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GAY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS
PARENTS, FRIENDS & FAMILIES OF LESBIANS AND GAYS (PFLAG): National organization providing support, education and advocacy for parents, friends and families of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. Many local chapters.  
NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TASK FORCE: The national progressive organization working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, with the vision and commitment to building a powerful political movement.  
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: A national nonprofit organization advocating for equality and fairness for unmarried people, including people who choose not to marry, cannot marry, or live together before marriage.  
GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION: Dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.  
FREEDOM TO MARRY COALITION OF MASSACHUSETTS: Engages in grassroots education, advocacy, and lobbying in support of civil marriage rights for same-sex couples.  
ALTERNATIVES TO MARRIAGE PROJECT: A national nonprofit organization advocating for equality and fairness for unmarried people, including people who choose not to marry, cannot marry, or live together before marriage.  
GAY AND LESBIAN ADVOCATES AND DEFENDERS (GLAD): New England's leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression. Argued the Vermont case that resulted in civil unions.  
LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: A national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.  
THE CAMPAIGN TO END HOMOPHOBIA: A not-for-profit corporation. Friends include parents of lesbian and gay children, rabbis, priests, therapists, writers, community organizers, family planning staff, sexuality educators, AIDS activists, anti-oppression educators and diversity trainers, college students and their advisors, and lesbian, gay, and bisexual activists. A multicultural group focusing on learning about the relationships between homophobia/heterosexism and other forms of oppression and developing personal, cultural, and institutional strategies to educate ourselves and others. Good online resources for education.