This page is dedicated both to BDSM/fetish Community charities and non-profit groups who fight for civil rights. Make a positive statement by giving back to your Community, your country, and your world.
Please Note: Not all of the groups on this page are tax-exempt charities. If write-offs are an important consideration when you give, please review each group's site for information on their tax status. U.S. citizens, visit the IRS's information page on Tax -Exempt Organizations
American
Civil Liberties Union
The United States' foremost advocate of individual rights
Center for Lesbian
and Gay Civil Rights
"Advocating equality for lesbians and gay men in
Philadelphia."
GLAAD: Gay
& Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate, and inclusive
representation of individuals and events in all media as a means
of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender
identity and sexual orientation.
Idealist
A project of Action Without Borders, a global coalition of
individuals and organizations working to build a world where all
people can live free, dignified and productive lives.
The Innocence Project works to free the wrongfully convicted by re-examining old DNA evidence using new technology.
Institute for First Amendment
Studies
A national clearinghouse for information on
theocratic movements in America, and particularly the Religious
Right.
Lambda Legal Defense and
Education Fund
Committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of
lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS through impact
litigation, education, and public policy work.
Leather
Archives and Museum (LA&M)
Dedicated to preserving a record of our lifestyles, our
communities, our achievements, our history.
National Coalition Against
Censorship
An alliance of 48 national non-profit organizations united by a
conviction that freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression must
be defended.
National
Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NSCF)
A U.S. advocacy and lobbying organization promoting tolerance of
sexual minorities and of those who engage in, write about, or
study sexual minority practices among consenting adults. Special
emphasis on BDSM/fetish issues.
National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force
Civil rights advocacy group and think tank for gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) people.
Sexual Freedom Coalition--
UK
"Promoting reform of Britain's silly old sex laws"
Sexual
Information
and Education Council of America: SEICUS
SIECUS is a 35 year old nonprofit organization, dedicated to
affirming that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of life.
SIECUS develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes
comprehensive education, and advocates the right of individuals
to make responsible sexual choices.
Southern Poverty Law
Center
Home to Klanwatch, the Militia Taskforce, and the National
Tolerance Movement founded by Rosa Parks and Morris Dees.
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