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External Resources
Please note: All links posted below are external websites and may become outdated or nonfunctional. We will do our best to update them once a semester. If you see any links out of date, please let us know: lbgt@mit.edu
- API Equality - LA https://apiequalityla.org
- Black Trans Advocacy Coalition https://blacktrans.org
- Coming Home to Islam and to Self https://www.hrc.org/resources/coming-home-to-islam-and-to-self
- Desi LGBTQ+ Helpline for South Asians http://deqh.org
- Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement https://familiatqlm.org/
- First Nations Two Spirit Collective http://unya.bc.ca/programs/2-spirit-collective/
- Galaei https://www.galaeiqtbipoc.org/
- Gaysi (The Gay Desi Blog) https://gaysifamily.com/
- Human Resource Campaign https://www.hrc.org/
- Immigration Equality https://immigrationequality.org/
- Muslims for Progressive Values http://mpvusa.org
- National Black Justice Coalition https://nbjc.org/
- National Center for Black Equity http://centerforblackequity.org
- National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network https://www.nqttcn.com/
- NQAPIA (National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance) http://www.nqapia.org/wpp/home/
- Queer Women of Color Media Project http://qwocmap.org
- Rest for Resistance https://restforresistance.com/read
- Somos Familia https://www.somosfamiliabay.org/resources/
- The Visibility Project http://www.visibilityproject.org/
- Therapy for QTPOC https://therapyforqpoc.com/
- TransLatin@ Coalition https://www.translatinacoalition.org/about-tlc/
- United We Dream https://unitedwedream.org/
- Unity Coalition https://www.unitycoalition.org/