We Are the Youth

National Organizations

• Bisexual Resource Center: international organization providing education about and support for bisexual and progressive issues

• Campus Pride: helps develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBT and ally students on college campuses across the United States.

• Children of Lesbians & Gays Everywhere:  a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s

• Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN):  strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression

• Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): For over 25 years, GLAAD has worked with news, entertainment and social media to bring culture-changing stories of LGBT people into millions of homes and workplaces every day

• Gender Spectrum:  provides an array of services designed to help families, schools, professionals, and organizations understand and address concepts of gender identity and gender expression

• GLBT Historical Society: Founded in 1985, the society is recognized internationally as a leader in the field of GLBT public history

• GLBTQ Online High School: Online high school specifically for GLBTQ students

• Human Rights Campaign: advocates on the behalf go GLBT Americans, mobilizes grassroots actions, etc

• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, And Intersex Association (ILGA): national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s

• It Gets Better Project: created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years

• National Center for LGBT Health: committed to improving the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals

• National Center for Transgender Equality: a 501(c)3 social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment

• Parents, Friends, and Family of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG): a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 350 affiliates in the United States

• QuitDay.org: preventing smoking in the LGBT community

• The Trans Youth Equality Foundation is a national foundation that provides education, advocacy and support for transgender and gender non-conforming children and youth and their families. In addition to sharing resources, the foundation holds youth retreats and support groups in New England.

• The Trevor Project: a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide hotline for gay/questioning youth

• TransActive: Support and educational website serving trans youth and their families