This is a list of LGBT rights organizations in the United States. It does not include LGBT organizations affiliated with political parties.
Organization | Year founded | Focus | Status | Accord Alliance | 2008 | Healthcare | {{site active}} |
ACT UP | 1987 | HIV/AIDS | {{site active}} |
Advocates for Informed Choice | 2006 | Intersex | Renamed Interact}} |
LGBT Mormons, Families & Friends | 1977 | Mormons | {{site active}} |
Against Equality | 2009 | Anti-capitalist discourse |
American Foundation for Equal Rights | 2009 | Prop. 8 opposition | {{site active}} |
American Veterans for Equal Rights | 1990 | Veterans | {{site active}} |
Athlete Ally | 2011 | Sports | {{site active}} |
Atticus Circle | 2004 | Straight allies | {{site active}} |
Bash Back! | 2007 | Anarchist direct action | Dissolved}} |
Bialogue | 2005 | Bisexuality |
BiNet USA | 1990 | Bisexuality | {{site active}} |
Bisexual Resource Center | 1985 | Bisexuality | {{site active}} |
Campus Pride | 2001 | Students | {{site active}} |
Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer! | 2002 | Awareness |
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) | 1990 | Children of LGBTQ parents | {{site active}} |
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals | | {{small>(1997)}} LGBT student centers | {{site active}} |
Daughters of Bilitis | 1955 | Lesbian | Dissolved}} |
El/La Para TransLatinas | 2006 | Latina trans women | {{site active}} |
Empowering Spirits Foundation | 2008 | Community service | Dissolved}} |
Equality Across America | 2009 | National Equality March | Dissolved}} |
Equality Federation | 1997 | {{site active}} |
Family Equality Council | 1979 |
Fight OUT Loud | 2007 |
Fine By Me | 2003 | Merged into {{nowrap|Atticus Circle}}}} |
Freedom to Marry | 2003 | Marriage equality | Dissolved}} |
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) | 1978 |
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) | | {{small>(1981)}} Homophobia in medicine | {{site active}} |
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund | 1991 |
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) | 1990 |
Gay Liberation Front#GLF in the United States (GLF) | 1969 | Dissolved}} |
Gay Rights National Lobby | 1976 | Merged into the HRC}} |
Gays Against Guns | Gun control | {{site active}} |
GenderPAC (GPAC) | 1995 | Dissolved}} |
GetEQUAL | 2010 | {{site active}} |
GLAAD | 1985 | {{site active}} |
GLIFAA | 1992 | {{site active}} |
Global Equality Fund | 2011 |
GSA Network | 1998 | {{site active}} |
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) | 1980 | {{site active}} |
Immigration Equality | 1994 | {{site active}} |
interACT | 2006 | {{site active}} |
Integrity USA | 1974 |
International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) | 1987 |
Intersex Campaign for Equality (IC4E) formerly OII-USA | 2011 |
Join the Impact | 2008 |
Keshet | 2001 | {{site active}} |
LPAC | 2012 | {{site active}} |
Lambda Legal | 1971 | {{site active}} |
Lavender Menace | 1970 |
Lesbian Avengers | 1992 |
Love Makes a Family | 1992 | Dissolved}} |
Marriage Equality USA | 1998 |
Mattachine Society | 1950 |
Matthew Shepard Foundation | 1998 | {{site active}} |
National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) | 2003 | {{site active}} |
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) | 1977 | {{site active}} |
National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) | 2003 | {{site active}} |
National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays | 1978 | Dissolved}} |
National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) | 2002 | {{site active}} |
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) | 1990 | {{site active}} |
National LGBTQ Task Force (The Task Force) | 1973 | {{site active}} |
National Transgender Advocacy Coalition | 1999 |
National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) | 1993 | Dissolved in 2011}} |
NOH8 Campaign | 2009 | Prop. 8 |
North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) | 1966 | Dissolved in 1970}} |
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives | 1952 |
Out & Equal | 1996 | {{site active}} |
OutServe-SLDN | 2012 | {{site active}} |
PFLAG | 1973 | {{site active}} |
Pride at Work | 1994 | {{site active}} |
Queer Nation | 1990 |
RESYST | 2000 | Dissolved}} |
Rainbow Sash | 1998 |
Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) | 1979 | {{site active}} |
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) | 1993 | Merged into OutServe-SLDN}} |
Society for Human Rights | 1924 | Dissolved}} |
Soulforce | 1998 |
StartOut | 2009 | {{site active}} |
Sylvia Rivera Law Project | 2002 | Legal aid | {{site active}} |
Think Again | 1997 | Dissolved}} |
Trans Student Educational Resources | 2011 | {{site active}} |
Transgender Law Center | 2002 | {{site active}} |
Truth Wins Out | 2006 | Dissolved}} |