This is a list of LGBT rights organizations around the world. For social and support groups or organizations affiliated with mainstream religious organizations, please see ''

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International

LGBTQIA+ Youth India
* All Out * International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) * IGLYO * International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association (ILGLaw) * International Lesbian Information Service (defunct) *

Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees The International Railroad for Queer Refugees, formerly known as the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees (IRQR), is an advocacy group for LGBT rights in Iran. It was founded and is headed by Executive Director Arsham Parsi. It was set up on behal ...

* GATE * Global Respect In Education (GRIN) *

Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association The Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA) was an international gay and lesbian, culture and human rights association. Their last update was issued in March 2016, and the website has been offline since October 2017. The focus o ...

(GLISA) * Human Dignity Trust *

The Kaleidoscope Trust Kaleidoscope Trust is a nonprofit organisation that campaigns for the human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Ency ...

* Organization Intersex International (OII) * OutRight Action International (formerly IGLHRC) *

Trans March Annual marches, protests or gatherings take place around the world for transgender issues, often taking place during the time of local Pride parades for LGBT people. These events are frequently organized by trans communities to build community, ad ...

Africa

Algeria

* Tranz Homos DZ

Kenya

Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya galck+ formerly The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK), is the national Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) umbrella body, representing LGBTQ+ voices across Kenya. The name change was a result of the growth and inter ...

Nigeria

Bisi Alimi Foundation The Bisi Alimi Foundation (BAF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2015, and registered in England and Wales, but operating in Nigeria as a result of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act 2013 (SSMPA). The foundation aspires to create a N ...

South Africa

Intersex South Africa The Organisation Intersex International (OII) is a global advocacy and support group for people with intersex traits. According to Milton Diamond, it is the world's largest organization of intersex persons. A decentralised network, OII was founde ...

Tunisia

* Shams

Uganda

Sexual Minorities Uganda Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) is an umbrella non-governmental organization based in Kampala, Uganda. In August 2022 SMUG was ordered by the Ugandan government to immediately shut down. Organisation Founders included Victor Mukasa and S ...

(SMUG)

Zimbabwe

* Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)

Asia

Asian Lesbian Network The Asian Lesbian Network was formed in March 1986 at the International Lesbian Information Service (ILIS) conference in Geneva, Switzerland, where lesbians from Bangladesh, India, the United States, Japan, and Thailand organized workshops during th ...

China

* Oii-Chinese *

DiversityUNNC DiversityUNNC is a student society formed at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China in December 2014, and recognized officially in January 2015. It is formed by LGBTQIA students and alumni, as well as allies. It "aims at creating a diverse a ...

- Ningbo

Bangladesh

Boys of Bangladesh Boys of Bangladesh, popularly abbreviated BoB, formerly known as Boys Only Bangladesh, is one of the oldest running online Yahoo Group of closeted Bangladeshi gay men. Based in Dhaka, this non-registered, non-funded and non-formal group was run ...

India

LGBTQIA+ Youth India
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Humsafar Trust Humsafar Trust ( meaning 'companion' in Hindustani: hi, हमसफ़र, ur, ہمسفر) is an NGO in Mumbai which promotes LGBT rights. Founded by Ashok Row Kavi, Suhail Abbasi, and Sridhar Rangayan in 1994, it is one of the largest and ...

* Naz Foundation (India) Trust * Nazariya * Udaan Trust *

Srishti Madurai Srishti Madurai was established on 2 September 2011 by Gopi Shankar Madurai as the first genderqueer and LGBT student volunteer group designed to target the problems of LGBT people in non-metro cities of Tamil Nadu. In October 2011 Srishti ...

Orinam Orinam (Tamil: ஓரினம்) is a non-funded, social, and activist collective that works to enhance understanding of alternate sexualities and gender identities among families, communities and society. It was founded in 2003 in Chennai un ...

* Queerala *

Sangama (human rights group) Sangama is an LGBT rights group based in Bangalore, India. When it began in 1999, Sangama acted as a documentation center but it has since grown to become an LGBT rights and HIV prevention NGO that mobilizes against sexual harassment and discriminat ...

Sappho for Equality Sappho for Equality is an organization based in Kolkata, India, working for the rights of lesbians, bisexual women, and trans men in Eastern India. It focuses on community empowerment and support, engagement with civil society and other organ ...

Lebanon

* Helem * Meem

Sri Lanka

* Equal Ground

Taiwan

* Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights (TAPCPR) * Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan (GSRAT) *

Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association Taiwan Tongzhi (term), Tongzhi Hotline Association (TTHA; ) is an organization that provides the LGBT community with peer group, peer counseling, peer support, support networks, and a community resource center. It is the first LGBT non-government ...

(TTHA)

Iran

* Iranian Queer Organization (based in Canada) *

(based in Canada)

Israel

Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (b ...

* Israel Gay Youth (IGY) * Hoshen - Education and Change * Jerusalem Open House * Tehila

Lebanon

* Helem * Meem

Nepal

Blue Diamond Society The Blue Diamond Society (BDS; Nepali: नील हीरा समाज) is an LGBT rights organization in Nepal. It was established in 2001 to advocate for change in the existing laws against homosexuality and to advocate for the rights of N ...

Singapore

Pink Dot SG Pink Dot SG, known exonymously as Pink Dot, is an event that has occurred annually since 2009 in support of the LGBT community in Singapore. Attendees of Pink Dot events gather to form a "pink dot" to show support for inclusiveness, diversity ...

* Young Out Here

South Korea

* Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea

Australia and Oceania

Australia

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia Intersex Peer Support Australia (IPSA), also known as the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia, is possibly the oldest known intersex organization, established in 1985. It provides peer and family support, information and adv ...

(AISSGA) *

Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives The Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) (formerly the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - ALGA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experienc ...

(ALGA) * Australian Marriage Equality (AME) *

Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia The Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia (COAL) was formed in Australia in 1994 to work towards the end of discrimination against lesbians. COAL lobbies the Australian Commonwealth and other state and territory Governments to remove discrim ...

(COAL) *

Community Action Against Homophobia Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) is a community activist organisation based in Sydney, Australia. Since its establishment in 1999, CAAH has aimed to eliminate homophobia and achieve full equality for queer people—defined as "le ...

(CAAH) *

Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation Kaleidoscope Human Rights Foundation (commonly known as "Kaleidoscope Human Rights Foundation" or KHRF) is a non-governmental organisation based in Australia that works to protect the rights of LGBTIQ+ people in the Asia Pacific region. Object ...

(KAHRF) *

National LGBTI Health Alliance LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (formerly the National LGBTI Health Alliance) is a peak health organisation for LGBT and intersex organisations in Australia. A not-for-profit company, it was established in August 2007. Key areas of activity Key ...

* Organisation Intersex International Australia (OII Australia) *

Transgender Victoria Transgender Victoria (TGV) is a voluntary organisation for transgender people, their partners, families, and non-binary individuals. It promotes equity, and health and community services for transgender people in Victoria, Australia. In Decemb ...

(TGV) * Victorian Pride Lobby * Zoe Belle Gender Centre (ZBGC)

New Zealand

Intersex Trust Aotearoa New Zealand Intersex Aotearoa is a nonprofit organisation based in New Zealand, and is a national advocacy and peer support organisation for intersex people. The organisation was founded in 1996 by Mani Mitchell, and has previously been known as the Intersex ...

Europe

* European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights * ILGA-Europe *

LGBT Network The LGBT Network was an LGBT rights charity based in Scotland. The LGBT Network was founded as a not for profit organisation in April 2008 and operated throughout Europe and was credited with launching a petition for same-sex marriage at the Sco ...

* OII Europe * Transgender Europe (TGeu)

Armenia

Pink Armenia Pink Armenia ( hy, Փինք Հայաստան, translit=P’ink’ Hayastan) is the first LGBTQIA+ rights non-governmental organization in Armenia. Pink Armenia was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Yerevan. Its mission is to serve and sup ...

Right Side NGO Right Side NGO ( hy, Իրավունքի Կողմ) is the first transgender rights organization in Armenia and the first trans-led organization in the South Caucasus region. Right Side NGO was founded in 2016 as a non-governmental organization a ...

Austria

* International Human Rights Tribunal

Belarus

* LGBT Human Rights Project "GayBelarus"

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Sarajevski Otvoreni Centar (Sarajevo Open Centre)

Bulgaria

BGO Gemini The Bulgarian Gay Organization Gemini was the primary organization in the LGBT rights movement in Bulgaria, based in Sofia. It was legally registered in 1992 by an HIV-positive gay couple and since then has grown to become the main LGBT organiza ...

Croatia

* Zagreb Pride * Proces

Cyprus

* Cypriot Gay Liberation Movement

Denmark

LGBT Danmark LGBT Danmark – Landsforeningen for bøsser, lesbiske, biseksuelle og transpersoner ( da, LGBT Denmark – The Danish National Organisation for Gay Men, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgender persons) is a lobby for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and t ...

* Copenhagen Pride

Estonia

* Geikristlaste Kogu

Faroe Islands

* Friðarbogin

Finland

* Pink Rose *

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- LGBTI Rights in Finland

France

* Act Up *

Arcadie The Association Arcadie, or simply Arcadie, was a French homophile organization established in the early 1950s by André Baudry, an ex-seminarian and philosophy professor. Miller, Neil. Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Pres ...

* Association des Gays et Lesbiens Arméniens de France *

GayLib GayLib is an LGBT liberal political faction affiliated with the Radical Party (formerly Radical Movement). It was formerly affiliated with the French political party Union for a Popular Movement from its inception in 2002 to 2013 and to the Union ...

* Homosexualités et Socialisme * Inter-LGBT * SOS Homophobie * Beit Haverim

Georgia

* Identoba

Germany

* Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD)

Greenland

* LGBT Qaamaneq

Hungary

* Háttér Society * Hungarian LGBT Alliance *

Labrisz Lesbian Association Labrisz Lesbian Association was founded in 1999 in Budapest, Hungary. Its purpose is making the lives and issues of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women more visible, along with seeking to aid these women with various cultural programs and di ...

Iceland

* Samtökin '78

Ireland

Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform The Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform was an organisation set up to campaign for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the 1970s. Its most prominent leader was David Norris, an English studies ...

* LGBT Ireland * Gay Doctors Ireland *

National LGBT Federation The National LGBT Federation (NXF) is a non-governmental organisation in Dublin, Ireland, which focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) rights. The current board (as of September 2021) comprises the following: Chair Gavin H ...

* Union of Students in Ireland

Italy

Arcigay Arcigay is Italy's first and largest worldwide gay organisation. The association was first founded as a local association in Palermo in 1980, then nationally established in Bologna in 1985. The organisation became known throughout Italy for its c ...

* Circle of Homosexual Culture Mario Mieli

Lithuania

* Lithuanian Gay League

Montenegro

* Queer Montenegro

The Netherlands

* COC Nederland

Norway

Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation The Norwegian Organisation for Sexual and Gender Diversity (Norwegian: ''FRI – foreningen for kjønns- og seksualitetsmangfold'') is the oldest, largest and preeminent Norwegian member organization representing the interests of gay, lesbian, bi ...

(LLH)

Poland

* Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH) * Lambda Warszawa * Stop Bzdurom

Romania

Accept Accept may refer to: * Acceptance, a person's assent to the reality of a situation etc. * Accept (band), a German heavy metal band ** ''Accept'' (Accept album), their debut album from 1979 * ''Accept'' (Chicken Shack album), 1970 * ACCEPT (org ...

* Be An Angel

Russia

Children-404 Children-404 is a Russian LGBTI online community on Facebook and on the social networking site VK. The establisher of the community is Lena Klimova, a journalist based in the city of Nizhny Tagil. She is the author of a series of articles on le ...

: a Russian public internet project which supports homosexual, bisexual and transgender teenagers in Russia. 404 alludes to the internet error message " Error 404 - Page not found" and refers to the ignoring of the existence of LGBT teenagers by Russian society and establishment. *

LGBT Human Rights Project Gayrussia.ru Gayrussia.ru is an LGBT rights organization based in Moscow, Russia. It has organised numerous public actions in Russia, the most famous being Moscow Pride and Slavic Pride. It also sponsored the documentary ''Moscow Pride '06''. In November 2 ...

Russian LGBT network The Russian LGBT Network (russian: Российская ЛГБТ-сеть) is a non-governmental LGBT rights organization working for the social acceptance of and protection of the rights of LGBT people in Russia. Founded in 2006, it was reform ...

Serbia

* Gay Lesbian Info Centre

Spain

* Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales

Sweden

HomO ''Homo'' () is the genus that emerged in the (otherwise extinct) genus '' Australopithecus'' that encompasses the extant species ''Homo sapiens'' ( modern humans), plus several extinct species classified as either ancestral to or closely rela ...

, The Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation (government office) * Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL)

Turkey

* KAOS GL * Lambdaistanbul * LEGATO, LGBT group of university students and academics with nationwide organization

United Kingdom

* Black Gay Men's Advisory Group * Cara-Friend (Northern Ireland) *

Campaign for Homosexual Equality The Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE) is a membership organisation in the United Kingdom with a stated aim from 1969 to promote legal and social equality for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals in England and Wales. Active throughout the 1970s ...

* Educational Action Challenging Homophobia * Equality Network (Scotland) *

Intersex UK Intersex UK is an organisation by and for intersex people (those born with differences of sex development or variations of sex anatomy) in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Intersex UK works to protect the bodily autonomy and civil rights of inte ...

LGBT Foundation LGBT Foundation (formerly known as The Lesbian & Gay Foundation) is a national charity based in Manchester with a wide portfolio of services. With a history dating back nearly 40 years, it campaigns for a fair and equal society where all lesbian, ...

(formerly Lesbian and Gay Foundation) *

LGBT Humanists UK LGBT Humanists UK, founded in 1979, is a special interest section of Humanists UK which campaigns for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality and human rights in the United Kingdom. It also organises social events for LGBT humanist ...

(Scotland) *

LGBT Youth Scotland LGBT Youth Scotland is a Scottish youth organisation dedicated to the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people from 13 to 25 year of age in Scotland. It was established in November 1989 as the Stonewall Youth Proje ...

* Mermaids Gender *

Outright Scotland Outright Scotland is an LGBT rights organisation based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded as the Scottish Minorities Group in 1969, it was the country's first LGBT rights organisation. History The Scottish Minorities Group (SMG) was a Scottish ...

(formerly the Scottish Minorities Group) * Peter Tatchell Foundation *

Racing Pride Racing Pride is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT) rights charity working in the motorsport industry to promote inclusivity across the sport, and amongst its technological and commercial partners. The organisation was founded in ...

* Stonewall

North America

* United Caribbean Trans Network

Bahamas

* Rainbow Alliance of The Bahamas

Belize

* United Belize Advocacy Movement

Canada

* Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion *

Community One Foundation Community One Foundation, formerly the Lesbian & Gay Community Appeal, is a non-profit foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that builds and supports individuals and groups that enhance the development of the LGBTTIQQ2S communities in ...

* Egale Canada, formerly Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere *

* Iranian Queer Organization * Lambda Foundation * PFLAG Canada * ProudPolitics *

Qmunity Qmunity (officially Qmunity, BC's Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Resource Centre Society), formerly known as the Centre, is an LGBT community centre located on Bute Street in the Davie Village neighbourhood of the West End of Vancouver, British ...

(Vancouver, British Columbia) *

Rainbow Railroad Rainbow Railroad is a Canadian charitable organization that helps lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals escape violence and persecution in their home countries. In the past, they have helped individuals fr ...

* Supporting Our Youth

Jamaica

* Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals, and Gays (JFLAG)

United States

South America

Chile

* Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual (MOVILH)

Colombia

* Colombia Diversa

Ecuador

* Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad

Guyana

Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) is a human rights organisation and movement working for equality and justice for all Guyanese. SASOD is committed to eradicating discrimination on the grounds of sexuality, gender s ...

(SASOD)

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Africa

Algeria

Kenya

Nigeria

South Africa

Tunisia

Uganda

Zimbabwe

Asia

China

Bangladesh

India

Lebanon

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Iran

Israel

Lebanon

Nepal

Singapore

South Korea

Australia and Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Europe

Armenia

Austria

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Denmark

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greenland

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Lithuania

Montenegro

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Norway

Poland

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

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Bahamas

Belize

Canada

Jamaica

United States

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Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

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