Politics and Activism Resources

Not all of the organizations/ sites listed below are LGBTQ specific.  Those that are not LGBTQ specific are marked with an *.  While these organizations are not LGBTQ specific, they were recommended for this site by LGBTQ youth or LYRIC staff members.

AB537 INFORMATION
HTTP://www.gsanetwork.org/ab537
AB 537, the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, changed California's Education Code by adding sexual orientation and gender to the Code's umbrella nondiscrimination provisions. This will make it illegal for schools to discriminate against LGBT students or to allow the school environment to get so hostile for LGBT students that they are, in effect, denied equal access to an education. Check out what this means for you as a student by going to this site.

ALICE B. TOKLAS LGBT DEMOCRATIC CLUB
http://www.alicebtoklas.org
An LGBT club of the Democratic Party

BLACK AND PINK
http://www.blackandpink.org
Black and Pink is a resource for those interested in supporting queer people behind bars. Black and Pink provides an outlet for queer people inside the prison system to get poetry and other writing out as well as have their names and contact information listed on the pen pal page. Queer people in prison experience even greater violence as homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia run rampant through all levels of the prison system, from the top officials to the other prisoners.

CODE PINK: WOMEN FOR PEACE *
http://www.bayareacodepink.org/
CodePINK is a women initiated & women led grassroots peace and social justice movement that seeks positive social change through proactive, creative protest and non-violent direct action.

EQUALITY CALIFORNIA
http://www.eqca.org/
Equality California, including its sister organizations and projects, Equality California Institute, Marriage Equality California, Equality California PAC, and Equality For California Families PAC share a common mission to ensure and promote dignity, safety and equality for all of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Californians.

FEMINIST MAJORITY ONLINE *
http://www.feminist.org
Vast resource of info and events, health issues, politics, census details, research.

GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION
http://www.glaad.org/
The 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.

GLOBAL EXCHANGE *
http://www.globalexchange.org/
Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world.

HARVEY MILK LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER DEMOCRATIC CLUB
http://www.milkclub.org/
The Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club, San Francisco’s largest Democratic Club.

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
http://www.hrc.org
HRC is a bipartisan organization that works to advance equality based on sexual orientation and gender expression and identity to ensure that GLBT Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.

INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
http://www.iglhrc.org
The mission of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status.

JUST CAUSE OAKLAND *
http://www.justcauseoakland.org/
A membership-based organization building a powerful voice for Oakland's low-income tenants and workers.

LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS
http://online.logcabin.org/
An LGBT club of the Republican Party.

MOVEON.ORG *
http://www.moveon.org/
MoveOn.org is an on-line political action group.

SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY *
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/
The San Francisco Green Party is one of the largest and strongest local Green groups in the US.

SOUL *
http://www.youthec.org/soul/
SOUL's mission is to serve as a training center to develop a new multi-racial generation of young organizers - especially young women, young people of color, queer youth and low-income youth - who will have the skills and the vision they need to struggle for the liberation of all oppressed people.

THE RUCKUS SOCIETY *
http://www.ruckus.org/
The Ruckus Society provides environmental, human rights, and social justice organizers with the tools, training, and support needed to achieve their goals.