National Resources
Campus Pride
Campus Pride is a national online community and resource network committed to student leaders and
campus organizations who work to create a safer campus environment free of homophobia, biphobia,
transphobia, heterosexism, and genderism at colleges and universities.
The GLBT National Help Center offers a One-on-One Private Peer-Support Chat, enabling visitors to chat
privately with one of their volunteers. This is a new way to "talk" with one of their volunteers, if you are
too nervous to call, or don't have the privacy for a telephone conversation.
Lambda10 Project
The Lambda10 Project - National Clearinghouse for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Fraternity &
Sorority Issues works to heighten the visibility of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members of
the college fraternity by serving as a clearinghouse for educational resources and educational materials
related to sexual orientation and gender identity/expression as it pertains to the fraternity/sorority
experience.
The Trevor Project is a nonprofit endeavor established to promote acceptance of gay and questioning
teenagers, and to aid in suicide prevention among that group. The Trevor Helpline is the only national toll-
free, 24-hour, 365 day-a-year confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning teens.
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocacy
organization, envisions an America where GLBT people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can
be open, honest, and safe at home, at work, and in the community. HRC has close to 600,000 members -
all committed to making this vision of equality a reality.
The Transgender Law and Policy Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective
advocacy for transgender people in our society. The TLPI brings experts and advocates together to work
on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality. On this site you can find a host of
resources including hate crimes laws, current legislation, and college/school policies.
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending
discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national
issues of importance to transgender people. By empowering transgender people and allies to educate
and influence policymakers and others, NCTE facilitates a strong and clear voice for transgender equality
in our nation's capital and around the country.
Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation was the first national lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization and remains the
movement's leading voice for freedom, justice, and equality. It works to build the grassroots political
strength of the LGBT community by training state and local activists and leaders, working to strengthen
the infrastructure of state and local allies, and organizing broad-based campaigns to build public support
for complete equality for LGBT people.
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of
lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education,
and public policy work.
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Gender Education and Advocacy
Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA) is a national organization focused on the needs, issues, and
concerns of gender variant people in human society. We seek to educate and advocate, not only for
ourselves and others like us, but for all human beings who suffer from gender-based oppression in all of
its many forms.
Intersex Society of North American
The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) was founded in 1993 in an effort to advocate for patients
and families who felt they had been harmed by their experiences with the health care system. From these
scrappy, brave, and confrontational beginnings, ISNA evolved into an important resource for clinicians,
parents, and affected individuals who require basic information about disorders of sex development
(DSDs) and for how to improve the health care and overall well-being of people with DSDs.