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Aging with Pride

News and events for Aging with Pride, an organization of senior LGBT+ members and allies, develops and sponsors social/recreational and educational events to promote healthy leisure activities, community and an active, enjoyable lifestyle.
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Artifacts on 10th

News and events from Artifacts on 10th.
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ASCEND Erie

ASCEND Climbing is the proud operator of climbing, fitness, and yoga facilities.
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Ashtabula Pride, Inc.

Ashtabula Pride, Inc. provides safe and celebratory events that fuel the advancement of equality and justice for LGBTQ+.
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Bears Do Dinner

Bears Do Dinner began in July of 2013 as a group of guys in the Erie area that wanted to get together once a month outside of a bar night. Erie itself doesn't have a 'bear organization' per se, but local guys that attend various events, both locally and abroad. You don't need to use a 'bear,' 'cub,' or another label to join us for dinner. Each month we try to pick a new location around the area for a social dinner. The places we pick move around, as well as dates/times based on a group majority and establishment hours of operation.
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Chautauqua Institution

Compton's Table

In 1966 at Compton's Cafeteria, gender-expansive people responded to the hostility they were subjected to, simply because they existed, with an act of resistance. In solidarity, today, Compton's Table serves as a place where queer youth and young adults can find community and resist marginalization. Our mission is to eliminate systemic inequity, create community through peer connection, and empower queer youth and young adults to be agents of change. Together with the individuals and communities we serve, Compton's Table works to create a thriving LGBTQIAA community.
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Eerie Horror Fest

The Eerie Horror Fest is a program of the Film Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Our mission is to elevate Erie’s film industry, empower regional filmmakers, and foster patronage for the art of film.
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Erie Community Foundation

The mission of The Erie Community Foundation is to improve the quality of life for all in our region by evaluating and addressing community issues, by building permanent charitable endowments and by promoting philanthropic and community leadership.
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Erie Gladigaytors

Join us every Monday at Beach 6 on Presque Isle for some friendly fun in the sun volleyball! Right now, we are planning on starting at 7pm with maybe dinner and drinks afterward. We need at least 8 players in order to play so feel free to invite others to group.
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Erie Sisters and Brothers

News from Erie Sisters and Brothers, our local cross-dresser, transvestite, transgender support and social group.
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Full Spectrum Community Outreach Center

Full Spectrum Community Outreach Center is helping to build an inclusive world where LGBTQIA+ people thrive as healthy, equal and complete members of society. We promote awareness, education, mental and emotional health, as well as advocacy for the LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual, and our Allies) community within Mahoning Valley
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Gender and Sexuality Club (GASE) - Penn State Behrend

Goodell Gardens & Homestead

The Mission of Goodell Gardens & Homestead is to create beautiful gardens and natural spaces where people visit to enjoy, gather, learn, and refresh.
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Governor's Advisory Commission on LGBTQ Affairs

Greater Erie Alliance for Equality

Incorporated in 2006 as Erie Gay Pride, Inc., the Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc. (GEAE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the region's LGBT community and its straight allies through education, open dialogue and public visibility.
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Identity/EUP

News and events from Identity, PennWest/Edinboro University's LGBTQIA+ inclusive group.
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Jamestown Pride

Jamestown Pride is a community organization in Jamestown, New York that supports LGBTQIA+ activities in the Chautauqua County region.
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Journey To A Trauma Informed Life

Our mission: to enter into an inclusive, holistic, healing journey with everyone who utilizes our services. We envision a community where all individuals are trauma-informed, empowered, and engaged journeyers.
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Journey: Healing Together

Journey: Healing Together exists to foster connections and build equity among diverse affinity groups; we do this to unite communities in collective healing. We are currently establishing roots in the heart of downtown Erie to grow and fulfill our purpose of creating healing spaces to New Majority communities.
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LGBTQ+ Coalition Of Ashtabula County

The LGBTQ+ Coalition of Ashtabula County celebrates the queer community and promotes diversity, equality, and justice through advocacy, education, respect and inclusivity of all people.
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Mayor's LGBTQ+ Advisory Council

Moxi Hair Salon

At Moxi Hair Salon, we pride ourselves in providing personalized and inclusive hair services while having the least environmental impact as possible. We are passionate about sustainability in the beauty industry and continually make strides to lower our carbon footprint. Moxi Hair Salon is the area's first gender-neutral salon, and we work hard to be a safer space for all of our community including our LGBTQ+ members.
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Niagara Pride

Niagara Pride is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving LGBTQ+ individuals and families in Niagara County and Western New York (WNY). We offer educational programming, engage in charitable works, and offer social programming to create safe and welcoming environment for all those who identify as LGBTQ+ living throughout WNY. Niagara Pride, Inc. envisions an LGBTQ+ community in which individuals and families feel safe, secure, and affirmed where they live, work, worship, and play, especially in the Niagara County and the surrounding WNY areas. Niagara Pride strives to be an integrated part of the social fabric of Western New York.
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O'Connell & Company

O'Connell & Company Productions is a non-profit professional theatre organization dedicated to entertaining through educating, inspiring, and creating community with the performing arts. We celebrate the essential part of the theatre to illuminate our common humanity by presenting regional premieres, popular classics, musicals and plays with strong female characters and/or female playwrights, directors and works that center on the empowerment of women. We make these important choices to provide gender parity in the arts.
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OddCity Entertainment

A collective of friends hosting entertaining events for good causes and general enjoyment.
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Pennsylvania Values

Our future prosperity as a state depends on a strong economy and ensuring equal opportunity for all. Protecting LGBT Pennsylvanians from discrimination is about living up to our Pennsylvania Values. Updating our state laws to include protections for LGBT Pennsylvanians will send the message that our state is truly open for business to all, and that LGBT Pennsylvanians can live their daily lives with dignity. Together, we can make sure that Pennsylvania is a wonderful place to work, live, and raise a family – for everyone.
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Peter Tatchell Foundation

The Peter Tatchell Foundation (PTF) seeks to promote and protect the human rights of individuals, communities and nations, in the UK and internationally, in accordance with established national and international human rights law.
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PFLAG of Chautauqua

PFLAG envisions a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed inclusive of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
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Pittsburgh Pride

Pittsburgh Pride Group is a consortium of local TLGBQIA+ organizations that works together to create community-focused pride events.
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Safe Journey

Safe Journey is caring & trained advocates providing individual support counseling and advocacy to women and children as well as friends and family who know or suspect that someone they know is being abused. Safe Journey was organized in early 1978 by a group of concerned residents in Union City, PA, that included people of faith, the justice of the peace, police officers, a social worker and other townspeople who were instrumental in identifying the need for domestic violence services.
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SafeNet Center

News and events from SafeNet Erie.
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Sexual Wellness PA

A welcoming space for folks of all backgrounds to explore ways we can all work toward a culture of sexual safety, wellness, and pleasure.
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SisTers PGH

SisTers PGH was created to aid and rehabilitate transgender and people of color and impoverished individuals , those that have been victimized by a society that does not allow them to thrive within the community with permanent solutions to marginalization. By educating transgender issues and people of color through outreach and advocacy, we will help to empower trans people within their communities. SisTers PGH is a BLACK and TRANS led non-profit organization which serves black and brown, trans and nonbinary people within our communities.
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Sneakers Jamestown

Sneakers is an LGBT owned and operated establishment in Jamestown, New York. We have had our doors open for over 30 years serving cold drinks 6 days a week.
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Transfamily of NWPA

TransFamily of NWPA is a support group created to serve the transgender community of Northwestern PA and the surrounding region.
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United Way of Erie County

United Way of Erie County is a local social impact organization on a mission to crush poverty in our community.
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UPMC Hamot

News and events from UPMC Hamot
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Warren County Pride

Warren County Pride is the hub for planning and promoting the Pride Day event in Warren County.
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Whee! Pride

Discover our inclusive and diverse LGBTQ pride products at WheePride.shop! Our online store offers a wide range of Queer apparel, accessories, gifts, and more. Show your support and celebrate pride with our high-quality, affordable items. Shop now and Live Life Out Loud!
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White House

News and events from the White House in Washington DC.
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Yellow Brick Roads LGBTQ+ Allies Organization

Cultivate affirmative, non-judgmental spaces for cis-gendered loved ones as they walk through their process of "coming out" as Allies of the LBGTQIA+ community. We will help them to explore and develop their LGBTQIA+ allyship through opportunities for education, discussion, community & political engagement.
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Zone Dance Club

News from the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie PA.
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Entertainment and Travel

All An Act Theatre

News and events from All An Act, 652 West 17th Street (17th & Poplar Street), Erie, Pa 16502.
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Arlene's Broadway on Buffalo

Black Public Media

Black Public Media supports the development of visionary content creators and distributes stories about the global Black experience to inspire a more equitable and inclusive future.
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Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

Buffalo United Artists

Buffalo United Artists (BUA) is a self-supporting collective of professional theater artists working to present provocative and relevant work that examines the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer experience. They aspire to present theater that entertains, enlightens, and captures the imagination.
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Cirque du Soleil

News and events from Cirque du Soleil
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Dreams of Hope

Dreams of Hope (DOH) has established itself as Pittsburgh's only arts-focused, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied (LGBTA) youth (13-21) organization. The organization was founded in 2003 by Susan Haugh, current Artistic Director, with a $2,500 grant from the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and with assistance from three collaborating artists
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Equalpride

Equalpride is the leading certified LGBTQ+ owned & operated media, digital, social, TV, print and entertainment company in the country. Our mission is to provide content of inspiration, hope, community, equality and love through our platforms that reach a vast majority of diverse American audiences. We are a community of storytellers, innovators, and influencers with a portfolio that includes some of the world's most prestigious LGBTQ+ brands: Out, The Advocate, Out Traveler, Plus, PRIDE.COM, and the all-new 24/7 streaming Advocate Channel.
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Erie Art Museum

The mission of the Erie Art Museum is to maintain an institution of excellence dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the visual arts by developing and maintaining a quality art collection, encouraging art in all its forms, fostering lifelong art learning, and building community among artists, art students and the public.
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LGBT Travel with Bill Malcolm

LGBT value travel with an emphasis on new adventures, going where the locals go, affordable fun.
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Logo TV

The LGBT world has a place all its own with Logo, the lesbian & gay network from MTV Networks. Whether it's on TV, online, or on your mobile, Logo brings you the stories, shows and news you won't see anywhere else. From original series and films to groundbreaking documentaries to LGBT news and more.
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Lotz of Tea

The talk show about love, healing, and acceptance! Hosted by Mona Lotz with therapist "Marjorie"
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MTV

News and events from MTV.
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PACA

News and events from PACA
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Pride Journeys

Pride Journeys is the premier source for LGBT travel. We publish destination reviews in addition to lifestyle content that is both insightful and engaging to our readers. Our content focus on news, entertainment, food, wine, and culture. Join us for a journey of a lifetime as we explore the world.
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Renaissance City Choir

Located in Pittsburgh, Renaissance City Choir affirms and celebrates LGBTQIA+ identity through the unifying power of music. www.rccpittsburgh.com
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RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race, the fiercest competition on primetime. Each supersized, 90-minute episode of RuPaul's Drag Race will give fans more fashion, lip-syncs and drag than ever before. The new season premieres on VH1 on Thursday, March 22nd, followed by the popular, Emmy Award-nominated after-show RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked.
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Salvatore's Italian Gardens Restaurant

Salvatore's Italian Gardens is a renowned dining destination located in Buffalo, NY, offering exquisite cuisine, exceptional service, and unforgettable experiences for over 60 years. With its elegant ambiance and commitment to culinary excellence, Salvatore's Italian Gardens continues to set the standard for fine dining in Western New York.
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Tom Goss Music

VisitErie

VisitErie has great things to do and see around Erie PA!
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Local Faces and Photos

G2H2 (Gay Guy/Gal Happy Hour)

G2H2 stands for Gay Guy (or Gay Girl) Happy Hour. It's modeled after similar groups in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. G2H2/Erie takes place the first Friday of every month in a new location around town, providing GLBT professionals, and our colleagues and friends, the opportunity to meet, network or just hang out.
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LBT Women of Erie

LBT Women of Erie is a social and support group for lesbian, bisexual and transgender women. Our group has been together in its current form since October, 2008. We hold monthly meetings at Brew Ha Ha at the Colony, in Erie. With a few exceptions, all meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month at noon. Members and first-timers are encouraged to bring ideas and information on events that they would like to participate in with the group. Our events are as varied as the women in our group, and any given month you should be able to find an event to attend that will interest you.
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Political, Activism and Legal

ACLU News

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. The ACLU also works to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including people of color; women; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people; prisoners; and people with disabilities.
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American Bar Association

The American Bar Association is one of the world’s largest voluntary professional organizations, with nearly 400,000 members and more than 3,500 entities. It is committed to doing what only a national association of attorneys can do: serving our members, improving the legal profession, eliminating bias and enhancing diversity, and advancing the rule of law throughout the United States and around the world.
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Center for Constitutional Rights

The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. We do that by combining cutting-edge litigation, advocacy and strategic communications in work on a broad range of civil and human rights issues,
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CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers

CenterLink strengthens, supports, and connects LGBTQ community centers. Founded in 1994, CenterLink plays an important role in addressing the challenges centers face by helping them to improve their organizational and service delivery capacity, access public resources, and engage their regional communities in the grassroots social justice movement. www.lgbtcenters.org
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Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee - DLCC

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) is the official Democratic Party committee dedicated to winning America's state legislatures and building state infrastructure. Over the last decade, we have fought cycle-over-cycle to gain a dozen new legislative chamber majorities and we are leading the effort to bring national attention and investment to our ballot level. State legislatures are the building blocks of our democracy and have the closest connections to Americans' day-to-day lives. From protecting fundamental freedoms and voting rights to growing the middle class, the DLCC and state legislators are moving the Democratic agenda forward and shaping the future of this country.
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Equality California

Equality California is California’s premier statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization focused on creating a fair and just society. Our mission is to achieve and maintain full and lasting equality, acceptance, and social justice for all people in our diverse LGBT communities, inside and outside of California. Our mission includes advancing the health and well-being of LGBT Californians through direct healthcare service advocacy and education. Through electoral, advocacy, education and mobilization programs, we strive to create a broad and diverse alliance of LGBT people, educators, government officials, communities of color and faith, labor, business, and social justice communities to achieve our goals.
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Fairness Campaign KY

The Fairness Campaign seeks to dismantle oppression and build an inclusive community where all individuals are valued and empowered to reach their full potential.
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Fairness Pennsylvania

Fairness Pennsylvania is the statewide civil rights advocacy organization dedicated to fair treatment and civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Pennsylvanians. Our mission is to ensure LGBTQ+ people can be open, honest and safe at home, at work, and in the community. We are open to everyone who believes in fundamental fairness. Fairness Pennsylvania is a Pennsylvania-based program affiliated with and sponsored by Fairness West Virginia.
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Gilbert Baker Foundation

Founded in 2019, the Gilbert Baker Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that honors the legacy of artist-activist Gilbert Baker (1951=2017), creator of the original Rainbow Flag, through a series of cultural and educational initiatives.
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GLAAD

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) amplifies the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present, and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively. By ensuring that the stories of LGBT people are heard through the media, GLAAD promotes understanding, increases acceptance, and advances equality.
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GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

Since 1978, GLAD has achieved scores of legal victories to end discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression.
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Human Rights Campaign (HRC) News

The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) seeks to improve the lives of LGBT Americans by advocating for equal rights and benefits in the workplace, ensuring families are treated equally under the law and increasing public support among all Americans through innovative advocacy, education and outreach programs. HRC works to secure equal rights for LGBT individuals and families at the federal and state levels by lobbying elected officials, mobilizing grassroots supporters, educating Americans, investing strategically to elect fair-minded officials and partnering with other LGBT organizations.

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Lambda Legal

Founded in 1973, Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV; through impact litigation, education and public policy work. As a nonprofit organization, we do not charge our clients for legal representation or advocacy, and we receive no government funding. We depend on contributions from supporters around the country.
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LGBT Movement Advancement Project

Founded in 2006, the Movement Advancement Project is an independent think tank that provides rigorous research, insight and analysis that help speed equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. MAP’s work is focused on three primary areas:

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Modern Military Association of America

The Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) is the nation's largest organization of LGBTQ service members, military spouses, veterans, their families and allies. Formed through the merger of the American Military Partner Association and OutServe-SLDN, we are a united voice for the LBGTQ military and veteran community.
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National AIDS Memorial

The National AIDS Memorial is a living tribute to all whose lives have been touched by AIDS,
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National Coalition Against Censorship

NCAC is a national non-profit committed to protecting and defending First Amendment and free expression rights, focussing primarily on youth, artists, teachers, activists, curators, journalists and others facing direct censorship issues.
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National LGBTQ Task Force

News from the National LGBTQ Task Force.  The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people. We're building a future where everyone is free to be themselves in every aspect of their lives. Today, despite all the progress we’ve made to end discrimination, millions of LGBTQ people face barriers in every aspect of their lives: in housing, employment, healthcare, retirement, and basic human rights. These barriers must go. That’s why the Task Force is training and mobilizing millions of activists across our nation to deliver a world where you can be you.
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National Women's Law Center

The National Women’s Law Center is a non-profit organization that has been working since 1972 to advance and protect women's equality and opportunity.  The Center focuses on major policy areas of importance to women and their families including economic security, education, employment and health, with special attention given to the concerns of low-income women.  For more information on the Center, visit: www.nwlc.org.
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Out Leadership

Out Leadership is the world's first and only LGBTQ+ corporation whose sole product is Equality. Out Leadership harnesses the power of business to drive equality by connecting LGBTQ+ and leaders across the globe, advocating for inclusion at every level, from employee to executive to CEO. With 94 member companies (including Amazon, American Express, Bloomberg, Citi, CocaCola, Comcast, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, IBM, Microsoft, Nike and Walmart), Out Leadership partners with 56 non-profits (GLAAD, Freedom for All Americans, Lambda Legal, Transgender Law Center, to name a few) and donates over 20% of its net-profit every year to global LGBTQ+ non profits.
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OutRight Action International

Every day around the world, LGBTIQ people's human rights and dignity are abused in ways that shock the conscience. The stories of their struggles and their resilience are astounding, yet remain unknown-or willfully ignored-by those with the power to make change. OutRight Action International, founded in 1990 as the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, works alongside LGBTIQ people in the Global South, with offices in six countries, to help identify community-focused solutions to promote policy for lasting change. We vigilantly monitor and document human rights abuses to spur action when they occur. We train partners to expose abuses and advocate for themselves. Headquartered in New York City, OutRight is the only global LGBTIQ-specific organization with a permanent presence at the United Nations in New York that advocates for human rights progress for LGBTIQ people.
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Pennsylvania Equality Project

The Pennsylvania Equality Project (formerly Marriage Equality for PA) is dedicated to ending discrimination and bullying in Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania Youth Congress

Founded in April 2011 by Pennsylvania students, the Pennsylvania Youth Congress is Pennsylvania’s first and only statewide LGBTQ youth advocacy organization. As young Pennsylvania leaders, we work to empower ourselves through meaningful community engagement and effective advocacy. The Pennsylvania Youth Congress was initially established as The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. Our name was changed in May 2015 to better reflect our work on state-level public policy. Our framework and values come directly from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the leading youth arm of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. PYC explicitly works to support an inclusive and affirming youth community for all young leaders to efficiently communicate and collaborate.
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Rainbow Railroad

Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide. Based in the United States and Canada, we’re an organization that helps LGBTQI+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. In a time when there are more displaced people than ever, LGBTQI+ people are uniquely vulnerable due to systemic, state-enabled homophobia and transphobia. These factors either displace them in their own country or prevent them from escaping harm.
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SAGE - Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders

Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) is the country's largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in New York City, SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources for LGBT older adults and their caregivers, advocates for public policy changes that address the needs of LGBT older people, and provides training for aging providers and LGBT organizations, largely through its National Resource Center on LGBT Aging. With offices in New York City, Washington, DC and Chicago, SAGE coordinates a growing network of 30 local SAGE affiliates in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
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Southern Poverty Law Center

The Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. Founded by civil rights lawyers Morris Dees and Joseph Levin Jr. in 1971, the SPLC is internationally known for tracking and exposing the activities of hate groups. Our innovative Teaching Tolerance program produces and distributes - free of charge - documentary films, books, lesson plans and other materials that promote tolerance and respect in our nation's schools.
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The Research Institute for Gender Therapeutics

In order to live in a future with equitable healthcare, The Research Institute for Gender Therapeutics (RIGT) will bring clinical treatment of gender diverse individuals into standard medical practice by researching, developing, and seeking formal FDA approval of therapeutic options for gender incongruence.
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The Trevor Project

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.
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Trans Allies of Ohio

TRANS ALLIES OF OHIO'S MISSION is to help Ohio's transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex communities advocate on their own behalf by creating safe spaces at Ohio Statehouse, tracking harmful proposed state legislation, providing transgender-specific "how to" advocacy materials, and recruiting allies to assist them in their fight for state-recognized human rights.
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TransCentralPA

TransCentralPA is committed to providing advocacy and caring support for transgender individuals, their significant others, families, friends and allies. TransCentralPA also provides gender education and information to businesses, organizations, educational institutions and governmental agencies.
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
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US Department of Justice

The US Department of Justice mission is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
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US Department of Labor

Our mission is To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.
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Women's Law Project

Founded in 1974, Women’s Law Project is a nonprofit public interest legal organization working to defend and advance the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in Pennsylvania and beyond.
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Health

Adagio Health

For 45 years, Adagio Health has been providing health and wellness services and support throughout 23 counties of western Pennsylvania. Most of the 100,000 patients and clients receiving services at Adagio Health are women who are uninsured and underinsured. Adagio Health serves women and their families in predominantly rural communities in western Pennsylvania where access to healthcare services is scarce. For a majority of the women served, Adagio Health is their ONLY healthcare provider. Adagio Health's services include family planning and reproductive healthcare, breast and cervical cancer screenings, access to nutritional food, healthcare referrals, education and breastfeeding support to new moms, prenatal care, and education on topics such as healthy relationships and substance abuse.
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF),a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, is a global organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to over 350,000 patients in 36 countries. We are the largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the U.S. A truly independent voice in our mission to rid the world of AIDS, AHF’s operating capital comes from our own self-created social enterprises. AHF Pharmacies, thrift stores, healthcare contracts and other strategic partnerships generate funding that helps AHF provide medical and advocacy services across the globe. Generating and defining new, innovative ways of treatment, prevention and advocacy is the hallmark of our success. We are currently leading a mass testing initiative to identify and treat the 25 million people who don’t know they are infected. By advocating big goals – aiming to see an unprecedented 1 billion people tested each year – AHF hopes to eliminate older, more time-consuming methods. Since 1987, AHF has cared for thousands of people living with HIV and AIDS worldwide. As we create and implement unparalleled programs in new communities in the U.S. and abroad, we expand delivery of healthcare and influence over policy with the sole aim of saving more lives.
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American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. With more than 121,000 members, APA advances psychological science to promote health, education and human welfare.
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American Red Cross

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or cruzrojaamericana.org, or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.
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Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center provides arts, health, youth, and pride programs to strengthen and support the LGBT community in the Lehigh Valley.
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CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.
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Erie County Department of Health (ECDH)

Erie County HIV Task Force

The Erie County HIV Task Force is a collaboration of local organizations and individuals dedicated to educating, supporting, and advocating for people living with HIV/AIDS and preventing the spread of infection.
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National Health Law Program

Founded in 1969, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) protects and advances the health rights of low-income and underserved individuals and families. NHeLP advocates, educates and litigates at the federal and state levels. Our lawyers and policy analysts stand up for the rights of the millions of people who struggle to access affordable, quality health care. We are guided by the belief-a challenge-that each generation should live better than the last.
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Pennsylvania Department of Aging

PrEP4All

Igniting political action to put lifesaving HIV prevention medication, paid for by the American taxpayer, in the hands of the people who need it most.
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Ron Blake Fitness

Health and Fitness tips from Ron Blake.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.
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Spirituality and Religion

Community United Church

Community United Church is located at 1011 W 38th St, Erie PA. We are a warm, welcoming, open and affirming congregation in the heart of midtown Erie. Jesus never rejected anyone, and neither will we. We are a group of people from many backgrounds and faiths, who gather to worship in unity and grace. One of the best things is that we stay after the service and talk, and really get to know each other. It is like an extended family. We welcome you to join us!
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Mount Calvary Lutheran Church

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and is located in Erie, PA, in the Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod.  It is one of seven churches involved in the Erie Lutheran Parish and is also a Reconciling in Christ congregation.
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Letters, Columnists and Opinion

Words from Mark

Opinions and commentary from Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News.
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History

LGBT History Project

Celebrating October as LGBT History Month, coordinated by Philadelphia Gay News editor Jen Colletta.
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Stonewall National Museum and Archives

Stonewall National Museum and Archives is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501 organization in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that promotes understanding through preserving, interpreting and sharing the culture of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their role in society.
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Miscellaneous

LEAGUE Foundation

The LEAGUE Foundation provides financial resources for America’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer high school seniors entering their first year of institutions of higher learning. The scholarship application opens annually in January and closes in April with awards distributed in the summer of each year.
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LGBTQ Community Survey

Annual LGBTQ Community Survey - For over a decade, this survey has provided free data to help non-profits, universities, and organizations better understand and serve the LGBTQ community. Previous surveys have had over 45,000 participants from 150 countries! You can also enter a drawing to win $50 when you complete the survey
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