Local, Regional and National Resources

Linn & Benton Counties
Corvallis/Albany PFLAG PFLAG provides love and support for all family members and friends. We work to create an environment of understanding so our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered children can live with dignity and respect.
OSU's Queer Resource Center The OSU Queer Resource Center provides programs and support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersexed members of the OSU community and their allies. The QRC affirms the identities and empowers the lives of LGBTQQI people by providing education, outreach, program support, consultation, community development, visibility and advocacy. The QRC is a safe space for all members of our community to explore aspects of sexual orientation and gender identity in an open and non-judgmental atmosphere.
Linn Benton Gay Men's Group Men's Discussion Group Meetings. For gay, bi-sexual, or questioning men. (18 and older)
Community Alliance for Diversity The Community Alliance for Diversity is a collaborative effort among community members and local government, businesses, and schools in Benton and Linn Counties, Oregon to recognize, appreciate, and celebrate diversity.

Regional & National Resources
Oregon Safe Schools and Communities Coalition OSSCC seeks to create safe schools and communities where every family can belong, every educator can teach, and every child can learn regardless of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. The OSSCC believes that all youth deserve to feel safe and welcome in our schools and communities.
Basic Rights Oregon Ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Oregon.
Love Makes a Family To work for social change to create a supportive environment within our communities and to provide a public voice for all families, especially those subjected to social, economic, and legal discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force NGLTF is the national progressive organization working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, with the vision and commitment to building a powerful political movement.
Human Rights Campaign HRC is a bipartisan organization that works to advance equality based on sexual orientation and gender expression and identity, to ensure that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
Youth Guardian Services Youth Guardian Services is a youth-run, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides support services on the Internet to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and straight supportive youth. At this time the organization operates solely on private donations from individuals.
Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere COLAGE is the only national and international organization in the world specifically supporting young people with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender parents.
glbtq.com The glbtq encyclopedia was founded with a single objective in mind: to serve as the most comprehensive, accessible, and authoritative encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (glbtq) culture.