Below is a list of Kentucky’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender organizations.  A link is provided below to each organization that links to us, or has requested to be listed; if you would like to request a Kentucky non-profit organization be added, please contact us.

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Activism / Civil Rights

• Fairness Campaign (Louisville):  The Fairness Campaign is a broad-based community effort dedicated to equal rights.  Its primary goal is comprehensive civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.  The Fairness Campaign accomplishes its goals through public education and advocacy, political activity, community building and reciprocal alliances with others in the social justice community.
• Kentucky Equality Federation (statewide):  Kentucky Equality Federation is Kentucky’s largest all-volunteer grassroots lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (“LGBTI”) civil rights and advocacy organization. Kentucky Equality Federation is a diverse organization consisting of several corporations and groups with a common cause for Peace, Liberty, and Equality for All.  Kentucky Equality leads efforts for LGBT civil rights at the state level through an array of strategies to bring equality and fairness to Kentucky.
• Kentucky HIV/AIDS Advocacy & Action Group:  The Mission of the Kentucky HIV/AIDS Advocacy & Action Group is to promote and ensure statewide responsibility for responding to the current HIV/AIDS crisis in Kentucky.  The Kentucky HIV/AIDS Advocacy & Action Group™ is a coalition of groups concerned about the growing epidemic of HIV/AIDS in our Commonwealth and the often unrecognized impact that this infection has on all Kentucky citizens.   Our membership includes people living with HIV/AIDS, medical and support care providers, representatives of payor organizations, community group leaders, and allied organizations
• Marriage Equality Kentucky:  Marriage Equality Kentucky (“MEKY”) is an unincorporated grassroots movement sponsored by Kentucky Equality Federation that seeks legal recognition of same-sex couples through civil marriage in Kentucky.

Community Based Services

• AIDS Volunteers of Lexington:  AVOL (AIDS Volunteers, Inc.) is a non-profit organization that provides services to those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as HIV prevention education & outreach to 72 counties in central, eastern, and southeastern Kentucky.
• COLAGE – Northern Kentucky Chapter:  Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere (“COLAGE”) is an international organization, created in 1989 by the children of several lesbians and gay men.  Though its membership is not necessarily LGBT-identified, COLAGE’s focus on the issues of LGBT parents’ families makes it a de facto part of the LGBT community.  There are 52 COLAGE chapters in the United States, 2 chapters in Canada, 1 European chapter, and 1 in the United Kingdom. COLAGE focuses on community building and work toward social justice through youth empowerment, leadership development, education, and advocacy.
• Gay & Lesbian Services Organization:  The Lexington based Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (“GLSO”) is a non-profit, community based organization which has been around since 1977.