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About Face Theatre - Theatre and Activism for LGBTQA Youth!

Affinity Community Services - Affinity is a non-profit organization in its eleventh year serving Chicago’s black lesbian and bisexual women’s community. For twelve years, Affinity has served the black lesbian community through a combination of educational, social and community collaborations. One of the central elements of Affinity's mission has been the creation of opportunities for visibility, empowerment, and leadership for black lesbians locally, while serving as a national organizing model.

Amigas Latinas - Amigas Latinas is a support, education and advocacy organization for lesbian, bisexual and questioning women of Latina heritage that provide a safe environment and offers opportunities to gather, celebrate and explore their identities and potential as women who love women.

Cafe Pride - Cafe Pride is Chicago's coffeehouse for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender youths, and their friends, 17 to 21 years old.

Center on Halstead - The Center on Halsted provides eight distinct programs designed to address a wide range of needs in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Some programs meet immediate, urgent needs, while others offer opportunities to explore personal growth and develop stronger ties to the LGBT community.

Creating Safe Schools Illinois - The mission of Creating Safe Schools Illinois -- formerly the Chicago chapter of GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) -- is to strive to assure that each member of every Chicago-area school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Homo Frecuencia - Un programa radial por y para jóvenes latinos trans, lesbianas, bisexuales, queer y gay que hablan español en Estados Unidos, asi como sus familiares, amigos y aliados. Producido por WRTE Radio Arte 90.5 FM Chicago, un proyecto del Centro Museo de Bellas Artes Mexicanas.

Howard Brown - Howard Brown is the Midwest’s premier lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health care organization, and leads the region in addressing the comprehensive health care needs of people in the LGBT community.

Questioning Youth Center - Questioning Youth Center (QYC) is committed to providing a safe, supportive, and respectful environment for adolescents, in order to facilitate ongoing personal growth and the development of a positive sexual identity, whether they identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning. It is based out of Naperville, IL.

The Association of Latino Men for Action - Empowering Latino Gay Bisexual and Questioning Men by providing Support, Advocacy, and Leadership Opportunities, through Innovative Cultural Programming

Advocates for Youth - Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.

Ambiente Joven - Ambiente Joven es un proyecto de advocates for youth y esta dedicada a la comunidad gay, lesbiana, bisexual y transexual joven latina en E.E.U.U y latino america; con la meta de proveer informacion sobre salud sexual y mental, asi como informacio sobre cultura general.

Amnesty International USA - Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.

Families Are Talking - Families Are Talking began in 2000 to empower parents and caregivers to communicate with their children about sexuality-related issues, to provide tools to help families communicate about these issues, and to encourage parents, caregivers, and young people to become advocates on the local, state, and national levels for sexuality-related issues including comprehensive sexuality education programs in the schools.

Good As You - Using humor and irreverence rather than anger and protests, Good As You represents a new generation of GLSBT activism. Now is the time for intelligent, progressive-minded individuals to step up and fight for the common rights of which they might be denied. We're here to rally the troops.

HRC - The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against GLBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.

Lambda Legal - 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.

National Youth Advocacy Coalition - The National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) is the only national organization focused solely on improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth through advocacy, education, and information.

Safe Schools Coalition - The Safe Schools Coalition offers resources as a starting point for educators, parents/guardians and youth.

UCDavis' LGBT Site - This site features work by Dr. Gregory Herek, an internationally recognized authority on sexual prejudice (also called homophobia), hate crimes, and AIDS stigma. It provides factual information to promote the use of scientific knowledge for education and enlightened public policy related to sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS.