Equality Federation

Website: https://www.equalityfederation.org/
Contact: info@equalityfederation.org | (929) 373-3370
Description: Equality Federation is the movement builder and strategic partner to state-based organizations advocating for LGBTQ people. They work collaboratively on critical issues—such as workplace fairness, family recognition, and defeating anti-trans bathroom bans and HIV criminalization laws—while addressing racial equity, reproductive justice, and immigration.

Family Equality Council

Website: https://www.familyequality.org/
Contact: (646) 880-3005
Description: Family Equality’s mission is to advance legal and lived equality for LGBTQ families, and for those who wish to form them, through building community, changing hearts and minds, and driving policy change.

Lowcountry Pride

Website: http://www.lowcountrypride.org
Contact: Not listed
Description: Lowcountry Pride is a 501(c)(3) serving the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. Their co-chair is a licensed therapist who runs support groups through Pride for parents of LGBTQ+ children and young adults in transition. They have a book club, monthly social events, and an annual Pride celebration. They also run educational panels within the community and offer various forms of support to LGBTQ+ individuals in the Lowcountry.

Gamma Mu Foundation

Website: https://gammamufoundation.org/
Contact: info@gammamufoundation.org
Description: Provides financial grants to organizations that serve clients and communities primarily in the rural and/or under-served United States. The Foundation makes available direct assistance through HIV/AIDS services, community services, or research and public education. The Foundation also awards financial support to members of the LGBT community who demonstrate financial need and the desire to pursue additional training through academic or vocational education.

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)

Website: https://glma.org/
Address: 1629 K St. NW Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20006
Contact: info@glma.org | (833) 456-2202
Description: GLMA is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for LGBTQ and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ/SGM health professionals in their work and learning environments. To achieve this mission, GLMA utilizes the scientific expertise of its diverse multidisciplinary membership to inform and drive advocacy, education, and research.

GLSEN - Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network

Website: https://www.glsen.org/
Address: 244 Madison Ave. #108, New York, NY, 10016
Contact: info@glsen.org | (212) 727-0135 Ext. 6565
Description: Championing LGBTQ issues in K-12 education since 1990, GLSEN works to ensure that LGBTQ students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment. Together they want to transform our nation's schools into the safe and affirming environment all youth deserve.

Gender Benders

Website: http://genderbenders.org/index.html
Location: South Carolina
Contact: info@genderbenders.org
Description: Gender Benders is a grassroots organization for transgender and gender diverse folks in the Southeastern US. They are based in Upstate, SC and have chapters and partner organizations in Hattiesburg, MS, Clemson, SC, and Hendersonville, NC. Gender Benders started as a group of 3 folks talking about what needs they had as trans and gender diverse people living in an area with no existing resources or support networks - and what they could realistically do to meet those needs with no money. Today, Gender Benders serves over 600 people from across the Southeast.

GLAAD

Website: https://www.glaad.org/
Description: GLAAD is an American non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBTQ people in the media. Founded in 1985, GLAAD is a non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change. GLAAD works to ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation and creates national and local programs that advance LGBTQ acceptance. Serving as a storyteller, media force, resource, and advocate, GLAAD tackles tough issues and provokes dialogue so that authentic LGBTQ stories are seen, heard, and actualized.

Grand Strand Pride

Website: https://grandstrandpride.com/
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Contact: terry@grandstrandpride.com
Description: Grand Strand Pride is a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area Pride Festival, business guild, and provides educational programming.

GSA Network

Website: https://gsanetwork.org/
Address: 548 Market St. Suite 53568, San Francisco, CA, 94104
Contact: info@gsanetwork.org | (415) 552-4229
Description: GSA Network is a next-generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans, and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities.

Harriet Hancock LGBTQ Center

Website: http://harriethancockcenter.org/
Address: 1108 Woodrow Street, Columbia, SC, 29205
Contact: info@harriethancockcenter.org | (803) 771-7713
Description: The Harriet Hancock LGBT Center is a safe and inclusive home that supports, educates, and empowers the LGBT community, our allies, and our neighbors. They have a vision for South Carolina where all people are accepted and affirmed, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, and LGBT people are able to live happy and healthy lives. The Harriet Hancock LGBT Center works to realize this vision in South Carolina, starting in the Greater Columbia community and Midlands region.

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

Website: https://www.hrc.org/
Contact: feedback@hrc.org | (202) 628-4160
Description: The Human Rights Campaign and its Foundation are the largest civil rights organizations in the U.S. working to achieve LGBTQ equality. HRC focuses on ending discrimination and realizing a world where LGBTQ people are embraced and treated equally in every aspect of life.

Keshet

Website: https://www.keshetonline.org/
Contact: (617) 524-9227
Description: Keshet works for the full equality of all LGBTQ Jews and their families in Jewish life. The organization equips Jewish institutions with tools to build affirming communities, supports queer Jewish youth, and advances LGBTQ rights nationwide.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) National Help Center

Website: https://lgbthotline.org/
Contact: (888) 843-4564
Description: The LGBT National Help Center is a nonprofit organization that provides peer-support, community connections, and resource information for people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity. They operate three national hotlines and provide one-on-one online chat support. Hotlines include the LGBT National Talkline, Youth Talkline, and Senior Talkline, offering free, confidential support for people of all ages.

Modern Military Association of America

Website: https://modernmilitary.org/
Contact: info@modernmilitary.org | (202) 328-3244
Description: The Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) is the nation’s largest organization of LGBTQ service members, military spouses, veterans, their families, and allies. As a non-partisan, non-profit organization, MMAA is working to make a real difference in the lives of our modern military families through education, advocacy, and support. They also provide free, direct legal services for the LGBTQ and HIV+ military and veteran community.

MUSC Student Alliance for Equality

Website: https://education.musc.edu/students/spsd/diversity/multicultural-organizations/alliance-for-equality
Contact: reasonee@musc.edu | (843) 792-2146
Description: The MUSC Student Alliance for Equality (formerly the MUSC Gay Straight Alliance) is an organization of students of all orientations and identities at MUSC designed to provide a sense of community, support, and advocacy for anyone whose real or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or alliance may put them in an at-risk minority group.

National Black Justice Collective

Website: https://nbjc.org/
Contact: (202) 309-1552
Description: The National Black Justice Collective (NBJC) is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black LGBTQ/SGL people, including people living with HIV/AIDS. NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma. As America’s leading national Black LGBTQ/SGL civil rights organization focused on federal public policy, NBJC has accepted the charge to lead Black families in strengthening the bonds and bridging the gaps between the movements for racial justice and LGBTQ/SGL equality.

National Center for Lesbian Rights

Website: http://www.nclrights.org/
Contact: info@NCLRights.org | (415) 392-6257
Description: Founded by women, NCLR has a fierce commitment to racial and economic justice and advancing the civil and human rights of LGBTQ people and their families through impact litigation, public policy, and education since 1977.

Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE)

Website: https://transequality.org/
Address: 228 Park Ave South, PMB 38268, New York, NY, 10003
Contact: a4te@transequality.org | (202) 642-4542
Description: A4TE advocates for policy and societal change to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people, working nationwide to replace discrimination and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.

National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP)

Website: https://avp.org/ncavp/
Address: 116 Nassau Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10038
Contact: (212) 714-1184 | Crisis Hotline: (212) 714-1141 (24/7/365, bilingual)
Description: NCAVP works to prevent, respond to, and end all forms of violence against and within LGBTQ communities through systemic change, data analysis, policy advocacy, education, and technical assistance.