Organizations
National Links
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.
The Human Rights Campaign provides a national voice on gay and lesbian issues. The Human Rights Campaign effectively lobbies Congress; mobilizes grassroots action in diverse communities; invests strategically to elect a fair-minded Congress; and increases public understanding through innovative education and communication strategies. HRC is a bipartisan organization that works to advance equality based on sexual orientation and gender expression and identity, to ensure that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is a progressive organization, committed to building coalition with other communities working for social change. NGLTF's goal is to represent, and work on issues of concern to, the full depth and breadth of diversity in our gay and lesbian communities.
PFLAG National Home Page. Use this page to locate a chapter that may be closer to your home.
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The Trevor Project is a nonprofit endeavor created by the makers of TREVOR to promote tolerance for gay and questioning youth, and to aid in suicide prevention among that group.
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students. GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people.
Links to Other Organizations - Statewide
HIV/AIDS Resource Center (HARC) is dedicated to providing HIV-related services to the community through compassionate direct care, prevention and outreach activities.
The Jim Toy Community Center is dedicated to promoting the equality, well-being, and self-respect of Washtenaw County's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, by providing leadership, resources, and advocacy, WRAP acts as a catalyst for needed change.
Links to Other Organizations - Local
Tree of Life Metropolitan Community Church welcomes all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Gay-friendly people to worship with us.
University of Michigan Health Systems Comprehensive Gender Services Program provides comprehensive health care services for individuals who are transgendered and in need of gender-related care.
Ruth Ellis Center goal is to provide short-term and long-term residential safe space and support services for runaway, homeless and at-risk gay, lesbian, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning youth in Detroit and Southeastern Michigan.
Links to Local or Statewide Organizations (under construction)
The U of M Spectrum Center at the University of Michigan provides a comprehensive range of education, information and advocacy services and works to create and maintain an open, safe and inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty, and staff, their families and friends, and the campus.
OZONE HOUSE is a community-based, not-for-profit agency that seeks to help youth lead safe, healthy, and productive lives through intensive prevention and intervention services.
Stand with Trans is saving lives one person at a time, one day at a time. We help trans youth build resilience, gain confidence and find hope for a future filled with joy.
Formerly SAGE Metro Detroit, MiGen provides services, advocacy, fun, and connection to LGBTQ+ folks ages 45+. At MiGen, we believe in vibrant, authentic lives at any age, safe spaces and connected communities.
A community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual &transgender people and their allies. Affirmations is a non profit organization serving people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. They have a state-of-the-art, multi-use facility in the heart of downtown Ferndale, at the Northern border of the City of Detroit.
Equality Michigan provides education, victim services, and outreach that empowers LGBTQ+ neighbors throughout the state to live in safe communities, take care of our families, and create positive impact by improving our social, cultural, and economic lives and wellbeing. We do this by ensuring underrepresented voices are amplified.