [24]
• IntegrityUSA (Episcopal Church)
• Kansas Equality Coalition [25]
• Kentucky Equality Federation
• Keshet, Inc. (Keshet, Keshet Boston) [26]
• Lambda Legal [27]
• Lesbian Avengers
• Log Cabin Republicans (LCR)
• Love Makes a Family - Connecticut
• Marriage Equality
• MassEquality [28]
• Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC Churches)
• National Center For Lesbian Rights [29][NCLR]
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (The Task Force)
• National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)
• New Gay Liberation Front
• Our Family Coalition [30]
• Out & Equal
• Out4immigration [31]
• OutFront Minnesota [32]
• Outright Libertarians
• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• Queers and Allies, University of Kansas
• Queer Nation
• Rainbow Health Initiative (RHI) link
• Rainbow Law
• Rainbow Sash
• Safe Schools Coalition of Washington [33]
• Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) [34]
• Soulforce (organization)
• Stanislaus PRIDE Center (SPC)
• Stonewall Democrats
• Touro University Gay-Straight Alliance [35] (TUGSA)
• National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) [36]
• Queer Commission of the Socialist Party USA
• Triangle Foundation [www.tri.org]- Michigan
• The United States Gay and Lesbian United Front
• White Crane Institute

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia

National

• Australian Coalition for Equality (ACE)
• Australian Marriage Equality (AME)

Australian Capital Territory

• Good Process
• QueerAction (QA)

New South Wales

• Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH)
• Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby of New South Wales (GLRL)
• OUTS Action Collective
• Queer Action Collective (QuAC)

Queensland

• Action Reform Change Queensland (ARCQ)
• Gay and Lesbian Welfare Association

Tasmania

• Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group (TGLRG)

Victoria (Australia)|Victoria

• Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (VGLRL)
• Love Makes a Family
• Civil Union Action! (CUA)

Western Australia

• Gay and Lesbian Equality (GALE)

[edit] Fiji

• Sexual Minorities Project under Women’s Action for Change (WAC)

[edit] South America

[edit] Argentina

• Comunidad Homosexual Argentina (CHA)

[edit] Bolivia

• M.G.L.P. Libertad

[edit] Brazil

• Grupo Gay da Bahia (GGB)

[edit] Chile

• Movimento Unificado de Minorias Sexuales (MUMS)

[edit] Colombia

• Colombia Diversa

[edit] Guyana

• Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD)

[edit] Peru

• Movimiento Homosexual de Lima (MHOL)

[edit] Uruguay

• Human Rights Organization working on promoting integration and understanding between sexual minorities and Heterosexuals as well as between foreigners and Uruguayans

[edit] See also

• Gay rights
• Gay community

• Gay Straight Alliance Network International (GSANI)