LGBTQ+ Studies

The LGBTQ+ Resources Center cultivates the success and well-being of queer, trans, non-binary, and questioning students, staff, and faculty. Our work is deeply collaborative and rooted in intersectional justice. We build identity-affirming programs, develop leaders, provide critical resources, and foster a culture of equity and allyship, at Mason.

The mission of the Women and Gender Studies Center bridges academic coursework with student development, leadership, and coalition building. Our purpose is to link with academic programs, University Life units, and the Northern Virginia community to provide learning experiences that educate about gender issues and issues of special importance to women; to provide a safe psychological and physical space for all women and gay, bisexual, lesbian, and transgender populations; and to support our academic programs. We host lectures and participate in important programs such as Take Back the Night and Women's History Month to raise awareness and promote a sense of community on campus. Learn more about our events, access women's studies resources, and get involved.

Metro Weekly has served Washington, DC's gay and lesbian community since May 1994.

Readers locally and around the world have come to rely on the Blade’s unmatched coverage of LGBT news, earning the paper the moniker “the newspaper of record for the LGBT community.”

Brother, Help Thyself Inc. is a community based organization that provides financial and other support to non-profit organizations serving the GLBTQ and HIV/AIDS community in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. metro area.

Casa BruMar Foundations charitable purposes are to provide a physical meeting space and community social services to at risk and disadvantaged individuals experiencing homelessness, abandonment, and cruelty, especially members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (“LGBTQ+”) community.

The DC Area Transmasculine Society is a peer-facilitated social and support group in the DC area for anyone on the transmasculine spectrum.

". . . educates, empowers, celebrates, and connects the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities"

GLSEN chapters are community-based groups of people accredited as a GLSEN chapter, who work to bring GLSEN’s programs and visions to their communities on a local level.

PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. Keeping families together is the mission of PFLAG. Our family values stress education, understanding, acceptance, and support, but most of all love, thereby empowering our children — straight and gay — to lead happy and productive lives.

Founded in 2018, Reston Pride is a local grassroots Northern Virginia organization that is focused on a truly inclusive Reston through engagement. We serve to provide quality cultural education and resources about LGBTQIA+ history and culture to the greater Reston community through a variety of family-friendly educational programs and events. We are dedicated to providing inclusive cultural education, community outreach, and resources for and about the LGBTQIA+ community and straight allies of Reston, Virginia, and surrounding communities. We are in service to the LGBTQIA+/Queer community. Our emphasis is to enhance the LGBTQIA+ visibility and advocacy by bringing a sense of community to families, youth, and people of all sexualities and backgrounds.

SMYAL supports and empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. Through youth leadership, SMYAL creates opportunities for LGBTQ youth to build self-confidence, develop critical life skills, and engage their peers and community through service and advocacy.

Team DC is a charitable organization established to educate the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) community on the benefits of individual and team sports participation. Team DC works within the boarder community to dispel discrimination against LGBT people participating in sports; endows and confers scholarships upon LGBT student-athletes; provides a network of sporting outlets for the LGBT community of the Washington Metropolitan area.

The Triangle Club is a non-profit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) 12-step recovery community of the Washington DC area. Our mission is to provide a safe and dependable clubhouse space where LGBT people may hold meetings in accordance with the 12 Steps and Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc. is committed to improving the health and well being of Black gay men through innovative programs and services, and - through a vision of inclusiveness - to reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS in the entire Black community.

Whitman-Walker Healthprovides health care services for the LGBT community. In the 1980s, we became a leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS. And, in the 21st Century, we have evolved into a full-service community health center.

NoVA Prism Center is a private library and community center for the Northern Virginia LGBTQIA+ community. Currently, we operate on an appointment-only basis, with public workshops and community events.