Advocacy and Support Organizations for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Communities

Advocacy and Support Organizations for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Communities

Series: Related Organizations Lists
Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway

Includes national organizations that have made it their mission to support, represent, and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) groups that share a focus on child and youth welfare issues. If you are aware of any others, please contact Child Welfare Information Gateway at: OrganizationUpdates@childwelfare.gov. Inclusion on this list is for information purposes and does not constitute an endorsement by Child Welfare Information Gateway or the Children's Bureau.

Advocates for Youth
1325 G Street NW
Suite 980
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Phone: (202) 419-3420
Fax: (202) 419-1448
This organization partners with youth leaders, adult allies, and youth-serving organizations to advocate for policies and champion programs that recognize young people's rights to honest sexual health information, affordable sexual health services, and the resources and opportunities to create sexual health equity for all youth.
nadid: 27293
CenterLink
P.O. Box 24490
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33307
Phone: (954) 765-6024
Fax: (954) 210-9870
CenterLink is a nonprofit organization that works to help build the capacity of many national organizations to advance the rights of LGBT individuals and to provide LGBT community centers with information and analysis of key issues. Additionally, CenterLink offers several programs and services; YouthLink is the newest program that works to bring a stronger youth voice to policy issues at the national level while also providing support and technical assistance to Centers in the CenterLink membership network.
nadid: 27319
Children of Lesbian and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
3815 S. Othello Street
Suite 100 #310
Seattle, Washington 98118
Phone: (828) 782-1938
COLAGE is a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) parents.
nadid: 27294
Equality Federation
818 SW 3rd Avenue, #141
Portland, Oregon 97204-2405
Phone: (929) 373-3370
Equality Federation is the national alliance of State-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) advocacy organizations.
nadid: 27295
Family Acceptance Project (FAP)
San Francisco State University
California
FAP provides research-based educational materials and interventions to strengthen families and their support of their LGBT youth. Related goals include improving the health, mental health, and wellbeing of LGBT youth; helping create an environment in which LGBT youth can stay in their homes; and informing public policy.

In collaboration with the Institute for Innovation and Implementation, FAP also launched a national searchable map of community support services that affirm LGBTQ young people, along with multilingual and multicultural evidence-based resources to increase family support for LGBTQ children and youth.
nadid: 27296
Family Equality Council
475 Park Avenue S.
Suite 2100
New York, New York 10016
Phone: (646) 880-3005
Fax: (646) 880-3011
Family Equality Council connects, supports, and represents the three million parents who are LGBTQ in this country and their six million children.
nadid: 27297
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
110 William Street
30th Floor
New York, New York 10038
Phone: (212) 727-0135
The Network focuses on improving school climate and champion lesbian, gay, transgender issues in K-12 education.
nadid: 27306
Gender Spectrum
1271 Washington Ave. #834
San Leandro, California 94577
Phone: (510) 788-4412
Gender Spectrum provides education, training, and support to help create a gender-sensitive and inclusive environment for all children and teens. Gender Spectrum also offers a wide range of resources, training, and consultation to support schools to be more welcoming for all students, regardless of their gender.
nadid: 27298
Human Rights Campaign
1640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20036-3278
Toll-Free: (800) 777-4723
Human Rights Campaign is a civil rights organization working to achieve equality for LGBTQ Americans.
nadid: 27299
Lambda Legal
120 Wall Street
19th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Phone: (212) 809-8585
Lamba Legal aims to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of the LGBT community and those with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
nadid: 27300
LGBT National Help Center
Toll-Free: (800) 246-PRIDE (1-800-246-7743)
Toll-Free: (888) 843-4564
The LGBT National Help Center provides peer-support, community connections, and resource information to people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity via the LGBT National Hotline and the LGBT National Youth Talkline and online chat services.
nadid: 27307
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
870 Market Street
Suite 370
San Fransisco, California 94102
Phone: (415) 392-6257
Fax: (415) 392-8442
NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of LGBT people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education.
nadid: 27301
National Center or Transgender Equality (NCTE)
1133 19th St, SW
Suite 302
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
Phone: (202) 642-4542
Fax: (202) 393-2241
NCTE is a 501(c)3 social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration, and empowerment.
nadid: 27302
National LGBTQ Task Force
1325 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 600
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Phone: (202) 393-5711
Fax: (202) 393-2241
The mission of the National LGBTQ Task Force is to build the grassroots power of the LGBTQ community.
nadid: 27303
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
1828 L Street, NW
Suite 660
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
Phone: (202) 467-8180
Fax: (202) 467-8194
PFLAG is committed to advancing equality and full societal affirmation of LGBTQ people through its threefold mission of support, education, and advocacy.
nadid: 27305
Q Chat
P.O. Box 24490
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33307
Phone: (954) 765-6024
Q Chat is a Community for LGBTQ+ Teens. Q Chat Space provides online discussion groups, live and chat based, for LGBTQ+ and questioning teens ages 13 to 19. Q Chat Space does not offer crisis assistance; conversations are facilitated by experienced staff who work at LGBTQ+ centers around the United States.
nadid: 30615
The Trevor Project
P.O. Box 69232
West Hollywood, California 90069
Toll-Free: (866) 488-7386
The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to young LGBTQ people under 25.
nadid: 27308
Trans Youth Equality Foundation (TYEF)
P.O. Box 7441
Portland, Maine 04112-7441
Phone: (207) 478-4087
Trans Youth Equality Foundation (TYEF), a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation, provides education, advocacy, and support for transgender children, youth, and their families. TYEF advocates for transgender, gender nonconforming, and intersex youth ages 2-18.
nadid: 27320
Trans Youth Family Allies (TYFA)
P.O. Box 1471
Holland, Michigan 49422-1471
Toll-Free: (888) 462-8932
TYFA empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers, and communities to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected.
nadid: 27309