Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Provides statistics and indicators on women globally.

Media advocacy organization in support of LGBTQ communities

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders.

Organization dedicated to education and activism around transgender and transsexual issues. Publisher of Transgender Tapestry.

This international network focuses on anti-militarism in several countries, including Japan (Okinawa).  The Women for Genuine Security is also part of the International Women's Network Against Militarism.

A peer support, education, and advocacy group. This site includes articles, press releases, radio programs, excellent bibliographies, and links to other sites.

The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people.

Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this office promotes the health equity for women and girls.

Creates reports on international women's issues, such as trafficking.

A group providing support to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities and their families, as well as education for society at large.

Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures.

To end suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer 
& questioning young people.

Part of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Produces statistics and reports on women and labor-related issues.

The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States"

The Matthew Shepard Foundation is an LGBT nonprofit organization, headquartered in Casper, Wyoming, which was founded in December 1998 by Dennis and Judy Shepard in memory of their son, Matthew. The Foundation runs education, outreach, and advocacy programs.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network is a chapter-based, member-led organization whose mission is to build local power and to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.

This Center advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.

This online platform was created in March 2010 by the Young Feminist Activism (YFA) program at the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID). The Young Feminist Wire is an online community for and by young feminists working on women’s human rights, gender equality and social justice around the world.

Find ideas on how to take action on local and global women's issues through this site, as well as linking to scholarly resources, such as archives and academic research.

Grassroots Leadership works for a more just society where prison profiteering, mass incarceration, deportation and criminalization are things of the past.

Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups. This link will take you to the section of their website that addresses women's rights.

AVP is the largest anti-LGBTQ violence organization in the United States. AVP empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and supports survivors through counseling and advocacy.