Community & National Resources
The below resources list state and national organizations that provide information, support, and ways to advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights.
Central Illinois
- Bloomington Normal Area LGBTQIA+ Business & Resource DirectoryA directory of local LGBTQIA+ resources and LGBTQIA-friendly businesses in Bloomington-Normal and surrounding areas, compiled by the Prairie Pride Coalition.
- Illinois' Equality Profile (MAP)Founded in 2006, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) is an independent, nonprofit think tank that provides rigorous research, insight and communications that help speed equality and opportunity for all.
- Prairie Pride CoalitionThe Prairie Pride Coalition is a Central Illinois organization that provides resources and support for the LGBTQIA+ community. Events may be found on their Facebook page.
National
- ACLU LGBT RightsThe ACLU brought its first LGBTQ rights case in 1936 and founded the LGBTQ Project in 1986. Today, the ACLU brings more LGBTQ cases and advocacy initiatives than any other national organization.
- GLAADThe Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
- GLSENGLSEN (pronounced "glisten") was founded in 1990 by a small but dedicated group of teachers in Massachusetts who came together to improve an education system that too frequently allows its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) students to be bullied, discriminated against, or fall through the cracks.
- Human Rights CampaignHuman Rights campaign 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 ProjectThe "it gets better" project's mission is to communicate to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth of the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.
- Kinsey InstituteFor more than 70 years, the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University has been the trusted source for scientific knowledge and research on critical issues in sexuality, gender, and reproduction.
- Lambda LegalLambda Legal, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
- LGBT National Help CenterThe Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (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.
- Marsha P Johnson InstituteThe Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power.
- The Trevor ProjectFounded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
- Victory FundVictory Fund the only national organization dedicated to electing openly LGBTQ people who can further equality at all levels of government.
Pronouns Explained
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The above graphic is from The 519 (following this link will provide transcribed text). Their website includes additional resources and infographics.
Another valuable source for information about pronouns is https://www.mypronouns.org/.