The goal of the Family Equality Council is to advance legal and lived equality for LGBTQ families and those who wish to form them by strengthening our communities, transforming hearts and minds, and by leading the way for policy change. 

Matthew Shepard Foundation has been working to erase hate for over 20 years. Through outreach, advocacy, and resource programs, empowering individuals to embrace human dignity and diversity, replacing hate with understanding, compassion, and acceptance.

NLGJA is an organization of journalists, media professionals, educators, and students working from within the news industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ issues. NLGJA is dedicated to the highest journalistic standards in the coverage of LGBTQ issues.

The GLBT National Help Center is a non-profit organization that has been providing peer-support, community connections, and resource information for people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity since 1996.

The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates for meaningful policy change and improves societal understanding and acceptance of transgender people. NCTE envisions a society in which transgender people not only survive but thrive.

GLAAD is a media company that has been accelerating acceptance of the LGBTQ community for over 30 years. Their mission is to tackle tough issues affecting the LGBTQ community and provoke meaningful dialogue that changes our culture for the better. 

Lambda Legal, founded in 1973, is the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit legal organization. They are committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights for the LGBTQ community, and anyone living with HIV, through impactful litigation, education, and public policy work.