LGBTQIA+ Activists & Organizations

Activists

  • Marsha P. Johnson

    Activist, drag performer, sex worker, and model, Marsha threw the shot glass (incorrectly remembered as a brick) that started the Stonewall Riots. Watch her Netflix documentary, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson.

  • Sylvia Rivera

    Co-Founder of STAR, an orgaization housing queer people in NYC, trans sex worker, fierce activist, and friend of Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia had a big role in the Stonewall Riots alongside Marsha.

  • Chella Man

    Deaf, genderqueer, artist, actor, activist, model, Asian-American, author, and poet Chella Man documented his transition on his YouTube channel, gaining 255K subscribers and counting.

  • Laverne Cox

    The first emmy-nominated openly trans woman and executive producer of Disclosure, Netflix's documentary discussing trans representation in media, Cox is one of the most memorable activists challenging the way society views trans people.

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Non-Profit Organizations

  • Gender Spectrum

    A national non-profit building a world of inclusion for children and teens of all genders. In connecting young people and their family with specialists and groups, they create an open exploration for the whole family.

  • The Trevor Project

    The world's largest non-profit providing suicide prevention based services to young LGBTQIA+ individuals including a newly launched online community called TrevorSpace.

  • National Center for Transgender Equality

    Advocating for legislative and social change to bring more understanding, inclusion, and human rights for trans individuals, National Center of Transgender Equality is an action-based space for all.

  • Sylvia Rivera Law Project

    An NYC-based organization founded by activist Sylvia Rivera providing legal aid for trans, intersex, and/or gender non-conforming people of color.

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