LGBT Resources
This is a guide to LGBT resources in UMass Libraries and beyond.
Legal Rights Groups & Organizations
- Campaign for Southern EqualityBased in North Carolina, the Campaign for Southern Equality is an effort to assert the full humanity and equality of LGBT people living in the South.
- GLAD - Gay & Lesbian Advocates & DefendersGay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is a non-profit legal rights organization in the United States. The organization works to end discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression.
- Human Rights CampaignWorking for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights
- GLAADGLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization which promotes the image of LGBT people in the media.
- Freedom to MarryFreedom to Marry’s goal is to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage once and for all.
- MassequalityMassEquality is an advocacy organization working to ensure that everyone across Massachusetts can thrive from cradle to grave without discrimination and oppression based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
- NGLTFThe National Gay and Lesbian Task Force builds the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the ground up by training activists, organizing broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, building the organizational capacity of our movement and generating groundbreaking research through our Policy Institute.
Education & Family Advocacy Organizations
- GLSENGay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
Organization for students, parents, and teachers that tries to affect positive change in schools. - PFLAGPFLAG National, formerly known as Parents, Friends and Family of Lesbians and Gays, is the United States' largest organization for parents, families, friends, and straight allies united with people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
- UMass Stonewall CenterThe Stonewall Center provides support, advocacy, and programming for LGBTQ and allied students, staff, and faculty at UMass Amherst and for the larger Pioneer Valley.
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