Columbus/Central Ohio
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Pharmacy – Medicare, Medicaid, ADAP* & most private insurance plans accepted. Hassle-free filling of any prescription in-store, by phone & e-prescribing. Speedy, confidential and personalized service. Offers free HIV testing.
AIDS Resource Center (ARC) Ohio – ARC Ohio’s mission is to fight the spread of HIV, reduce its transmission, stigma and the resulting discrimination through education and awareness, and provide quality services to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS.
BRAVO (Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization) – BRAVO works to eliminate violence perpetuated on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identification through prevention, advocacy, violence documentation and survivor services.
Cancer Support Community – Providing Rays of Hope for all people affected by cancer.
Columbus Urban Pride – The mission of Columbus Urban Pride is to provide a safe space for celebration of racial diversity within LGBTQ communities in Columbus, OH.
Equality Ohio – Statewide organization working to secure equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Ohioans.
Kaleidoscope Youth Center – The mission of Kaleidoscope Youth Center is to provide advocacy, education, support and a safe environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in Central Ohio.
Outlook Columbus – Columbus, Ohio GLBT Monthly Newspaper
Out of the Closet – Local thrift store that benefits the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and offers free HIV testing daily and STI testing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2 – 7 PM.
P-FLAG Columbus – Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Rainbow Sisters – a social and community-oriented group for lesbian womyn age 40 and over.
Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio – Organizing, educating and energizing the GLBT community to work for, support and elect these Democratic candidates.
TransOhio – TransOhio serves the Ohio transgender and ally communities by providing services, education, support and advocacy which promotes and improves the health, safety and life experience of the Ohio transgender individual and community.
National
Center Link – an organization to support the development of strong, sustainable LGBT community centers and to build a unified center movement.
GLAAD – Gay and Lesbian Alliance Agaist Defamation “GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.”
GLSEN – The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, is working to ensure safe and effective schools for all students.
Human Rights Campaign – The HRC is the nation’s largest gay and lesbian political organization. Be sure to check out the HRC Links page – very comprehensive!
LAMBDA Legal Defense – “The nation’s oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS.”
NGLTF – National Gay and Lesbian Task Force “The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is a leading progressive civil rights organization that has supported grassroots organizing and advocacy since 1973.”
The NAMES Project/AIDS Memorial Quilt – “Our mission: To use the AIDS Memorial Quilt to help bring an end to AIDS.”
The Queer Resources Directory – The QRD contains over 20,000 files about anything and everything queer, including families, youth, politics, resources, media, and more.
P-FLAG – Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Commercial
Outsports.com – Outsports.com, a California-based organization established in November 1999, was founded by a journalist and an entertainment executive with a combined 23 years of experience.
PlanetOut – News, shopping, entertainment, and more for the GLBT community world wide!
GAY.COM – An international news, shopping, entertainment, and more!
OUT.com – OUT magazine online.
gaytravel.com – International travel web site serving the GLBT community.
Gay Planet – Search engine/portal to the GLBT internet.
Advocacy and Political Organizations
Each and every member of the LGBTQ community can help make a difference. You don’t have to be an activist you just have to be active. Here are some resources to help you.
Equality Ohio – Equality Ohio advocates and educates to achieve fair treatment and equal opportunity for all Ohioans regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network – Every day GLSEN works to ensure that LGBT students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment. Join us as we transform our nation’s K-12 schools.
HRC – As the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, the Human Rights Campaign represents a force of more than 1.5 million members and supporters nationwide — all committed to making HRC’s vision a reality.
LAMBDA Legal Defense – Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
Log Cabin Republicans – Log Cabin Republicans is the nation’s original and largest organization representing gay conservatives and allies who support fairness, freedom, and equality for all Americans. Log Cabin Republicans has state and local chapters nationwide, full-time staff in Washington, DC, a federal political action committee, and state political action committees.
National Center for Transgender Equality – The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a 501(c)3 social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment.
NGLTF – The Task Force creates change by building LGBT political power from the ground up.
OutServe – Servicemembers Legal Defense Network – OutServe-SLDN represents the U.S. LGBT military community worldwide. Our mission is to: educate the community, provide legal services, advocate for authentic transgender service, provide developmental opportunities, support members and local chapters, communicate effectively, and work towards equality for all.
Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio – Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio was established in 1997 for the purpose of ensuring sensitivity, understanding and support for issues of importance to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) and Allied Community
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