LGBTQ+: Organizations

Main page at WKU for DEI resources and support

Central resource for all WKU LGBTQ+ members on campus

The Hilltopper Pride Network is a resource group for LGBTQIA+ faculty and staff, as well as allies, which focuses on supporting a campus culture dedicated to inclusion and equity.

Envisions an America where LGBTQ+ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. HRC has close to 600,000 members—all committed to making this vision of equality a reality.

Non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and those questioning their sexual orientation and gender identity.

Activist organization and national resource center for grassroots lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organizations.

A worldwide federation of more than 1,600 organisations from over 150 countries and territories campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex human rights.

A nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe.

A national nonprofit grassroots organization which promotes the well-being of lesbian and gay people, their families, and friends through education and advocacy.

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film Trevor, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.

The ACLU works to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people can live openly without discrimination and enjoy equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association.

The only national gay and lesbian multimedia watchdog organization, dedicated to promoting fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.

The largest legal organization in the United States. Since 1973, the staff has worked to secure civil rights for gays, lesbians and persons with HIV through education, public policy work and litigation.

Works nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression.

The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender legal organizations. The LGBTQ+ Bar promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBTQ+ community in all its diversity.

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.

Works at the international, regional and national levels to research, document, defend, and advance human rights for LGBTIQ people around the world.

The business voice of the LGBTQ+ community, the largest advocacy organization dedicated to expanding economic opportunities and advancements for LGBTQ+ people, and the exclusive certifying body for LGBTQ+-owned businesses.

A professional society that educates and advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

National organization committed to ensuring health equity for LGBTQ+ and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ+ and SGM health professionals in their work and learning environments.

An organization of journalists, media professionals, educators and students working from within the news industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ+ issues.