"HRC seeks to improve the lives of LGBT Americans by advocating for equal rights and benefits in the workplace, ensuring families are treated equally under the law and increasing public support among all Americans."
The Human Rights Campaign is arguably the most popular activist group for the advocation of human rights in the LGBT community. The HRC has been in action since 1980 and is the largest civil rights organization dedicated to Gay Rights. The symbol of the HRC, the equal sign, has become an important symbol for equality in the LGBT community.
The site gives information on the history of the organization, how you can get involved, issues, resources, local outlets, support groups, and facts and statistics about the LGBT community.
Visit the Human Rights Campaign at www.HRC.org
Speakout.com is a website where people can educate themselves on becoming an activist for a certain human rights issue. Their page regarding Gay Rights lists factual information and statistics regarding the LGBT community.
Some topics you can find on Speakout's page include Adoption, Civil Unions, Civil Unions Benefits, Federal Benefits NOT Covered in Civil Unions, and Societal Issues.
You can also find more headlines listed on the page's site, a forum discussing the topic, links to other blogs, and information on how to get involved. Visit Speakout's Gay Rights page at http://speakout.com/activism/gayrights/
The headline of Amnesty International's Gay Rights page states "Amnesty International believes that all people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, should be able to enjoy the full range of human rights, without exception."
However, people around the world are abused for their sexual orientation every day. Amnesty international believes that by highlighting and focusing on said abuse, people can take action to address this violence and discrimination towards members of the LGBT community. Amnesty's activists are working to protect the basic human right to dignity in the LGBT community.
The site has resources for how to get involved, LGBT news updates, rights issues, and the progress of bills and legislation regarding gay rights.
Visit Amnesty International's Gay Rights page at http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/lgbt-rights
The Public Agenda Issue Guide is a portal for information on a number of social issues. For each said issue, there is a "guide" or a fact sheet, that gives the reader an overview of facts on a given topic.
The issue guide for Gay Rights states in the Overview "For much of American history, indeed, for much of world history, homosexuality has been a taboo subject. Often, it has been considered a crime in and of itself. Yet today, millions of gay and lesbian Americans are not only open about their sexuality, they are campaigning for new laws which they say would grant them the same rights accorded to heterosexuals, including the right to marry. Same-sex marriage, now legal in five states and the District of Columbia, as well as seven nations around the world, places gay and lesbian relationships on a legal par with traditional families for the first time in Western history."
The guide gives information on employment discrimination, public views, chief concerns, bills and legislation, and what to consider.
The ACLU
"The mission of the ACLU LGBT Project is the creation of a society in which lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people enjoy the constitutional rights of equality, privacy and personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association."
The American Civil Liberties Union is a national organization advocating the rights of the individual. They do so by litigating, legislating, and educating the American public on a number of issues, including those in the LGBT Community. The ACLU has a web page dedicated to the LGBT Rights Movements including court cases, what you can do to help, and other listed resources.
The website states "The LGBT Project works for an America free of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This means an America where LGBT people can live openly, where our identities, relationships and families are respected, and where there is fair treatment on the job, in schools, housing, public places, health care, and government programs."
Visit the ACLU's LGBT Rights page at https://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights
