Organizations

The Afghanistan LGBTIQ+ Organization (ALO) documents human rights violations and advocates for LGBTIQ+ Afghans. It runs humanitarian programs, supports LGBTIQ+ refugees, and leads advocacy at the UN and other international forums. The organization also publishes reports and articles on the situation of LGBTIQ+ people in Afghanistan and in displacement.

Languages: English, Dari

Roshaniya is a US-registered 501c3 advocacy and support group dedicated to empowering LGBT+ Afghans. It provides evacuation and relocation support, financial aid, safe housing, and psychosocial support to LGBT+ Afghans facing persecution, and advocates for long-term resettlement options. The organization represents over 1500 LGBT+ Afghans and has assisted many in relocating to safer countries.

Languages: English

Aleanca Kundër Diskriminimit të LGBT (Aleanca LGBT) is an Albanian organization advocating for the rights of LGBTI+ people. It monitors the implementation of national action plans, conducts studies on barriers faced by LGBTI students, and organizes events like Tirana Pride. The organization also provides support services, including a shelter called 'Streha'.

Languages: Albanian, English

Streha Center is the first residential center in Albania providing support for the LGBTI community. It offers shelter for homeless LGBTI youth in hostile environments, helping them find safe homes, employment, education, and training. The center also provides healthcare, counseling, life skills training, and advocacy, and hosts an annual charity gala to fund its services.

Languages: Albanian, English

Associação Íris Angola is a non-governmental organization that promotes citizenship and human rights for the LGBT+ community in Angola. It works to ensure that sexual and gender minorities have space, voice, equality, integration, participation, self-determination, and full rights. The organization focuses on HIV prevention, health rights, and fostering dialogue between LGBT+ movements and the government.

Languages: Portuguese

Akãhatã is a feminist team of people committed to human rights, working on issues related to genders, sexualities, and derived rights from a comprehensive perspective. They focus on advocacy in international human rights spaces, produce educational materials, and strengthen movements.

Languages: Spanish

AFDA is an Argentine NGO that promotes equality and defends LGBTI+ rights. It provides information and counseling on sexual health, safe schools free from discrimination, and campaigns against conversion practices. The organization also publishes reports and resources, and offers volunteer opportunities.

Languages: Spanish

ATE Diversa is a section of the Argentine state workers' union (ATE) focused on gender and diversity issues. It provides resources, campaigns, and data on topics such as gender-based violence, sexual education, and labor rights for LGBTQ+ people. The organization serves workers and the broader community in Argentina, particularly in Santa Fe province.

Languages: Spanish

The Comunidad Homosexual Argentina (CHA) is a civil association with legal status that advocates for the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Argentina. It maintains a digital archive of historical documents related to its activism, including struggles against police edicts, for diverse family rights, against HIV/AIDS discrimination, and for human rights. The organization also engages in education, advocacy, and community support.

Languages: Spanish

Conurbanes por la Diversidad is a political, social, and community space that works for the visibility, protection, recognition, and social inclusion of LGBTI people. It provides information on rights and relevant legislation in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and worldwide.

Languages: Spanish

FALGBT is an Argentine organization advocating for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. It provides resources, news, and institutional information, and works on issues such as access to comprehensive healthcare for trans children and adolescents. The organization operates across the country and engages in advocacy and community support.

Languages: Spanish

The Federación Argentina LGBT is a national federation of Argentine LGBTQ+ organizations working for equal rights, diversity and social inclusion across the country.

Languages: Spanish

Fundación Huésped is an Argentine organization working in prevention, science, and rights. It provides services related to HIV, sexually transmitted infections, vaccines, and sexual and reproductive rights, and conducts clinical research. The organization also advocates for the rights of key populations, including the trans community.

Languages: Spanish, English

La Fulana is a nonprofit organization by and for lesbians and bisexual women. It creates spaces to build community, share information, and exchange experiences, working both internally and externally to challenge a prejudiced culture. The organization is feminist and socialist, aiming to subvert the heteronormative patriarchal system and build a just world for oppressed identities.

Languages: Spanish

Mocha Celis is an Argentine civil association that promotes the social equality of travesti, trans, and non-binary people through free, quality education with a gender and cultural/sexual diversity perspective. It offers programs in education, work, housing, health, and culture, and includes a popular high school, a solidarity knitting network, access to rights, regional meetings, a library, a popular school of genders, culture and knowledge, trans employment, publications, services, corporate volunteering, and training.

Languages: Spanish

Puerta Abierta Recreando is a project of the Oblate Sisters of the Most Holy Redeemer, a Catholic religious congregation, that supports women in vulnerable situations. The organization provides a welcoming space and community, offering emotional and spiritual support, and is recognized for its good practices in migration work in South America. It relies on donations to continue its mission.

Languages: Spanish

RedLacTrans is a Latin American and Caribbean network of trans organizations that advocates for the human rights of trans people in the region. It develops audiovisual campaigns for political advocacy, publishes news and reports on trans rights, and participates in international forums such as the OAS General Assembly. The network also accepts donations and offers a newsletter to keep supporters informed.

Languages: Spanish

SIGLA is an Argentine organization that provides community support and activities for LGBTI and non-binary people. It offers various groups and workshops, including reflection groups, creative writing, theater, tango, drawing and painting, and a group for people living with HIV. The organization also has a legal clinic and operates from its location in Buenos Aires.

Languages: Spanish

Dignity Humanitarian NGO is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1998 in Armenia. Its mission is to contribute to the development of an inclusive and equitable society through the protection of human rights, accessible healthcare services, capacity building, and social support. The organization provides humanitarian aid, human rights advocacy, healthcare services, and capacity building and empowerment programs.

Languages: Armenian, English

DiverCity NGO is a social-cultural and human rights defender organization established in 2019. It promotes pluralism and cultural diversity, focusing on the socialization and human rights of targeted and vulnerable youth, including young LGBTQ+ people, women, and girls. The organization works in human rights protection, social work, informational and non-formal education.

Languages: English, Armenian

Dignity Humanitarian NGO is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1998 in Armenia. Its mission is to contribute to the development of an inclusive and equitable society through the protection of human rights, accessible healthcare services, capacity building, and social support. The organization provides humanitarian aid, human rights advocacy, healthcare services, and capacity building and empowerment programs.

Languages: English, Armenian

Pink Armenia is a community-based organization created by and for LGBT+ individuals in Armenia. It provides services and support to the community, promotes the protection of LGBT+ human rights, and advocates for public policy changes on LGBT+ issues.

Languages: Armenian, English

Right Side Human Rights Defender NGO is the first and leading community-based organization for trans and sex workers in Armenia and the region, founded in 2016 by trans activists. It provides legal, psychological, social, healthcare, and educational services to the trans, LGBTIQ, and sex worker communities, and advocates for their rights. The organization also works on capacity building, safety, and crisis preparedness for LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders.

Languages: Armenian, English

A Gender Agenda works with and on behalf of intersex, trans and gender diverse people, their friends, families and allies in Canberra and the surrounding region. Through education, advocacy, peer support and professional networks, they connect people to each other and build off the wisdom of collective experiences. They have been providing support for over fifteen years.

Languages: English