Links to States

National Organizations

The National Stonewall Democrats is a grassroots network connecting LGBT Democratic activists from Seattle,
Washington to Austin, Texas to Little Rock, Arkansas to Atlanta, Georgia. With more than 90 chapters across the
country, Stonewall is a grassroots force for social change within our movement and within our party. Our members
do the hard work of calling voters, putting together campaign mailings, going door-to-door for our fair-minded
candidates and having tough conversations with Democratic party officials about why our families need and deserve
more support from our party and its elected officials.

Who we are

Log Cabin Republicans courageously stand on the front lines of today's most important battleground for gay and lesbian civil rights. We are the nation's leading voice for fairness, inclusion, and tolerance in the GOP.

Our party stands at a crossroads. The GOP must choose between fairness and freedom or intolerance and exclusion. Log Cabin works tirelessly to make sure the Republican Party chooses the right path. Ending up on the wrong side of history will cost the GOP  for decades to come. So we tirelessly strive to achieve liberty and equality for all Americans.

What we believe

We are loyal Republicans. We believe in low taxes, limited government, strong defense, free markets, personal responsibility, and individual liberty. Log Cabin represents an important part of the American family-taxpaying, hard working people who proudly believe in this nation's greatness. We also believe all Americans have the right to liberty, freedom, and equality. Log Cabin stands up against those who preach hatred and intolerance. We stand up for the idea that all Americans deserve to be treated equal-regardless of their sexual orientation.

Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute - A BREAKthrough is many voices in government. loving parents protecting their family. the best person getting the job. a secure retirement - guaranteed. ‘til death do us part. Not much of a leap for some – unless you’re a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender American. Our mission is simple: to achieve true equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans by electing and supporting openly LGBT candidates and officials at the federal, state and local levels of public office.

The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition works to ensure that classrooms, communities, and workplaces are safe for everyone to learn, grow, and succeed - whether or not they meet expectations for masculinity and femininity.

As a human rights organization, GenderPAC also promotes an understanding of the connection between discrimination based on gender stereotypes and sex, sexual orientation, age, race, and class.

What Is GLIL?

Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty, or GLIL, is an international organization of persons committed to the political philosophy of individual liberty, both generally and as it affects lesbians, gay men, and bisexual persons. As such, we welcome classical liberals, market liberals, limited-government libertarians, anarcho-capitalists, and objectivists, as well as persons wishing to learn more about our views.

We believe that the source of sovereignty and the fundamental unit of society is the individual and reject any higher secular authority. We do not place the good of the "collective whole" above that of individuals, since "the collective whole" is at most a macroscopic averaging of individual actions. Nor do we accept the majority as the final arbiter, since being a majority does not confer ownership of the minority. Moreover, appeals to the "higher good" are circular, since they presuppose a moral right to impose one's view of the "higher good" on others.

From individual sovereignty we derive the non-coercion principle, which states that no person has the right to initiate force or fraud against another for any reason, no matter how virtuous that reason may appear. This principle deductively leads to "liberal" positions on some issues, such as as whether government should prohibit sodomy or drug use, and to "conservative" positions on other issues, such as whether government should redistribute wealth or protect us from our own foolishness.

We reject as arbitrary the distinction between "economic" and "personal" individual liberties. If the individual owns herself, then she must necessarily also own both her own body and the fruits of her own labor, absent a voluntary alienation of either. Thus, the two forms of individual liberty, often seen as being in opposition, actually have the same source.

If Jesus of Nazareth was anything, he was an extraordinary friend of the down- trodden, definitely a Liberal, whose advocacy on their behalf so infuriated
the ultra-Conservative religious and political leaders of his day that they had him killed to prevent the public from hearing the very liberal teaching that you
will see quoted abundantly in Jesus' own words on this web site !
Those who actually know what the Bible says about the life and teaching of Jesus recognize that far from being like Jesus of Nazareth, today's "Religious Right"
are much more like the kind of clerics who battled this revolutionary prophet from the day he opened his mouth until the day they had him nailed to a cross. 
Although these people claim to represent Jesus Christ, they rarely quote his teaching or follow his example.  What they do instead is use his name ("in vain") 
to promote their ideas, ideas which Jesus himself did not teach, and might well have opposed.

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians.   Your Christians
are so unlike your Christ."  - Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Outright Libertarians is an association of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other self-identified "queer" (LGBTQ) Libertarian Party activists and supporters.  We welcome anyone who believes in individual liberty and personal responsibility, and who wishes to actively promote Libertarianism to all those who love differently.

The Republican Unity Coalition (RUC) has always been about one big idea: making homosexuality a "non-issue" for the Republican Party.

Turn Out - Your guide to gay and lesbian politics on the web.

Contains links to some of the national groups and organizations working
on the political and social scene to make sure that the Constitution applies
to all Americans, including gays and lesbians. These are national and state
"general interest" organizations.

State & Local Organizations

Arizona

The Arizona Human Rights Fund (AHRF) is Arizona's only organization fighting exclusively for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights at both the Arizona Legislature and the voting booth. We are a non-partisan political advocacy organization that supports LGBT equality by influencing public policy through lobbying, coalition-building, educating voters, and supporting LGBT and LGBT-friendly candidates.

California

BAYMEC . . . your political voice
    Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee
 

The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC) is a non-partisan, political action committee serving the
 civil rights concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in the central coast counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and
Monterey since 1984.

California Legislative LGBT Caucus - The LGBT Caucus was originally formed in June 2002. Its role is to present a forum for the California Legislature to discuss issues
that affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Californians and to further the goal of equality and justice for all Californians. The LGBT Caucus’ formation made California the first state in the
country to recognize an official caucus of openly-LGBT state legislators.

Equality California - (Formerly California Alliance for Pride and Equality) - The mission of EQCA is to ensure the dignity, safety, equality and civil rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer Californians by directly lobbying the state government for appropriate legislation and public policies; educating the public about the communities' issues and concerns; and working with other communities to promote equality and understanding.

Fresno Stonewall Democrats is a Chartered Club of the Democratic Party’s
County Central Committee. The Club is devoted to advancing the equal rights of
all people, regardless of sexual orientation, preference, or identity. Fresno
Stonewall Democrats support the Democratic Party and those Democratic
Candidates who support our mission.

Inland Empire Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club

Concerned Democrats for Human Rights

The Inland Empire Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club (IELGDC) is a political
organization for the LGBT community of the greater Inland Empire, chartered by
the Democratic Party in Riverside County and San Bernardino County.  The
IELGDC is a member of the California Alliance for Pride and Equality (CAPE) and
of the National Stonewall Democratic Federation (NSDF).

      Orange County

                          The political home for San Francisco's queer left
 

Formed as the San Francisco chapter (www.outrightsf.org)
of Outright Libertarians (www.outrightusa.org).

This new chapter had our first meeting on March 10,
2002 at the new San Francisco LGBT Community Center.
Our bylaws allow the Executive committee to set a
regular meeting schedule on top of our mandatory annual meeting. We have met annually and will continue to do so until interest increases. We will use membership of this  email list as an indicator of that interest. Please join, and  give us any suggestions you may have to help introduce the Libertarian Party to the thousands of LGBT people in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Per an Outright-USA bylaws change in 2005, we are now the affiliate for the entire state of California.

The mission of the Stonewall Democratic Club of Greater Sacramento is to advance equal rights for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. We will support public policies that advance that mission in the United States , the State of California , and the greater Sacramento area. We will help elect qualified, openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to public office, as well as Democratic Party candidates that support equal rights for the LGBT community. We will work to sensitize and educate all Democratic candidates and office holders, the Democratic Party in general, and the community at large, to the issues and concerns of the LGBT community. Conversely, within the LGBT community we will promote the Democratic Party’s broad message of economic justice and social equality.

Colorado

About Us

We are the Colorado chapter of National Stonewall Democrats—a grassroots network connecting LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Democratic activists through over 90 Stonewall chapters throughout the United States.

Additionally, Colorado Stonewall Democrats is an official initiative with the Colorado Democratic Party. This is a relationship which is somewhat unusual for a Stonewall chapter. As an official initiative, Stonewall has representation at the highest levels of the party through the Colorado Democratic Party Central Committee.

At the same time, Stonewall recognizes how vital activism is locally. We are continuing to establish Stonewall caucuses in individual counties or congressional districts where our members can be engaged and active in theircommunities. We are also establishing caucuses among groups within the LGBT community, such as our Transgender Caucus, to represent the diverse facets of our community.

Delaware

About

Objectives

- Support legislative initiatives protecting and enhancing the rights of the GLBT community.
- Build bridges to Delaware Democratic Party leaders and elected officials
- Ensure GLBT inclusion in all aspects of the Delaware Democratic Party
- Build coalitions with other groups in support of our issues.
- Serve as media resource for GLBT issues in Delaware
- Educate the public on issues important to our community.

Who We Are

The Delaware Stonewall Democratic Club is a chapter of the National Stonewall Democrats. Our
mission is to secure for all gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals the equal human rights
guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the State of
Delaware; to foster the ideals of the Democratic Party; and to contribute to the Party's growth and
influence.

Florida

ARE YOU....

CONFUSED  because you don't know what to do about the political and social
challenges facing you as a concerned American voter, taxpayer, and citizen?

IRRITATED  from being told by extremists on the left and right that you are
either politically incorrect or socially abominable and because of those attacks
YOU don't know what to do?

FED UP with media distortions and people who demand your allegiance to every
liberal/left cause skewed by political rhetoric that demeans your conservative
values and ethical principles?

TIRED of the spin-doctors and less-that-friendly liberals who ignore fiscal
accountability and civil service to their constituents while publicly bashing you
because you believe in the principles of the Republican Party?

ANGRY enough to work within the Republican Party to ensure that extremists
never again dominate the Party of Lincoln, its conventions, or your elected
representatives at your expense and exclusion?

DO YOU.......

WANT the Republican Party to be more supportive of you and your issues?

BELIEVE fiscally responsible leaders who are compassionate social-conservatives
can join together in an amicable approach to support fairness, equality of rights
and inclusion for all Americans?

OBJECT to the government in your wallet? Your home? Your bedroom? Your
personal life?

IF THIS GRABS YOU, JOIN US!
THERE ARE LOTS OF US OUT THERE. 
UNITED, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!

Mission Statement

"Further, it shall be the mission of this organization to foster good will between
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) members of the Democratic Party
and the community at large. We seek individual freedom in the framework of a
just society and political freedom in the framework of meaningful participation by
all citizens."

Vision Statement

"A voice that seeks to instill awareness in the freedoms of a democratic society.
Educating future leaders and supporting the community at large. Maintain an
ongoing rapport and increasing viability with political entities."

Georgia

What is Log Cabin?

Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is the nation's largest gay and lesbian
Republican organization. We represent the next generation of the gay and
lesbian community. No longer will we be told where we must live, how we must
dress, who our leaders must be and how we must vote. Now there is a political
alternative.

Log Cabin was founded in 1978 to battle the nation's first anti-gay ballot
measure – California's Proposition 6, which would have made it legal to dismiss
gay or lesbian public school teachers solely based on their sexual orientation. The
gay Republican opposition in Los Angeles came to refer to itself as the Log Cabin
Club in reference to Abraham Lincoln and the heritage of the Republican Party.
These first Log Cabin activists enlisted Ronald Reagan to publicly oppose the
California measure, which then went down to defeat. Since then, Log Cabin
Republicans has grown to become a leading voice on the national stage on behalf
of the mainstream concerns of the gay and lesbian community.

Indiana

MISSION STATEMENT

Indiana Stonewall Democrats (ISD) is the state organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender Democrats and their friends.  ISD is committed to improving the record of the Democratic Party and educating voters about the vast difference that exists between the two major parties on issues of importance to our communities.

WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES OF THE INDIANA
STONEWALL DEMOCRATS?

• Sensitize and educate Democratic candidates and officeholders and the Democratic Party to the issues and
  concerns of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community.
• Promote the Democratic Party's message of economic justice and social equality in the GLBT community.
• Encourage GLBT participation in the campaigns of Democratic candidates and at all levels of the Democratic
  Party.
• Elect Democratic candidates to public office by maximizing the Democratic turnout in the GLBT community.

Maine

EqualityMaine (formerly the Maine Lesbian Gay Political Alliance), is our state’s oldest and largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender political advocacy organization. EqualityMaine has over 1,000 members from every region of Maine - all committed to making our vision of equality a reality.

EqualityMaine acts in support of people of diverse orientation and gender identity through education, legislation and collaboration in Maine. We envision a Maine in which all people of diverse orientation and gender identity live in a state where they are safe with their families, welcomed in their community and secure in the workplace, because they have full equality.

Massachusetts

Welcome to the site for Bay State Stonewall Democrats (formerly Bay State Gay & Lesbian Democrats), working to advance gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights within and through the Democratic Party of Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is dedicated to ending discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression. We educate
the public, lobby state and local government, encourage political activism, and empower community members through collective action.

The MTPC’s work is guided by the following values: equal rights and institutional responsibility; working against all forms of oppression; building broad-based participation and community power; developing leaders and building coalitions; drawing strength from diverse experiences and identities; being informed by our history and elders; growing through challenge and critique; being inclusive of those who cannot be fully visible; and accountability to the communities for which we work.

Michigan

About Log Cabin Republicans of Michigan

Vision: We exist to promote core Republican values of liberty and equality in the State of Michigan.

Mission Statement: To strength the bonds between the Michigan State Republican Party and the gay and lesbian organizations and communities by
promoting core Republican values of liberty and equality.

Goals: We will work to increase gay and lesbian participation within the Michigan State Republican Party through grassroots efforts statewide.

Objectives:

1. To promote the growth of Log Cabin Republicans in the State of Michigan.
2. To promote the involvement of gay and lesbian organizations and communities .
3. To promote the election and appointment of fair-minded Republicans statewide.
4. Advocate for the inclusion of policies promoting equality within the Michigan State Republican Party.

Mission Statement

It is our mission to work through the Democratic Party to advance the rights of all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. We
focus on mobilizing the LGBT community on campus to get involved in politics and to vote in order to elect fair-minded Democrats; on educating both
the LGBT community on campus, as well as the larger community about LGBT issues and about the differences between the political parties; and on
standing up to Republican attacks while working within the Democratic Party as it continues to improve its record on issues important to our
community.

It is the goal of the Stonewall Democrats to be inclusive of the entire democratic-minded LGBT community, as well as our straight allies, at the
University of Michigan.

Minnesota

Stonewall DFL is a political organization that works for a safe and equitable Minnesota by electing GLBT and allied Democrats to office in Minnesota and in the DFL. While other political parties may talk about GLBT rights, the DFL has a proud record that demonstrates its commitment to social justice and fair-minded equality.

Missouri

Montana

Pride Montana civil rights groups have joined a race against time to fight an antigay initiative that would embed marriage discrimination in the state's Constitution. Montana's Constitution is internationally recognized as a model for protecting individual freedom. Montanans for Families and Fairness has been launched to fight CI 96, the Marriage Discrimination Amendment. The first (and hopefully definitive) phase of the campaign is to make an impact on the antigay petition drive. If right wing evangelistas gather 41,000 signatures from 28 counties by mid-June, the constitutional amendment will be put to voters in the November election. HELP US KEEP DISCRIMINATION OFF THE BALLOT AND OUT OF THE CONSTITUTION!

Nevada

New Hampshire

New York

In time for the mid-term elections and preparing for 2008, Equalityny.com will continue to be centered around GLBT and progressive politics in New York State.  If you are a user on Progressiveny.com, register at Equalityny.com with its new community builder feature -- the ability to make connections with other users.

We have no paid staff and no office. But we do have over 300 members, over 5,000 friends and a core of hard working volunteer board members who keep L.I.D. focused on these priorities:

Keeping lesbian and gay issues visible in Brooklyn and educating our community and our friends

Registering voters

Screening and endorsing candidates

Lobbying elected officials

Agenda and Mission

The mission of SDNYC is to advocate for legislation that guarantees equality and fairness for the LGBT
community in New York City, and to support openly LGBT and gay-friendly candidates for greater
representation in the political process.

Ohio

Mission

Ensuring sensitivity, understanding and support for issues of importance to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community

Educating, promoting and electing Democratic candidates who are supportive of such issues.

Organizing, educating and energizing the GLBT community to work for, support and elect these Democratic candidates.

Pennsylvania

The following goals of Liberty City remain the primary objectives of the organization.

The Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Alliance Action Center

The Pennsylvania Gay And Lesbian Alliance (PA-GALA) is the largest LGBT political advocacy organization in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PA-GALA works to achieve full equality for LGBT Pennsylvanians at the Federal, State and Local levels of government.

Texas

Sensitize and educate Democratic candidates and officeholders and the Democratic Party to the
issues and concerns of the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender (GLBT) community.

Promote the Democratic Party's message of economic justice and social equality in the GLBT
community.

Encourage GLBT participation in the campaigns of Democratic candidates and participation at
all levels of the Democratic Party.

Elect Democratic candidates to public office by maximizing the Democratic turnout in the
GLBT community.

The Texas Equity PAC political action committee works to elect pro-equality state legislators.

• Sensitize Democratic candidates and officeholders to the political needs of the gay and lesbian community
• Promote the Democratic Party's message of economic justice and social progress in the gay and lesbian community.
• Encourage gay and lesbian participation in the campaigns of Democratic candidates and at all levels of the Democratic Party.
• Facilitate the election of Democratic candidates to public office by maximizing the Democratic turnout in the gay and lesbian community.

The Stonewall Democrats of Dallas is affiliated with our statewide organization, the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus, and our national organization, the National Stonewall Democrats. All members of Stonewall Democrats of Dallas are also members of the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus as well as the National Stonewall Democrats. The "Stonewall Democrats" organization is the only "officially recognized " GLBT organization of the Texas Democratic Party and our statewide President and Vice President also serve on the State Democratic Executive Committee, which is the governing body of the
Texas Democratic Party.

Utah

Virginia

About the Virginia Partisans

Proud in Virginia!

The Virginia Partisans Gay and Lesbian Democratic Club, a nonprofit organization, serves as a channel for the participation and involvement of gays and lesbians in the Democratic Party in the Commonwealth of Virginia. To meet this objective, Virginia Partisans:

-serves as a lobbying group promoting gay and lesbian concerns in party platforms and policies;

-supports specific Democratic candidates and candidates who are not affiliated with other political parties and have no Democratic Party opponent, and;

-provides personnel and financial assistance to campaigns within Federal, State and local law.

Washington

Log Cabin Republicans of Washington is the home for mainstream gays and lesbians who want to make a difference in their state and country. We care deeply about equality, and we hold Republican views on crime, fiscal responsibility and foreign policy. We believe in individual rights rather than group rights. We believe in limited government rather than big government. We believe that free markets lead to free people, and that all Americans should be able to participate fully in the political process.

Washington DC

The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club is the voice of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Democrats in the District of Columbia. Established in 1976, Gertrude Stein is one of the oldest Democratic clubs in the District and is a founding chapter of the National Stonewall Democrats. The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club maintains active members in each of the 8 wards of the District of Columbia.

Wisconsin

An organization of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Libertarian activists in the state of Wisconsin.

Libertarians are independent, principled people who are self-reliant and who have reluctantly entered the political arena in order to re-establish the values and freedoms that made this country great.

Outright Libertarians serves as a two-way bridge between the Libertarian Party and those citizens with differing sexual orientations. To learn more about the national organization, visit http://www.outrightusa.org.

Through activism and outreach, we find free-thinking individuals in the gay community and introduce them to the Libertarian Party. By being active within the Libertarian Party, we work to keep the party lifestyle inclusive. And we work with the Libertarian Party to protect our individual freedoms and demand the equal rights and responsibilities guaranteed to all persons under the law.