American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU is America's premier civil liberties organization, committed to ensuring every American's right to personal freedom is not infringed. Founded in 1925, the ACLU works on a number of issues, including LGBTQ Rights, Women's Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Prisoners' Rights, and more.
Through strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, and education, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation.
I AM: Trans People Speak is a project to raise awareness about the diversity that exists within transgender communities. It gives a voice to transgender individuals, as well as their families, friends, and allies. It is a project of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.
Founded in 1973, Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
An affiliate of the American Bar Association, the LGBTQ+ Bar promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBTQ+ community in all its diversity. With over 1700 members, it is the largest LGBTQ+ Bar and Ally Lawyer association in the United States.
National Center for Lesbian Rights
NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education.
National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Center for Transgender Equality was founded in 2003 by transgender activists who recognized the urgent need for policy change to advance transgender equality. It advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.
The National LGBTQ Task Force is an activist organization committed to advancing full freedom, justice, and equality for LGBTQ people.
The Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Founded in 2002, it has grown into the largest trans-specific, trans-led organization in the United States. Their advocacy and precedent-setting litigation victories—in areas including employment, prison conditions, education, immigration, and healthcare—protect and advance the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming people across the country.
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
Founded in 2003, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to end discrimination and achieve equality for transgender people, particularly those in our most vulnerable communities. Their strategies include pathbreaking trans rights cases and "friend of the court" briefs regarding the key issues of employment, health care, education, and public accommodations.
This visual essay by Meg Metcalf at the Library of Congress provides an overview of Pride marches in America.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Studies
This research guide from UCLA Library provides an overview of books, articles, websites, and more related to LGBTQ studies.
LGBT Legal Materials: After Obergefell
This research guide from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is designed to aid members of the LGBT community and those researching legal issues specific to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.
This research guide from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library identifies resources related to LGBTQ legal issues.
LGBTQIA+ Studies: A Resource Guide
This research guide serves as an introduction into the excellent collection of LGBTQ+ resources available at the Library of Congress.
This research guide from Northeastern University Library provides online and print resources on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and queer people, gender expression, and sexual identity.
From Yale University, this research guide provides resources on LGBTQIA studies.
Sexual Orientation & the Law Research Guide
This guide from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library encompasses several legal subjects—civil rights, criminal law, employment law, immigration, family law—as well as interdisciplinary topics in medicine, psychology, and social sciences as they relate to sexual orientation. It is organized by media type.
The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law is the leading research center on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. They conduct rigorous, independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. The Institute disseminates its research to policymakers, judges, the media, and other stakeholders to ensure that decisions impacting the lives of millions of LGBT people and families are based on data and facts.