Queer Peace International

Links

 

Agencies

Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center - Promoting a better understanding of human sexuality in Africa 

Ahbab - Site of the Gay and Lesbian Arab Society

Alterheros - AlterHéros is an incorporated non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate the social and community integration of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgenred youth by:Informing and Educating the youth, parents, family, and friends through the sharing, and dissemination of information. Providing Aid and Support by posing, clarifying and responding to questions, and by creating a mutual aid network. Creating a community where the youth can share, exchange, contribute, make contacts and connect with others.  

Bisexual Resource Center - An international organization providing education about and support for bisexual and progressive issues.  

Blue Diamond Society - Blue Diamond Society (BDS), Nepal's only organization for sexual minorities, is transforming the lives of of sexual minorities including Meta, Dohori, Ta, Gay, Bisexual, lesbian, Hijra, Singaru, Fulumulu, Kothi, Kotha, Strian, Maugia, Panthi and many more in Nepal.  

Centre for Social Emancipation - New LGBT organization in Pristina, Kosovo

CLAGS - Centre for Lesbian and Gay Studies

COC Nederlands - Dutch LGBT Organization which promotes and provides LGBT skills, trainings, information sessions in international development

Cuba Education Tours - Cuba Education Tours (CET) is a modest non-profit organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its staff volunteers or receives a stipend for their labor. Why do they dedicate themselves to Cuba? To aid the Cuban people who have for over four decades suffered cruel privations as a result of the U.S. blockade and embargo of their nation. And because CET staff believe as the Cubans say that a better world IS possible. They hold also LGBT education tours as well to Cuba.  

Deaf Queer Resource Center - The Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) is a national nonprofit resource and information center for, by and about the Deaf Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex and Questioning communities  

Easton Mountain - A gay holistic/healing centre in the Eastern United States

Egale Canada - A Canadian national LGBT equality rights group based out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Elysium and Sappho - Gay and Lesbian Association of Kosovo

FTM Informational Network - This is the e-mail list that is attached to the Web site. The list is pretty much self monitored and NO flamming is allowed. There are guys just starting out and guys who've been on hormones for over 20 years. We even have a few very supportive MTFs, Partners, Friends and Family members on board.  

GALZ - Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe

Gay Canada - Canada's Largest Online Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Community

Gay Kenya - LGBT Site for Kenya  

GLAF - Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation  

GLMA - Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

Good As You - Using humor and irreverence rather than anger and protests, Good As You represents a new generation of GLSBT activism. Now is the time for intelligent, progressive-minded individuals to step up and fight for the common rights of which they might be denied. We're here to rally the troops.

Health Equity Project - Health Equity Project believes that healthcare is a human right. As such, we fight injustices in inequal access to healthcare, emphasising marginalized and disenfranchised populations.

ILGA - International Lesbian and Gay Association

Indian Centre for Human Rights and Law - Queer-positive Human Rights Group in Mumbai, India  

International Centre for Human Rights and Law - Queer-positive Human Rights Group in Mumbai, India

International Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student and Youth Organization - For European LGBT Students and Youth

Interpride - The International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators.

Kaosgl - KAOS GL was founded in September, 1994, to unite Turkey's homosexuals in the struggle against discrimination.

Lambda Foundation - Addresses Equality Rights Section of Canadian Charter. Raises funds and accepts donations and wills to establish scholarships in gay and lesbian studies at Canadian universities. Celebrates the voice of GLBT people in an annual, popular literary tour, Wilde About Sappho.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Religious Archives Network - A religious center and information clearinghouse for the history of LGBT Religious Movements  

Lesbian and Gay Hospitality Exchange International - LGHEI (pronounced Elle-Gay) is an expanding worldwide network of lesbians and gaymen who offer each other the gift of short term hospitality during their travels.

LesMigraS - LesMigraS is a European wide network of lesbian migrants, black lesbians, lesbian and migrants’ projects and individuals, that combat multidimensional discrimination of lesbian migrants and black lesbians.  

LGBT Education Network - This website is a platform for information and exchange for everyone who is concerned with education about the rights of lesbian women, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people.

LGBT Funders - A funding agency for LGBT issues.

LGBT Nigerians - Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered (LGBT) Nigerians is a campaign group, set up with the initiative of MCC North London with Rev Rowland Jide Macaulay, there are no structural membership to this group.

MEEM - Meem is a community of and for LBTQ women in Lebanon. LBTQ is defined as women who self-identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender (including male-to-female and female-to-male), queer, in addition to women questioning their sexual orientation. We believe in diversity.

Minwaashin Lodge - Aboriginal Women's Support Centre (AWSC), was established to provide direct service and promote the empowerment and well-being of Aboriginal people by offering culturally-appropriate services. This includes 2-Spirited people.

NAFSA: Association of International Educators - Rainbow Special Interest Group  - The Rainbow SIG is comprised of diverse members of NAFSA whose goals are to counsel international students and study abroad students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered; to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered professionals in international education; to combat homophobia, heterosexism and transphobia within NAFSA.

Nordic Homo Council - Welcome to the Nordic Homo Council ….which promotes Nordic co-operation in all areas and gives special attention to colleagues in the Eastern Baltic region and to homo culture as a means of combating homophobia and silence. Membership is open to organizations and individuals from Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Iceland, Finland, Estonia and Denmark.  

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Commission on Human Rights Resolution on Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization - The Persian Gay and Lesbian Organization with the abbreviation PGLO, which is taken from the English name of the organization has started its activity since 3742(according to Zoroastrian or parse calendar), equal to 1383 or 2004.Until now the organization has been able to gather many friends who attend it and hopes to be able to gather more friends and supporters everyday.

PFLAG  - PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.  

Queer McGill - LGBT Student Organization at McGill University, Montreal, Canada

RFSL  - The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights is a non-profit organization that works with and for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT). It is non-partisan and not affiliated with any religious organization.

SASOD Guyana  - SASOD is a group based in Guyana which is committed to eradicating discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. SASOD supports the view of equal rights for all persons.

The 519 Church Street Community Centre - The 519 is a meeting place and focus for its vital and varied downtown community. Within a supportive environment it responds to community issues and needs by supplying the resources and opportunities to foster self-determination. It is committed to principles of accessibility, voluntarism, individual dignity and value, participation and celebration. It is located in Toronto, Canada.  

The Humsafar Trust  - The Humsafar Trust is a male sexual health agency in Mumbai metro, which started as a support system for gay men and MSM in the city as the HIV/AIDS crisis started gathering momentum in the early 90's. The Trust now is multi-faceted organization serving various needs of the MSM community with several activities that would help the community in battling the epidemic.  

The South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality - The website provides information about education and training courses, electronic databases, journals, online documents, news articles, and announcements related to issues of sexuality in the region. The website also hosts an online library search engine that provides a listing for all materials in the Resource Centre library. Details of the Resource Centre programmes are also provided.  

The Wedding Party - The Wedding Party is an all volunteer nonprofit* organization that supports and celebrates same-sex partnership, and educates the public on the need for equal marriage rights.

Trans Academics  - Trans-Academics.org is a place where people of all genders can discuss gender theory, the trans community and its various identities, both as a part of the academic world and day-to-day life. This is a trans-friendly space and is open to people of all gender identities.  

Trans Action Canada (Society) - A Canadian national trans non-profit society

 

Media

365 Gay - The daily gay newspaper online

Behind the Mask - Behind The Mask – a non-profit media organisation publishing a news website intended for gay and lesbian affairs in Africa, was launched on 8 May 2000. This project operated under the Gay and Lesbian Archives of South Africa until 1 January 2003. Since that day Behind The Mask has been operating as an NGO-trust, registered with the South African Department of Welfare.  

Canadian Online Journal of Queer Studies in Education - The Canadian Online Journal of Queer Studies in Education was created to provide a forum for scholars, professionals, and activists to discuss queer topics in education and the social sciences in the Canadian context.  

GLBTQ - An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Culture  

Global Gayz - Information and News Source about LGBT people in different countries  

International Day Against Homophobia - Recognition, for lesbian and gay communities, has been first and foremost a judicial acceptance brought about by the adoption of the Charter of Human Rights. However, judicial advances will remain only that until a complete, unlimited social acceptance of homosexuality is achieved and homophobia wiped out.

International Gay and Lesbian Review - The purpose of The International Gay & Lesbian Review (IGLR) is to provide as many abstracts and reviews as possible of books that relate to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies. Selected unpublished Ph.D. dissertations and MA theses may also be included.

International Journal of Transgenderism - This electronic journal is an important vehicle for the transmission of scholarly work in the area of transgenderism. We are at an exciting point in history where the interest in the study of transgenderism is keen and quite a bit of scholarly activity is being produced. The study of transgenderism is rapidly expanding both in quantity and in breadth.  

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education - An International Quarterly Devoted to Research, Policy, and Practice

Library Q: Queer Publishers - Queer Publishing Companies  

National and International Gay and Lesbian Organizations and Publications - Annotated Bibliography of Organizations and Publications

Pride Wire - Pridewire.net is a press release service dedicated to news for, by and about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities.  

Queerspeak - queerspeak is a project for GLQBTQ youth from all over the US. our main purpose is to compile queer-themed poetry, prose, naratives, photography, and other forms of self-expression in order to publish a bi-annual queer litmag.  

Russian Gay Life - Contemporary and historical struggles for liberty and celebration of gay life.

Saskatchewan Resources for Sexual Diversity - This site will guide you through various types of materials available concerning gender and sexual diversity

Social exclusion of young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) in Europe (APRIL 2006) - Report from ILGA Europe and IGLYO

This Way Out - The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine

Wikiproject LGBT Studies - Welcome to WikiProject LGBT Studies! We're a group of editors who aim to improve the general quality and range of Wikipedia articles on LGBT and Queer studies topics.  

 

Organizational Development

Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice - The Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice works for social, racial and economic justice in the U.S. and internationally. Our grantmaking and philanthropic advocacy programs help lesbians and allied communities challenge oppression and claim their human rights.

Funders for Gay and Lesbian Issues - Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues was formed in 1982 as the Working Group on Funding Lesbian and Gay Issues in response to the lack of visibility and funding for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues in the philanthropic community. We are the only national organization whose mission is to advocate for increased support of LGBT issues within organized philanthropy.

Gay Civil Rights Organizations - Civil rights are rights belonging to a person by virtue of his or her status as a citizen or as a member of civil society. These include the equal treatment of all people with respect to the enjoyment of life, liberty and property and to the protection of law.

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Issues Knowledge Community -  Knowledge Community activities allow for personal and professional growth, increased awareness and acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender professionals and students, and promote understanding of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender professional and student needs.

Gay Library - The Gay Library serves as a leading public education resource, updated daily, with a constantly expanding global outreach.  

GLBTQ - An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Culture

HIVOS - Hivos is a Dutch non-governmental organisation inspired by humanist values. Together with local organisations in developing countries, Hivos seeks to contribute to a free, fair and sustainable world in which citizens - women and men - have equal access to the resources and opportunities for their development. And where they can actively and equally participate in decision-making processes that determine their lives, their society and their future.  

International Human Rights Funders Group - The International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) is an association of grantmakers devoted to supporting efforts to achieve the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the treaties and laws it has generated so that all people may enjoy a truly and fully human existence.

International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network - The International Lesbian & Gay Cultural Network was created at the ILGA world conference in Paris in 1992 to promote international rainbow culture and exchange across borders. The ILGCN is not a booking agency, has no membership fee and no funds of its own – but tries to facilitate contact between organizations and individuals – convinced that both cultural workers and political activists belong together on the rainbow barricades – using homo culture as a powerful weapon against homophobia and silence.  

International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials - INLGO's mission is supporting and educating openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender officials and leaders to serve and nurture our communities

International Resource Network - An electronic announcement and discussion list. Sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)

Jer's Vision - Canada's Anti-Discrimination Scholarship for Youth (with a particular focus to LGBT issues)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered US Peace Corps Alumni - To promote Peace Corps ideals and the legal, political and social rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people around the world.

LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing - The LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing provides a range of services including health promotion workshops, a full programme of short courses promoting physical & social activities, health information and advice, as well as training and consultancy to mainstream NHS organisations and health providers.  

Netzkraft Movement - International network of persons and groups who commit themselves - socially, politically, ecologically or spiritually

Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide - As globalization and international trade impact societies, non-governmental organizations have become increasingly influential in world affairs. They are consulted by governments as well as international organizations like the United Nations which have created associative status for them. There are now tens of thousands of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the world, operating in most countries. These organizations are not directly affiliated with any national government but often have a significant impact on the social, economic and political activity of the country or region involved. The World Bank has provided an extensive definition of NGOs.

Peace, Conflicts and International Women's Human Rights - Internet Workshop at the 24th Annual Conference of the UW System Women's Studies Consortium

QueerNet - Provides free online services for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer, questioning and allies, HIV/AIDS, sexual and gender rights, and leather/S&M communities, including mailing lists, web sites, and email hosting.

Queer Resources Directory - The Queer Resources Directory (QRD) is an electronic research library specifically dedicated to sexual minorities -- groups which have traditionally been labelled as "queer" and systematically discriminated against.  

Rainbow World Fund - A LGBT humantarian fund that can be donated to.

Siyanda - Siyanda is an on-line database of gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources.  

Universites d'ete Euromediterranennes des Homosexualites - Summer University held in France regarding various themes and subjects relating to homosexuality.

Volunteer Match - VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement. Our popular service welcomes millions of visitors a year and has become the preferred internet recruiting tool for more than 40,000 nonprofit organizations.  

 

Support

Black LGBT Community Awards - The Black LGBT Community Awards 2007 are being organised by BGMAG. The Black Gay Men’s Advisory Group is an independent group of black gay and bisexual men of African and African/Caribbean parentage working for and on behalf of black men who have sex with men.  

Colage - To engage, connect, and empower people to make the world a better place for children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender parents and families.  

Diversity in More Ways Than One - Providing guidance for teenages on their identity, sexuality and respect

Family Pride Canada - A Canadian online service for Queer Parents, Prospective Queer Parents, Partners, Children, Families, Allies and other Families with LGBT members

Lesbian.org: Resources for Lesbians, Lesbian Information, Lesbian News, Lesbian Links, Lesbian - Promoting lesbian visibility on the internet.  

Peaceful Earth - A short movie on building peace.  

Positive Pause - A moment to review why we do the things we do.

Therapy for Gay Men - Licensed therapist from California offering services and a listserv group to join for Gay Men.