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

• Affirmations. 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 exists To Promote Equality and Secure Freedom from Violence, Intimidation and Discrimination For Gays and Lesbians throughout Michigan.

• 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.

• Michigan AIDS Coalition is one of Michigan's largest and oldest non-profit, community-based organizations whose mission is the prevention of HIV transmission through AIDS education and safer sex information.

• 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.

• Sage Metro Detroit touches the lives of LGBT older adults in the Metro Detroit and across the nation.

• Stand With Trans 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. 

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.