Off-Campus Resources

Below you will find a list of various LGBT organizations,resources, and services offered in the Bay Area and across the nation. These organizations may be helpful to you in finding internships, jobs, social services (including crisis intervention assistance), and political action campaigns. Although this list is updated frequently, it is not exhaustive.

AVEN

The Asexual Visibility and Education Network hosts the world’s largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike.

Bay Area Bisexual Network

Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN) is based in San Francisco. Our mission is to develop a healthy, vibrant, multicultural bisexual community in the San Francisco Bay Area and to promote better understanding of bisexual lives and issues within the larger lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) community and the public.

BiNet USA: The largest national organization of Bisexuals

As America’s umbrella organization and voice for bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer-identified and all other of us “somewhere in between” people as well as their lesbian, gay, transgender, “straight but not narrow” and questioning friends and allies, BiNet USA facilitates the development of a cohesive network of independent bisexual and bi-friendly communities; promotes bisexual, pansexual and bi-inclusive visibility; and collects and distribute educational information regarding sexual orientation and gender identity with an emphasis on the bisexual and pansexual and allied communities.

Campus Pride

Campus Pride is a resource for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBT students. The organization is a volunteer-driven network "for" and "by" student leaders.

Deaf Queer Community

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 (hereafter referred to as the "Deaf Queer community"). DQRC is run entirely by volunteers.

Equality California

Equality California is California’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization. The organization promotes dignity, safety, and equality for all LGBT Californians.

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against GLBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.

National Black Justice Committee

The National Black Justice Coalition, www.nbjc.org, is a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Its mission is to end racism and homophobia.

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.

National Clearinghouse for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Fraternity and Sorority Issues

Also known as the Lambda 10 Project, the National Clearinghouse for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Fraternity & Sorority Issues seeks to heighten the visibility of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members of the college fraternity by serving as a clearinghouse for educational resources and educational materials related to sexual orientation and gender identity/expression as it pertains to the fraternity/sorority experience.

National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education

(check out their “Resources” page)
The combined vision and mission of the Consortium is to achieve higher education environments in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni have equity in every respect. Our goals are to support colleagues and develop curriculum to professionally enhance this work; to seek climate improvement on campuses; and to advocate for policy change, program development, and establishment of LGBT Office/Centers.

The Pacific Center

The Pacific Center is an award winning, grassroots Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community center serving the East Bay and Greater Bay Area. With its mission to foster and enhance the well-being and self-respect of LGBT individuals, the Pacific Center facilitates acceptance, integration and celebration of queer sexual identity, successfully builds community among queer people of the East Bay, and promotes understanding and embracing of all queer people within the general community. The Pacific Center's programs include mental health counseling, HIV services and support, youth development, and peer based education and support.

Queers of Color Internet Resources

A portal to various organizations that provide online resources for queer people of color.

SF LGBT Center

The mission of the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Community Center is to connect our diverse community to opportunities, resources and each other to achieve our vision of a stronger, healthier, and more equitable world for LGBT people and our allies. When visitors arrive at the Center, they find free services like career counseling, job fairs, computer lab, social activities, mentorships, youth meals, daycare, various workshops and much more. Here they can connect with other LGBT people and organize to secure our equal rights. The Center is truly the heart, home and hands of the San Francisco LGBT community.

Soulforce

Seeking justice for God’s LGBT Children. Soulforce is committed to relentless nonviolent resistance to bring freedom to lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender, and queer people from religious & political oppression.

StopBullying.gov

An online resource for queer people to get resources on how to stop LGBT bullying.

Transgender Law Center

Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.