ACCEPT
ACCEPT is the first Romanian non-governmental organization that defends and promotes the rights of LGBTs at the national level. ACCEPT provides legal assistance to people discriminated on account of their sexual orientation, gender or HIV positive status.
ACCEPT
OBJECTIVES:
defending, by all legal means, the persons whose fundamental rights and liberties, as guaranteed by the Romanian Constitution and the international treaties ratified by Romania, were infringed upon;
educating the public and the media on LGBTs;
organizing activities to promote the observance of the rights and liberties of LGBT people; increasing group solidarity among the LGBT community members;
collaborating with organizations that promote the rights of minorities;
developing services that address the specific needs of LGBTs in Romania.
African Gay Youth Foundation
The Stichting African Gay Youth Foundation is a Community based organization that provides support to the LGBT Community of African origin living in the Netherlands.
The Foundation affirms the identities and lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of African origin and provides education, outreach, programming, program support, consultation, community development, visibility, and advocacy.
ANSO
ANSO is the Association of Nordic and Pol-Balt Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Student Organizations.
ANSO is an organization working in the interest of LGBTQ students all over the Nordic and Poland-Baltic states region.
ANSO fights discrimination based on homophobia and transphobia in universities and aims to increase the quality of higher education by fighting heteronormativity.
ANSO supports local student organizations so they can both be safe places for LGBTQ students and be an important part of its local university community.
Apeleftherotiko Kinima Omofilofilon Kiprou (AKOK)
The first gay oragnization in Cyprus, the A.K.O.K. (Apeleftherotiko Kinima Omofilofilon Kiprou) (Cypriot Gay Liberation Movement), was founded in 1988, after 5 years of efforts, by the Nicosia architect Alexandros F. Modinos.
The most important achievement of A.K.O.K. -so far- has been that, after a long legal struggle and international lobbying, the Cypriot Government was forced to repeal the ban on homosexuality in Cyprus.
Arc-en-Ciel Wallonie
Arc-en-Ciel Wallonie is a federation of LGBT associations. The goal is to provide a forum between all the associations in the Wallonia region.
The organization creates a safe space for LGBT community. Beside the daily activities the Federation provides service for individual complaints of discrimination based on sexual orientation for acts that belong to both civil and criminal law.
Arcigay
Arcigay was founded in 1985 and is Italy
Arcopoli
Arcopoli is an association working for social and legal equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT). Work areas in which we participate together Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Bisexual and Straight are: lesbian, bisexual, gay issues, international, culture and religion, health, education. These areas prepare lectures, symposia, film festivals, contests, stories, workshops, campaigns standardization, visibility, prevention of HIV ... we also have a cabinet psychosexual care for all who need their services and we care about internal training of our partners.
ARDHIS
The Ardhis's mission is to defend and promote the legal right of residence and asylum of homosexual and transsexual foreigners in France. The persons who the organization is working for suffer the double discrimination of being a foreigner but also a homosexual and / or transsexual. This discrimination can be experienced:
- In daily life: access to employment, housing etc.
- In relations with the prefectural government and / or consular
- In their relationships with their cultural community in France
Associacio de Families Lesbianes I Gais (FLG)
The FLG is an association of families of lesbian mothers and gay fathers, who struggle for full equality of the rights of our families.
These are our goals:
Finding places where our sons and daughters can see and share family models like theirs.
Working toward awareness and the claim of our rights as a family and of the rights of our children to have this family model and not to be, because of that unprotected.
Avvocatura per i Diritti LGBT
Its purpose is to answer the need to inform and disseminate the culture and respect for the rights of homosexual and transexual persons in Italian country.Currently members are about 80 lawyers and practitioners distributed about 21 districts. In particular it promotes the formation of a Network of lawyers throughout the country which deal with the legal protection of homosexuals.
BeLonG To Youth Services
BeLonG To Youth Services is the National organisation for LGBT young people in Ireland. They provide direct services to LGBT Young People, advocate on their behalf and provide training to professionals who work with LGBT young people.
Bi'Cause
Bi'Cause is a French non-profit organization created by and for bisexual men and women, with target to promote the emergence of a bisexual identity. It's the only bisexual organization in France so far.
Bilitis Resource Center Foundation
The main current goal of Bilitis is:
- To achieve equality of and overcome all existing forms of discrimination against LGBTI people in Bulgaria
In pursuing of this goal, Bilitis will:
- Create a wide platform of NGOs, activists, donors, institutions and citizens, for the social inclusion of LGBTI in Bulgaria;
- On the grassroots level, will provide different types of support to lesbians, bisexual women, trans- and intersex persons;
BLUS Copenhagen LGBTQ student organization
BLUS is an organization for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer students. The organization was founded in 1996 and serves as a social platform for LGBTQ students in and around Copenhagen.
Board of Equal Treatment
Grounds of discrimination covered: racial and ethnic origin, age, religious and other beliefs, sexual orientation, disability and gender.
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
KPH offers free legal counseling for the victims of discrimination based on sexual orientation. The areas of counseling: criminal, civil, labor and administrative law.
Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism
Providing support to victims of racial discrimination was initially the central task of the Centre. Following consecutive Acts of Parliament, the Centre
Centre for Equal Treatment
The Centre for Equal Treatment issues publications and recommendations and provides assistance and support to victims of discrimination. Grounds of discrimination covered: disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion/ beliefs, origin, race.
Centre LGBT Paris-Idf
The association provides free legal hotlines, social, psychological support and employment assistance, provided by professionals who provide information, advice and support for LGBT people.
CHE-The Campaign for Homosexual Equality
The Campaign for Homosexual Equality is a democratic voluntary organisation working to change the attitudes and laws that make life difficult for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in England and Wales (the Equality Network does similar work in Scotland).
Cigale
Cigale is an abbreviation of "Centre d'Information GAy et LEsbien". It is a counseling and information center for LGBT community in Luxembourg.
Coalition on Sexual Orientation (CoSO)
The Coalition on Sexual Orientation was established by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) groups in Northern Ireland in order to provide a voice for the LGBT Community in debates and consultations surrounding the rights of the community.
COC
C.O.C. meant Cultuur en Ontspannings-Centrum, or Centre for Culture and Leisure, a reminder of the pseudonym the organisation initially adopted after its foundation in 1946. COC is the oldest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender organisation in the world. Since its foundation, COC has been instrumental in bringing about considerable social and legal changes for gays and lesbians in the Netherlands and abroad. As one of the largerst lesbian and gay organisations in the world, COC is devoted to a society which does full justice to each individual irrespective of sexual preference.
Collectif contre l'homophobie
The association actively supports the victims of discrimination and assault related to sexual orientation, gender identity or health status. The aim is to assist and support victims during trials, with a civil action where appropriate.
Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality - CIG
CIG's main objectives is to guarantee the implementation of public policies in the area of citizenship and the promotion and defence of gender equality. Grounds of discrimination covered: mainly sex and sexual orientation, but recently also the other grounds of Article 13 of the EC Treaty (2010).
Commission for Protection Against Discrimination
Grounds of discrimination covered: sex, race, nationality, ethnic belonging, genetic heritage, citizenship, origin, religion or belief, education, convictions, political affiliation, personal or public status, disability, age, sexual orientation, family status, property status, any other characteristics established by a law or by an international agreement to which the Republic of Bulgaria is part of.
Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons
There is a person in the office of CGRS who is exclusively occupied with applications for asylum or subsidiary protection, based on sex (and transsexualism) or sexual orientation. Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons WTC II Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 26 A 1000 BRUSSELS
Coordination InterPride France (CIF)
The timing of Lesbian and Gay Pride is fixed by Coordination Interpride France so that the nearby cities do not choose the same date. In agreement with the associations, coordination is developing a common reflection on defined projects or areas of political demands that can lead to a concerted action.
With 15 cities in France, more than 700,000 people in the streets, more than 400 member institutions and associations, the Coordinating Interpride France is the most unifying gay movement.
Courage Beratungstelle
Courage is an advisory center for LGBT community in Vienna. Besides psychological counseling the center offers legal counseling.
Danish Institute for Human Rights - DIHR
DIHR's aim is to
David & Jonathan: A Christian group for gays and lesbians
David & Jonathan was funded in 1972
Today, the association represents for its members a vital link with society, different generations, the R C Church, the other Christian churches, the gay and lesbian scene. As part of various professional, family, activist and religious groups, its members find in the association the possibility to meet, talk and pray together.
Defentsoria - Gender Equality Ombud
The two main mandates of the equality body are to promote compliance with the principle of equal treatment between women and men in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country and to defend citizens in the light of situations of gender related direct and indirect discriminations in the private sector. Grounds of discrimination covered: sex
Dicrimination Law Association
The DLA is a non-profit network that brings together a broad range of discrimination law practitioners, policy experts, academics, and concerned individuals and organisations, all united around a commitment to strengthening anti-discrimination law, practice, advice and education in the UK. Main areas of work include:
Dutch Equal Treatment Commission - CGB
CGB mandate is to provide protection against discrimination in order to promote equal participation in life and/or society (Preamble ETA). Grounds of discrimination covered: sex, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, civil status, political conviction, belief (all since 1994), duration of employment relation (fulltime or part-time; since 1996), employment relation (permanent or temporary; since 2002), disability or chronic illness (since December 2003) and age (since May 2004).
EduDivers
EduDivers is the Dutch Expertise Centre on Education and Sexual Diversity(LGBTI) issues. EduDivers is non-profit foundation.
EGALITE
EGALITE was created in 1993 and stands for "Equality for Gays And Lesbians In The European institutions". EGALITE aims at combating any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation. In particular, we act to secure, within European Union bodies and institutions, non-discriminatory treatment for same-sex couples.
EGN: Eesti Gei Noored
The organization stands for a free and tolerant society where everyone has a possibility to get a job, start a family and in case of problems depend on the government
eLnadruhou
eLnadruhou is an NGO which represents interests of lesbian, bisexual and transsexual women also organizes the
Embrace Pink Foundation
EMBRACE PINK is a Foundation, Fresh and Fruity, for sexual diversity and LGBT emancipation for Northern Brabant, one of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands. The location of our office is Tilburg, which is the area where we mainly operate. Tilburg is the sixth big city of the Netherlands.
Equality and Human Rights Commission
The Commission
Equality Authority
The Irish Equality Authority strives to eliminate discrimination in the workplace and in the provision of goods and services, accomodation and education. It also focus on promoting equal opportunities, on providing information to the public on the legislation and on monitoring it/proposing amendments when necessary. Grounds covered: gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion and membership of Traveller community.
Equality Ombudsman
The Ombudsman shall:
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The Federation aims to create solidarity among LGBT organizations. It brings together LGBT centers and local associations and national LGBT acting in France. The Organization consists of 18 LGBT associations or centers spread across France, so it unites altogether around 130 associations and over 1200 members.
Federation respects the independence of thought and action of each Member.
GANYMEDES
Ganymedes- a movement for equality of gay citizens of the Slovak Republic- is the oldest association representing sexual minorities in Slovakia.
Its mission has always been to advocate the gay rights and interests of citizens, in order to achieve full legal and de facto equality for the homosexual minority in society.
Gay a lesbick
Gay and Lesbian League considered the fundamental basis of all its activities, the belief that people are free and equal in dignity and rights without any differences. GLL basic objective is the promotion and enforcement of legislative amendments partner cohabitation of same-sex as well as support and advocacy for the elimination of all forms of discrimination on the basis of emotional and sexual orientation.
Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association- GALHA
GALHA promotes Humanism and LGBT equality, working to combat prejudice and discrimination against humanists and lesbians and gay men. In furtherance of these aims it:
Holds regular open, public meetings in London with speakers and discussions
Issues frequent press releases commenting on current affairs where promoting our aims is relevant
Maintains a website that promotes our work worldwide and links to other relevant online resources and organisations
Maintains a moderated email discussion list for people to discuss LGBT and Humanist issues.
Gay Lawyers
Gay Lawyers offer general initial advice to the gay community on a number of legal issues which have an impact in the gay world. Practice areas: Business Support Wills & Inheritance Litigation Employment Family & Civil Partnership HIV Know Your Rights
Gay Men's Health
Gay Men's Health is Scotland
GAYBELARUS
Belarusian LGBT Rights project
Gender Equality Commissioner
The Gender Equality Commissioner is an independent and impartial expert who acts independently, monitors compliance with the requirements of the Gender Equality Act and performs other functions imposed by law. Grounds of discrimination covered: gender
GLEN: Gay and Lesbian Equality Network
GLEN works to achieve full equality and inclusion for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people in Ireland, and protection from all forms of discrimination.
GLEN focuses on influencing policy and on working strategically and in partnership with mainstream organisations such as Government, regulatory authorities, trade unions and other social partners in order to achieve change. GLEN is not involved in direct service delivery.
Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment
The principle task is coordination of interdepartmental action on equal treatment, including counteraction of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or faith, world view, political convictions, age, sexual orientation, and marital or family status.
Greek Ombudsman
The Ombudsman
HOMOGLOBINI
Homoglobiini is an organization for gay, lesbian, bi and trans students in Turku area and for those who are not yet certain about their sexual or gender identity. Homoglobiini was founded in 1990 by students themselves. We have about 50 members and usually also some exchange student members every year. We have meetings twice a month.
HOSI WIEN
Since 1979 the most important political interest group of LGBTpeople.
Institute for Equality of Women and Men
The Belgian Institute for Equality between Men and Women has, as main objective, to guarantee and foster equality between genders with regard to all aspects of life. This objective has to be achieved through the implementation of a legal framework, structures, strategies, actions and instruments which serve the cause of equality. Grounds of discrimination covered: gender
Inter-LGBT
The aim of association Inter-LGBT is to fight against discrimination based on morals, sexual orientation or gender identity in the context of promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Inter-LGBT organizes i.a. the LGBT Pride, participates in policy dialogue and social projects, supports and promotes the visibility of LGBT organizations and the emergence of a collective strategy.
ISKORAK
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Kaos LG
KAOS GL was founded in September, 1994, to unite Turkey's homosexuals in the struggle against discrimination. The group's underlying philosophy is that the liberation of homosexuals will also free heterosexuals. KAOS GL has been publishing the journal KAOS GL (now a quarterly) since it was founded, and it briefly published a monthly newspaper, PARMAK (Finger), in 2001. The group owns the KAOS Cultural Center, in which many cultural activities, meetings and film shows are held and where the first LGBT library was built.
KPH (Campaign Against Homophobia)
The Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH) is a nationwide public-benefit nongovernmental organization with non-profit status working for the equal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. We were established in 2001.
We conduct a wide range of activities in order to increase tolerance and acceptance while tackling stereotypes and prejudices including:
LAGLA
LAGLA is the Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association for England and Wales.
Lambda Berlin-Brandenburg
Lambda Berlin-Brandenburg is the regional LGBTQ youth organisation in Berlin and Brandenburg. Established on 19th of August 1990, Lambda Berlin-Brandenburg is representing the interests of LGBTQ youths and young adults in public and poliical affairs, helping youths to find themselves and empowering LGBTQ youth. Lambda offers six youth groups in Berlin and several projects, including an educational project, a counselling project and a library project.
Lambda Warszawa Association
Our mission is to build a positive image of homosexual, bisexual and transgender people by creating a climate of social acceptance.
Our Association was established in 1997. We are a national organization by law, but most of our activities are based locally around the Warsaw area. Our members are mostly volunteers and professionals who spend their time working on our projects.
Our statutory aims are:
LASI- Lesbian Advocacy Services Initiative
We work with government and statutory agencies to ensure that the views and aspirations of our community are communicated to decision and policy makers.
We lobby government on issues of equality and legislation which will impact on the lives of lesbians bisexual women and our families.
We provide training and awareness raising in the area of sexual orientation to government, statutory agencies and others. For information on training please contact us.
We undertake research, and encourage others to undertake research into the lived experience of our community.
Law Center (NI)
Law Centre (NI) is a not for profit agency working to advance social welfare rights in Northern Ireland. The Law Centre promotes social justice and provides specialist legal support to advice giving organisations and disadvantaged individuals. The organization delivers legal services to members in community care, employment, immigration, social security and mental health.
LEGEBITRA
The Information Center Legebitra is a non-governmental, non-profit organization. The main goals are: to provide a safe place for homosexuals through programs and projects as well as to defend the rights and the equal status of homosexuals in Slovenia.
Lesbian Section SKUC-LL
Lesbian Section SKUC-LL is an NGO, which (among other areas of work) is providing victim's assistance, counseling and legal help for LGBT victims of discrimination, violence and harassment. The organization also runs a special webpage Pink ALARM for on line reporting of hate crime, discrimination, violence etc. for LGBT victims: www.ljudmila.org/lesbo/alarm
Lezbijska Grupa Kontra
Lesbian Group Kontra is a non-governmental organization that promotes lesbian human rights. It was founded in summer of 1997, in Zagreb. Kontra considers the right to different sexual orientations to be one of basic human rights. It advocates elimination of all forms of violence and discrimination against lesbians, bisexual women and discrimination based on other sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions. Kontra is a member of the Women's Network of Croatia, Coordination of LGBT groups of Croatia and ILGA-Europe (International Lesbian and gay Association-Europe).
LGBT Denmark: The Danish National Organisation for Gay Men, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgendered persons
LGBT Denmark was founded as early as in 1948.
LGBT Labour
LGBT Labour - The Labour Campaign for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Rights is a socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party. Members include trade unionists and members of the Labour Party.
LGBT Labour is democratic; our members make our policies.
Membership is open to any lesbian, gay man, bisexual or transgendered person in the Labour movement.
Supporting membership is open to others.
LGBT Labour campaigns for full legal and social equality for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgendered people.
LGBT Lawyers Association of Ireland
An association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lawyers in Ireland which provides an LGBT Free Legal Advice Centre in conjunction with FLAC which runs on the first Tuesday of every month, during the legal year, from 7-8:30pm from the Outhouse on Capel Street, Dublin 1.
LGBT Youth North West
LGBT Youth North West is a regional organisation supporting LGBT young people and LGBT Youth organisations in the North West of England.
The organisation is made up of existing LGBT Youth providers across the region covering Greater Manchester, Greater Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria.
We offer training to both practitioners and young people on many aspects of LGBT awareness and support
We deliver LGBT Youth provision and positive activities.
Through our LGBT Youth College LGBT Young People recieve accredited learning outcomes.
