Manifest Equality

** Currently underway in California, the court case Perry v Schwarzenegger, is challenging the constitutional validity of California Proposition 8 (the California Marriage Protection Act). Supporters of Equal Rights are fighting to strike down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. The case is widely regarded as a landmark case that will be appealed to the Supreme Court. You can follow the daily progress of the case at http://prop8trialtracker.com/

Over the next few weeks we will be adding tools and resources you can use to educate yourself, begin conversations with your friends, family, and co-workers, and opportunities for you to volunteer in order to make full & unrestricted equality a reality.

Courage Campaign

The Courage Campaign is an online organizing network that empowers more than 700,000 grassroots and netroots activists to push for progressive change and equality in California and across the country. As a leading multi-issue advocacy organization in the progressive movement, the Courage Campaign's work is made possible by thousands of small-dollar donations from community members.

Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian and gay political organization, envisions an America where lesbian and gay 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 more than 250,000 members, both gay and non-gay -- all committed to making this vision a reality.

Freedom To Marry

Freedom to Marry is the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide. Headed by Evan Wolfson, one of America's leading civil rights advocates and lawyers, Freedom to Marry brings new resources and a renewed context of urgency and opportunity to this social justice movement. Freedom to Marry brings the work of its partner organizations and their many approaches — litigation, legislation, direct action, and public education — into a larger whole, a shared civil rights campaign that fosters heightened outreach to non-gay allies.

NGLTF

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is a leading progressive civil rights organization that has supported grassroots organizing and advocacy since 1973. Since its inception, NGLTF has been at the forefront of every major initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. In all its efforts, NGLTF helps to strengthen the gay and lesbian movement at the state and local level while connecting these activities to a national vision of change.

GLAAD

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. We invite you to utilize these pages to access information about how the media portrays the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community or how you can respond to media defamation and affirmation. Before you start, we encourage you to learn about GLAAD. Here are a few links to our history, some of our victories and a directory of offices, staff and board.

GLSEN

Gay, Lesbian, Straight Educator’s Network is the largest national organization that brings together teachers, parents, students, and concerned citizens to work together to end homophobia in our schools. Over a third of GLSEN members are non-gay, and an equal number work outside of schools.

PFLAG

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered 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.

Lambda Legal

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. Lambda carries out its legal work principally through test cases selected for the likelihood of their success in establishing positive legal precedents that will affect lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS.

GSANET

Gay-Straight Alliance Network empowers youth activists to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools through Gay-Straight Alliance clubs.

NCLR

The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education. NCLR is a non-profit, public interest law firm which litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBT community; provides free legal assistance to LGBT people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBT legal issues.

Trevor Project

The Trevor Project is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. The Trevor Project operates the only accredited, nationwide, around-the-clock crisis and suicide prevention helpline for LGBTQ youth. If you or a friend are feeling lost or alone, call The Trevor Helpline. There is hope, there is help.

FAIR

With its finger on the pulse of the passion and potential within our generation, FAIR is revolutionizing what it means to be young and active. Stepping up after the passage of Proposition 8 to galvanize emerging leaders, FAIR has emerged as a grassroots force with its head in Hollywood, its heart in Sacramento, and its feet planted firmly in the grassroots. Working to create a tangible shift in California's marriage equality movement, FAIR embodies and empowers a new generation to claim equality and freedom as their own and wages war on homophobia, with pop culture street cred backing us up.

Equal Roots

The Equal Roots coalition is a collection of primarily young and new activists in the Los Angeles area that are dedicated to achieving full federal and social equality for the LGBTQ community. While tackling issues ranging from the repeal of Prop 8 to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell to compensating for California’s HIV / AIDS budget cuts we strive to build a stronger and more productive infrastructure for our community. We believe that by engaging in programs that require the cooperation of individuals and organizations across the divides of gender, sexual orientation, race, and faith our cause for a stronger LGBTQ community will be enhanced and our quest for equality furthered.

White Knot

White Knot for Equality's mission is to work to achieve equal rights for the LGBT population by: * educating people on the importance of Marriage Equality, * engaging people in the conversations needed to change hearts and minds, * and showing the wide-spread support Marriage Equality truly has.

RENWL

We are your neighbors, co-workers, teachers, students, community activists, friends and family members. We are Renwl: the West Adams/Los Angeles South Neighborhood Equality Team formed through the Courage Campaign Equality Hub. And we’re doing outreach to put real human faces and stories behind this movement. We’re particularly excited about working with such a multicultural mix of gay and straight activists who have come from all over the city to join our neighborhood team.

Campus Pride

Campus Pride is a national nonprofit organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBT students. The organization is a volunteer-driven network "for" and "by" student leaders.