Black Excellence Collective
Newark, NJ
2018, 2017
The Black Excellence Collective is a black-led grassroots organizing collective that that uses direct action, art, and popular education to uplift and empower queer, transgender and gender non...
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Detroit REPRESENT!
Detroit, MI
2015
Detroit REPRESENT! is a small collective of LGBTQ youth of color from Detroit, Michigan. We use media-organizing to creatively transform the oppression faced by Detroit’s LGBTQ youth of...
Fender Bender Detroit
Detroit, MI
2013
Fender Bender Detroit is a women, queer, and trans* centered bicycle workspace rooted in justice principles. We organize as a collective and operate through consensus decision-making. We depend...
For the Gworls
Brooklyn, NY
2019
For the Gworls hosts monthly community events — such as healing spaces, panel discussions, and rent parties — to fundraise to assist Black transgender people with rent and gender-affirming surgeries.
Garden of Peace Project
Pittsburg, PA
2018
Garden of Peace Project was created to uplift, uphold, and empower the narratives and lived experiences of queer and/or trans folks of color. We work to manifest spaces...
Gays and Lesbians Living In a Transgender Society
Brooklyn, NY
2018
Gays and Lesbians Living In a Transgender Society (G.L.I.T.S.) approaches the health and rights crises faced by LGBTQ sex workers holistically using harm reduction, human rights principles, and...
GLBT Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force
Des Moines, IA
2012
All students need a safe, supportive atmosphere in which they can learn, including students that are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). Unfortunately, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against...
Her Philly Moves
Philadelphia, PA
2018
Her Philly Moves promotes QTWOC visibility in Philadelphia.
Interlocking Roots
Brooklyn, NY
2018
Interlocking Roots is a group of queer and transgender Black Indigenous People of Color (QTBIPoC) who understand food and land work as anti-oppression work and a pathway to...
Masjid al-Rabia
Chicago, IL
2018
Masjid al-Rabia provides spiritual care for marginalized Muslims. Some of the things Masjid al-Rabia provides : - We host jummah prayers every Friday - We have a library...
Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC)
Woodstock, NY
2019
OLOC promotes the visibility of Old Lesbians, encourages activism and addresses ageism and areas of oppression affecting Lesbians.
P0STB1NARY
Washington, DC
2019
P0STB1NARY is a Washington, DC based arts collective working to destroy all cistems by uplifting the safety, autonomy, wellness, and creative development of trans and gender expansive people.
People's Justice League
Athens, OH
2017
People’s Justice League is a grassroots community organization working to support safe streets, campuses, establishments, and gathering places in Southeast Ohio through community education and activism. We know...
Queer Detainee Empowerment Project
Brooklyn, NY
2016, 2014
The Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP), an Alternative-to-Detention program for queer, trans, and HIV+ immigrant detainees, asylees, and their families across the United States. QDEP supports folks in...
Queerocracy
Brooklyn, NY
2013, 2012
QUEEROCRACY is an activist organization cultivating the leadership of queer folks and people living with HIV/AIDS in NYC. Through direct action organizing, membership led advocacy campaigns, educational trainings...