ISSUE GUIDES: Gay Rights
SOURCES AND RESOURCESOrganizations
The description of an organization is based on its own characterization of its work.
A nonpartisan research and education organization dedicated to promoting marriage. Maintains that marriage should only consist of unions between men and women.
P.O. Box 26188
Alexandria, VA 22313-6188
phone: (202) 607-7483
http://www.allianceformarriage.org
A nonprofit organization that advocates equality and fairness for unmarried people, including people who are
single, choose not to marry, cannot marry, or live together before marriage.
PMB 131, 358 7th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
phone: 347-987-1068
http://www.unmarried.org
An organization with a national network of attorneys who are committed to defending Judeo-Christian values. Engages in litigation, provides legal services, renders advice and counsels clients, and supports attorneys who are involved in defending the religious and civil liberties of Americans.
P.O. Box 64429
Virginia Beach, VA 23467
phone: (757) 226-2489
http://www.aclj.org
A project of the ACLU calling for equal treatment and dignity for gays and lesbians through impact lawsuits, legislation and policy, and education.
125 Broad St.
New York, NY 10004
phone: (212) 549-2627
http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/index.html
A scientific and professional organization for psychologists in the United States. The APA removed homosexuality from its list of mental and emotional disorders in 1973 and denies the effectiveness of “conversion therapy.”
750 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20002
phone: (202) 336-5500
http://www.apa.org
A nonpartisan public policy research foundation.
1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001-5403
phone: (202) 842-0200
http://www.cato.org
A nonprofit, activist organization dedicated to providing teens with candid sex education materials.
P.O. Box 77212
Washington, DC 20013-7212
phone: (773) 604-1654
http://www.positive.org
A nonprofit organization that focuses on the homosexual activist movement and “other forces that threaten to undermine marriage, family and religious freedom.”
1015 Fifteenth St. NW, Suite 1102
Washington, DC 20005
phone: (202) 488-7000
http://www.cultureandfamily.org/
A nonprofit, interdenominational Christian organization that promotes heterosexuality as God's creative intent for humanity, and subsequently views homosexual expression as outside of God's will.
P.O. Box 77652
Seattle, WA 98177
phone: (206) 784-7799
http://www.exodusglobalalliance.org
A nonprofit organization that seeks to advance the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered parents and their families through advocacy, education and the promotion of positive public policy.
P.O. Box 34337
San Diego, CA 92163
phone: (619) 296-0199
http://www.familypride.org