Since the 1960s, we have seen the growth and evolution of social movements organizing for the civil rights of the LGBTQ+ community. And yet, in the last few years, there has been a dramatic increase in legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, especially against gender-affirming care for transgender youth. As of 2025, the ACLU is tracking 245 anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the United States.¹ Hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community have grown significantly in the last few years,² with LGBTQ+ people of color facing heightened levels of discrimination when compared to non-LGBTQ individuals or white LGBTQ+ individuals³. In the face of these challenges, there are several national networks and organizations specifically advocating for LGBTQ+ communities of color and working to strengthen LGBTQ+ leaders of color around the country.

The resources linked below will help funders wishing to support the work already being done by established organizations. The use of inclusive and justice-oriented language helps to challenge damaging narratives about the LGBTQ+ community. Consider donating to the organizations listed below, if you are able.

Please note that these are not services we provide. If you need support please reach out to the appropriate organization for your specific needs.

Resources for Individuals Seeking Support

  • Transgender Law Center is the largest national, trans-led organization working to set all people free. They champion the right of all transgender and gender-nonconforming people to make their own choices and live freely, safely, and authentically. Prioritizing BIPOC, disabled, and HIV+ communities, they advance community-driven strategies that harness trans knowledge, power, and joy to ensure that everyone not only survives but thrives at all ages and phases of life.
  • Advocates for Trans Equality are policy experts, litigators, and community organizers work at all levels of government to ensure trans voices are not only heard but also embraced in rooms where they’ve long been ignored. As a trans-led nonprofit, they also help the trans community navigate the realities of law and policy through vital tools, knowledge, and services.
  • National Center for Lesbian Rights is a non-profit, public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBTQ community; provides free legal assistance to LGBTQ people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBTQ issues.
  • The LGBTQ+ Bar is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender legal organizations. The LGBTQ+ Bar promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBTQ+ community in all its diversity.

  • The Northwest Network has served thousands of queer & trans survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, domestic violence, hate violence, stalking and harassment for 37 years.
  • Community United Against Violence supports the healing of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people that have experienced violence and abuse by other people and /or institutions.

  • The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. Provides information & support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round.
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is dedicated to preventing suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) As a public health organization, AFSP believes that it is our individual and collective responsibility to support the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ people.
  • 988 Lifeline has information and resources for those looking for help and support for yourself or loved ones who identify within the vast, diverse, and thriving LGBTQI+ communities.
  • Human Rights Campaign provides a list of available hotlines, warmlines, and crisis lines, many of which are staffed by people specifically trained to work with the LGBTQ+ community. Be sure to explore the services and resources to ensure you access the right support and services for your needs.

Take Action to Support LGBTQ+ Rights

  • The Northwest Network has served thousands of queer & trans survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, domestic violence, hate violence, stalking and harassment for 37 years.
  • Groundswell Action Fund is a funder of grassroots BIPOC-led reproductive and social justice movements across the U.S.
    • Liberation Fund is a joint project of Groundswell Fund and Groundswell Action Fund, and supports the strongest grassroots organizing efforts led by women of color and transgender people of color across social justice sectors.
  • National Black Justice Collective has been America’s leading national civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS through coalition building, federal policy change, research, and education, since 2003.
  • Funders for LGBTQ Issues is a network of more than 100 foundations, corporations, and funding institutions that collectively award more than $1 billion annually, including approximately $200 million specifically devoted to LGBTQ issues.
  • Center for Black Equity promotes a multinational LGBTQ+ network dedicated to improving health and wellness opportunities, economic empowerment, and equal rights while promoting individual and collective work, responsibility, and self-determination.
  • Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement is committed to the collective liberation of trans, queer, and gender nonconforming Latinxs to build power and (re)imagine our communities free from oppression. We seek to abolish the systems that marginalize, criminalize, imprison, and kill our people. We are building on the legacy of racial justice and liberation movements.
  • Third Wave Fund supports youth-led, intersectional gender justice activism and advances the community power, well-being, and self-determination of young Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) most directly impacted by and best positioned to end gender oppression. They specifically resource grassroots movements that are 1) multi-issue, 2) community-led (we define “community-led” movements as being led by those who are directly impacted by oppression) and 3) unapologetically queer, trans, intersex, and sex worker-led.
  • Borealis Philanthropy: Fund for Trans Generations resources BIPOC, trans-led organizations working to advance community safety, supportive community housing, decarceration, and access to health care and mental health—to build a world in which all people can live with self-determination, safety, and joy.
  • Transgender Strategy Center is a team of strategists, organizers, and creatives who honor the expertise, brilliance, resilience, and lived experiences of trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals and uplift the often-unconventional ways in which TGNC people develop and refine their skills in community.
  • Trans Justice Funding Project is a community-run, non-charitable trust that funds Trans-led grassroots organizations in the US and US Territories who exist to serve and improve the lives of their local and national trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary communities. TJFP is staffed by all trans and non-binary individuals who are Black, Brown, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC).

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