Description

In 1966, three years before Stonewall, transwomen in San Francisco fought back.

Susan Stryker’s website - https://www.susanstryker.net/

Screaming Queens (Stryker’s 2005 documentary on the Compton Cafe Riots) - https://itvs.org/films/screaming-queens/

(some) Queer charities to support/contact in the USA - 

Lamda Legal (pro-bono legal work for LGBTQIA+ communities)https://lambdalegal.org/

The Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network (GSA)

https://gsanetwork.org/

Pride Foundation (Seattle & the North West)

https://pridefoundation.org/

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (NYC/East Coast)https://gaycenter.org/

Family Equality Councilhttps://www.familyequality.org/

Point Foundation (scholarship-granting for LGBTQ+ students)

https://pointfoundation.org/

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

 https://www.aclu.org/

Out & Equal (non-profit providing workplace support)

https://outandequal.org/

SAGE (for older LGBTQ+ individuals)

https://www.sageusa.org/

The Attic Youth Center

https://atticyouthcenter.org/

Center for Black Equity

https://centerforblackequity.org/

OutRight Action International

https://outrightinternational.org/

TransLifeline

https://www.translifeline.org/

The Trevor Project 

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (support for black transgender individuals across America)

https://marshap.org/

Sylvia Rivera Law Project (provides legal aid to low-income transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming people of color living in New York City)

https://srlp.org/

It Gets Better Project

https://itgetsbetter.org/

The Audre Lorde Project

https://alp.org/

Hetrick-Martin Insitute

https://hmi.org/

LGBTQ Freedom Fund (financial support for incarcerated LGBTQ people)

https://www.lgbtqfund.org/

Lamda Literary 

https://lambdaliterary.org/

Human Rights Campaign

https://www.hrc.org/

The Okra Project (providing food and employment for homeless Black trans individuals)

https://www.theokraproject.com/

GLSEN

https://www.glsen.org/

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

https://astraeafoundation.org/site-down/

National Center for Transgender Equality

https://transequality.org/

The Matthew Shepard Foundation

https://www.matthewshepard.org/

The Transgender Law Center

https://transgenderlawcenter.org/

GLAAD

https://glaad.org/

Ali Forney Center

https://www.aliforneycenter.org/

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Research by Jillian Ducker and Abby Woodman.

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