Local LGBTQ Resources
Saratoga Pride!
Saratoga Pride is a network of LGBTQ community members dedicated to: Fostering connections
among LGBTQ community members and visitors to the region; Enhancing the visibility
of the LGBTQ community in Saratoga and the surrounding region; Recognizing local businesses
and organizations that welcome the LGBTQ community; and Increasing awareness of LGBTQ-owned
and inclusive business and services in the region. http://www.saratogapride.com/
The Bridge LGBT Community Center
The Bridge is a non-profit LGBTQ community social drop-in center serving the greater
Glens Falls, Saratoga, and surrounding Adirondack regions. The Bridge: Provides a
safe and welcoming environment and meeting place for LGBT individuals and their allies;
Empowers LGBT individuals and groups to achieve their own goals and potential; Expands
the public’s awareness and understanding of the LGBT communities; and Fosters a culture
of diversity, inclusion and equality for all. http://www.thebridgelgbtcc.org/
The Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council (CDGLCC)
The CDGLCC is an organization devoted to serving the Capital District's lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) community. Located in Albany, NY, the Council has
been serving the Capital District for over thirty years. We provide numerous programs
and activities including youth and peer support groups, cultural events, commUNITY
(our publication), Capital Pride, The Rainbow Café, as well as workshops and seminars
on issues of concern to the community such as health, personal finance and family/legal
matters. We are also home to a number of recovery groups that serve the LGBT community.
http://www.cdglcc.org/
In Our Own Voices
An organization dedicated to serving the needs of LGBTQ people of color and our families
and friends. http://www.inourownvoices.org/
National LGBTQ Resources
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
Working for LGBT Rights http://www.hrc.org/
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
The mission of the NGLTF is to build the grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender community. http://www.thetaskforce.org/
Lambda Legal
The nation's oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of
lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS. http://www.lambdalegal.org/
OUT for Work
The mission of OUT for Work is to educate, prepare, and empower lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender college students as they make the transition from the world of academia
to the workplace. http://www.outforwork.org
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Transgender legal and civil rights advocacy. http://srlp.org/
Trans-Health
The online magazine of health and fitness for transsexual and transgendered people.
http://www.trans-health.com/
PFLAG
Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays promotes the health and well-being of
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through:
support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed
public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents,
Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about
sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy
and respectful of human diversity. http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=194&srcid=-2
