GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES

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Log Cabin Republicans
Log Cabin Republicans is the nation's largest organization of Republicans who support fairness, freedom, and equality for gay and lesbian Americans. Log Cabin has state and local chapters nationwide, a full-time Washington office, and a federal political action committee.

Williams Institute

The Williams Institute advances sexual orientation law and public policy through rigorous, independent research and scholarship, and disseminates it to judges, legislators, policymakers, media and the public. A national think tank at UCLA Law, the Williams Institute produces high quality research with real-world relevance.

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is New England's leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression.

The 1,049 rights and benefits of marriage in federal law
This 1997 report from the United States General Accounting Office lists the 1,049 rights and benefits of marriage under federal law. This number was recently updated. There are now 1,138 rights and benefits of marriage in federal law.

Freedom to Marry
Freedom to Marry is the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide.

Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) of Washington, DC, is a local, all-volunteer, non-partisan, non-profit political organization, founded in 1971 to advance the equal rights of gay men and lesbians in Washington, DC. This site has many helpful links and resources.

Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is 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.

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