Lexington Resources
- AIDS Volunteers of Lexington (AVOL): avolky.org
- AVOL provides education, testing, housing, and other support services for individuals in Lexington and Central Kentucky.
- Lexington Pride Center: lexpridecenter.org/
- The Lexington Pride Center (formerly Pride Community Service Organization) is the oldest LGBTQIA+ organization in Kentucky that serves Lexington and Central Kentucky.
- Lexington Fairness: lexfair.org
- Lexington Fairness is a community action group that focuses on grassroots advocacy, network building, and educational outreach.
- TransKentucky: transkentucky.com
- TransKentucky is a support, social, and resource group serving Lexington and the state of Kentucky as a whole. It is the mission of this group to provide a safe place for transgender individuals and people who feel they do not fit into the standard gender norms to express their true selves.
- Trans Parent Lex: facebook.com/groups/474570139416422
- Trans Parent Lex is a support and information-sharing group for parents of trans children.
Kentucky
- Kentucky Commission on Human Rights: kchr.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx
- The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights is the state government authority that enforces the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 344), and, through its affiliations with the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, enforces federal civil rights laws.
- JustFundKY: justfundky.org
- JustFundKY started in 2006 with the dual mission of reducing discrimination through high-profile public events showcasing the positive contributions of LGBT persons, and by funding the educational efforts of other organizations to increase awareness and understanding of the LGBT community.
- Fairness Campaign: fairness.org
- Based out of Louisville, the Fairness Campaign seeks to dismantle oppression and build an inclusive community where all individuals are valued and empowered to reach their full potential.
- ACLU of Kentucky: aclu-ky.org
- The ACLU KY is an advocacy group focused on protecting the civil rights of all Kentuckians.
- Kentucky Youth Law Project, Inc.: kylp.org
- The mission of the Kentucky Youth Law Project, Inc. is to enhance and protect the legal rights and entitlements of Kentucky's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming children and youth through free legal representation, education, and public policy advocacy.
National
- Point of Pride: pointofpride.org
- Point of Pride provides financial aid and direct support to trans folks in need of health wellness care.
- Trans Empowerment Project: transempowerment.org
- TEP is dedicated to serving trans* folks across the U.S. Their mission is focused on moving the trans* community out of crisis and into empowerment.
- Committee on LGBT History: clgbthistory.org
- The Committee on Lesbian and Gay History was founded in 1979 to promote the study of homosexuality in the past and present by facilitating communication among scholars in a variety of disciplines working on a variety of cultures.
- Bisexual Resource Center: biresource.net
- The BRC is the oldest national bi organization in the U.S. that advocates for bisexual visibility and raises awareness about bisexuality throughout the LGBT and straight communities.
- Campus Pride: campuspride.org
- Campus Pride is the leading national non-profit focused on fostering and assessing LGBTQ* friendliness at US colleges and universities.
- Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals: lgbtcampus.org
- The combined vision and mission of the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals is to achieve higher education environments in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni have equity in every respect.
- Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network: glsen.org
- GLSEN is a leading national advocacy group focused on ending identity-based harassment and bullying in K-12 schools.
- LGBT National Help Center: lgbthotline.org
- LGBT National Help Center, founded in 1996, is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that provides vital peer-support, community connections and resource information to people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
- Human Rights Campaign: hrc.org
- The Human Rights Campaign represents a force of more than 1.5 million members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
- It Gets Better Project: itgetsbetter.org
- The It Gets Better Project's mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.
- National Black Justice Coalition: nbjc.org
- The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. NBJC’s mission is to end racism and homophobia.
- National Center for Transgender Equality: transequality.org
- NCTE is a team of hard-working staff members supported by a nationwide community of transgender people, allies, and advocates with an extensive record of winning life-saving change for transgender people.
- StoryCorps OutLoud: storycorps.org/outloud/
- StoryCorps recognizes the profound historical importance of capturing the stories of the LGBTQ community and the urgent need for this work to happen now. StoryCorps OutLoud is a multi-year initiative dedicated to recording and preserving LGBTQ stories across America.