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Non-Government Organizations (NGO)

* ACLU Freedom Network
The American Civil Liberties Union's hompage

* AIDS Quilt Website
Since 1987, the AIDS Memorial Quilt has been a tool for healing, remembrance, education, and prevention in the struggle to end AIDS.

* Act Up New York
ACT UP is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis.

* ACPA Standing Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Awareness
the official website of the ACPA Standing Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Awareness.

* Asian Lesbian Bisexual Alliance
The ALBA homepage.

* CETLALIC Homepage
CETLALIC is an Alternative Spanish Language School in Cuernavaca, Mexico,which offers, among others, programs for Gay Men and Lesbians every summer.

* Free State Justice
The Free State Justice homepage.

* Gay Lesbian and Straight Teachers Network
The GLSEN homepage.

* Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
GLAAD has been an effective force in the glbt community for fifteen years.

* Gay & Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons
A new non-profit corporation dedicated to encourage gay and lesbian individuals and businesses to give financially and of their time and talent to enhance the aging experience of all retiring gays and lesbians in exchange for tax and other benefits.

* GLBT Employees of the Federal Government
The Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Employees of the Federal Government website.

* Human Rights Campaign
Organization working for equal rights for gays and lesbians.

* KCWDMSS Home Page
Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery

* LAMBDA Educational Research Foundation
The LAMBDA organization promotes research into lesbian and gay issues and lifestyles for the purpose of public education.

* Lavender Salon Reader Online
The Lavender Salon Reader Online is an electronic extension of The Lavender Salon Reader : a newsletter for gay and lesbian reading clubs.

* National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education.
The combined vision and mission on the Consortium is to achieve higher education environments in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni have equity in every respect.

* Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network
A learning center of the American Society on Aging.

* National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom engages in national advocacy on issues related to sexual identity, expression and orientation by participating in the development of public policy and by supporting positive media presentations of diverse sexual practices.

* National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is a leading progressive civil rights organization that has supported grassroots organizing and advocacy since 1973.

* National Organization of Gay & Lesbian Scientists & Technical Professionals
NOGLSTP is a national organization of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders employed or interested in scientific or high technology fields.

* NGLTF Youth Institute
NGLTF believes it is time to recognize young organizers and activists as leaders in their own right and to offer young people the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to create change.

* !OutProud!, The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth
Site contains resources for youth and educators.

* Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples
A national resource for same-sex couples, supporting the diverse community of committed gay and lesbian partners through a variety of media.

* Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally (P.E.R.S.O.N.)
The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project is an informal, national network of organizations and individuals working to ensure that fair, accurate, and unbias information regarding lesbian,gay, bisexual, and transgender people and about the nature of and diversity of sexual orientations is presented to America's youth as part of public school education.

* Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
SLDN offers the legal advice and assistance that service-members need to effectively respond to investigations.

* The Silicon Valley Gender Association's Transgender Ring
The Silicon Valley Gender Association exists to create an open dialogue with all who belong or have interest in the gender communities.

* United Lesbians of African Heritage (ULAH)
The ULAH Homepage.


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